Quentin Assaf

Experience

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  Pégat SARL

  Jul 2007 - Aug 2007

  Civil Engineering worker

  Civil engineering, excavation and roadwork

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  BDF

  Jul 2008 - Aug 2008

  Electrical worker

  Electrical panel assembling and wires network laying in a mountain lodge

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  Schneider Electric

  Jul 2009 - Aug 2009

  Assembly Line Worker

  Middle voltage device assembling

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  Karnaval Humanitaire

  Sept 2009 - Jun 2011

  Volunteer

  Water access project in Burkina Faso in a local partnership, financing of 8 wells (50k€)

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  Sopita

  Sept 2010 - Jun 2011

  Volunteer

  Homeless person assistance mission, social work and food aid• Budget and planning monitoring, team coordination (20 persons)

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  Un Techo para mi País

  Jan 2012 - Jul 2012

  Volunteer

  Mission objectives: Access to emergency accommodation and social reinsertion projects in the favelas• Monitoring of the whole project: needs analysis, construction and follow –up

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  Altereo

  Aug 2012 - Jan 2013

  Project Manager intern

  Internship in an engineering consultant firm of water process• Research: Hydraulic modeling, R&D about filtration processes (reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration)• Project manager: Sizing and installation of a distribution loop for dialysis devices in hospital (55k€), coordination, customer relationship and purchasing

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  LGCIE

  Jan 2013 - Jun 2013

  Intern

  Master degree internship in the Laboratory of Civil and Environmental Engineering (LGCIE)• Water treatment research project: hydraulic modeling of a reed-bed filter for wastewaters. • Public advocacy for alternative treatment methods: Evaluation, critics and delivery of a conception and recommandations guideline for the local french institutions.• Scientific publication writing in partnership with Melbourne University

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  French Red Cross

  Jan 2013 - Jul 2013

  Volunteer

  Homeless persons assistance mission

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  ACTED

  Jul 2013 - Jan 2014

  WASH deputy Program Manager

  Mission objectives: Support the WASH Program Manager in his day to day tasks and propose innovating solutions regarding the water supply and the solid waste management programs• Operational: Quality follow-up for the water supply of 4200m3/day through 300 water trucks. Solid waste management and cash-for-work project evaluation, recruitment of 700 refugees every week.• Project design for UNICEF: Maintenance of 400 sanitary blocs, water network sizing (120.000 users)• WASH assessment: Water access and sanitation access situation in 6 Jordanian regions hosting 400.000 refugees. Team management of 6 engineers. Show less

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  Gaïa

  Jan 2014 - Sept 2014

  Volunteer

  Gaia association, founded by Médecins du MondeDrugs users Risk Reduction program, delivery of replacement therapy

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  Médecins du Monde

  May 2014 - Mar 2015

  WASH advocacy project officer

  Mission objectives: Advocacy for a better understanding of the WASH situation in Paris region slums and improvement of the sanitary conditions, water access and fire safety. 3000 persons of concern.• Capitalization knowledge: Feasibility analysis of sanitation project in complex legal, political, communal and technical contexts in French and international slums• Operational: Community mobilization and field diagnostics on 20 slums and implementation of appropriate solutions. • Advocacy: definition of the advocacy strategy. Sensitization of the local and national institutions (towns, prefecture, region, ministries) through good practices and guidelines recommandations. Creation of partnership with public institution regarding waste management.• Proposal of a pilot "field base evidence" sanitation project on a slum of 300 people (extraction of 2000m3 of waste: 140k€). Funding research, NGOs partnership creation and sensitization of civil society. Show less

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  ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM

  May 2015 - Jan 2016

  WASH Program Manager

  Partnership with UNHCR in 4 Syrians refugee camp in Kurdistan (35,000 beneficiaries)• Operational: activity implementation, monitoring and follow up.• Team management: 21 staff including 9 engineers team leaders.• Human resources: recruitments, appraisals, capacity building.• Finance: 3 millions $ budget follow up, monthly forecast and cost analysis.• Logistic: participation in call for tenders and supplier selection. Supply and stock management.• Donors: activity reports writing and regular meetings with UNHCR.• External representation: participation in coordination meetings in the camps and in the WASH cluster.• Technical supervision: site construction supervision, sanitation networks design, bill of quantities writing.• Strategy: participation in WASH strategy, needs analysis and funding opportunities. Show less

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  Médecins du Monde

  Apr 2016 - Jan 2019

  • Program Officer at Latin America and Middle East Division

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Program Officer at French Operations Division

    Apr 2016 - Dec 2016
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  Première Urgence Internationale

  Jan 2019 - now

  • Responsable Géographique Yémen, Ukraine & Amérique Latine

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Responsable Géographique Europe & Asie

    Jun 2022 - Mar 2025

  • Lebanon & Afghanistan Program Officer

    Sept 2019 - May 2022

  • Syria & Iraq Program Officer

    Jan 2019 - Sept 2019