Infrastructure Advisor

Key Result #1: –Planning activities     

1. 1. Involve in needs assessment, design and submission of food security proposals to donors in order to ensure sustainable funding sources for the department.
   2. Advice managers, infrastructure officers and PSNP officers to strictly abide by watershed approach in planning PWs interventions.
   3. Advises and provides technical support to all DFSA operational areas in the Amhara region in terms of design, bill of quantities and specifications of infrastructure and NRM activities.
   4. Guide infrastructure and PSNP staff in the preparation of activity and budget operation plan within the first month of the fiscal year concerned so as to meet the target set for the year.
   5. Gather and document any project ideas and feed into the organizational planning processes.

Key Result #2: Program Implementation

1. Plans, coordinates and directs infrastructure activities (NRM, Water and sanitation, access road, Health and education facilities, irrigation schemes, etc.) of the DFSA so as to ensure that program activities are implemented in compliance with the approved targets and objectives;
2. Prepare operational guidebooks on FH/Ethiopia and government work quality standards, which will be used by field staff in program implementation.
3. Advice and supports all FH and partner projects in Amhara region in preparing standard design documents for warehouses, irrigation schemes, water and Sanitation facilities, health and Education facilities, and any other physical infrastructures.
4. Prepare standard design documents for warehouses, irrigation schemes, water and Sanitation facilities, health and Education facilities, office any other physical infrastructures.
5. Prepare appropriate bid documents, engineering cost estimations and TORs for various construction activities.
6. Ensures implementation of infrastructure activities environmentally sound and the necessary safeguard mechanisms are in place.
7. Ensure all completed constructions are timely handed over to concerned stakeholders with all necessary documents.
8. Provide technical support to project and the government staff who are actively involved in the execution of DFSA which would enhance the quality of the workmanships.
9. Ensures handover of rehabilitated watersheds to user groups to sustain public work interventions.
10. Ensure Adherence of USAID environmental rules and Regulations during public work implementation.

2. Ensure activities are implemented as per the Annual Activity and Budget Plan approved by the department.

3. Participate in Public work working groups (T2CG and others) that will deal on and adapt appropriate lessons to the organization.

1. 4. Advise and capacitate DFSA operational areas to ensure use of necessary IT technology like Arc GIS tool.

Key Result #3: – Capacity Building Activities    

1. 1. Identify capacity gaps of woreda partners and project staff and fill the gaps as deemed necessary with the view to enhance the capacity of partners.
   2. Identify innovative and research based new technologies and work for its adoption to the program areas..
   3. Make sure that all program stakeholders ranging from the woreda through Zone and regional level has internalized the PIM and work in adherence to the rules, regulations and procedures set in it;
   4. Prepare training manuals and guidelines which will be used by field staff and government partners in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating PSNP activities..
   5. Build capacity of project staff in the areas of holistic message development and communication to program beneficiaries.
   6. Build the capacity of project and government staff and community members in an integrated watershed management approaches to natural resources management.
   7. Provides on job training and technical backstopping to field level infrastructure officers.

Key Result #4: – Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting      

1. 1. Based on the annual activity and budget operational plan, make frequent field visit to project sites to undertake operational and performance monitoring and furnish monitoring reports to the project management and food security program director for timely decision making.
   2. Collect periodic progress reports from projects, compile them and submit to food security program director based on the due date for each type of reports in question.
   3. Give timely feedbacks on reports collected from projects to ensure quality and consistency of reports.
   4. Keep proper documentation of project proposals, periodic reports, agreements and other documents related to PSNP/DFSA, both on soft copy and hard copy.
   5. Provide timely feedback on the progress of the construction works, challenges and concerns encountered to Food Security Director
   6. Make sure that PSNP/DFSA interventions are planned, implemented and monitored in accordance with the principles of integrated watershed management approaches so as to be in compliance with government and donor directions.
   7. Participate and lead in feasibility studies, cost benefit analysis and baseline data collection and analysis of infrastructure activities.

Safeguarding Policy

FH strives to provide an environment free from sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment in all places where relief and development programs are implemented. FH holds a zero-tolerance policy against sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment. FH expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that FH work is carried out in honest and fair methods, in alignment with the FH Heartbeat and safeguarding and associated policies. Violations to stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

Education/ Experience

• –  Bsc in Irrigation Engineering/ Hydraulic Engineering or relevant field of study with 6 years related experience in a relevant position Preferably in INGO Setting.
• Previous experience working in a similar position with PReSERVE Project is an added advantage.

This Position detail is subject to revision. 

Based on the urgent need for this position, Shortlisting shall be conducted on a rolling basis.