Engineering Officer

About the Role – Purpose:

The purpose of the Engineering Officer is to ensure that all the WASH aspects detailed in the project including hygiene promotion at community and health facility level, rehabilitation and maintenance of WASH infrastructure at community and health facility level; are undertaken in a professional manner as per the standard design, specification and guidelines of the project and the WASH cluster. The Engineering Officer ensures that the project proposal and plans are on time on budget, adhere to national, cluster, international, and Concern guidelines. The Engineering Officer will work closely and liaise with the government health structure including the Regional Health Bureau, Woreda Health and Water offices, other implementing agencies, other Concern teams and the community. He/she is thus charged to ensure collaboration with all the relevant stakeholders at all levels of the project implementation at kebele, Woreda and regional levels.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Technical Support and Facilitation

• Undertake jointly with relevant authorities at the Woreda level an assessment of the WASH situation at the health facility level and provide recommendation to address existing WASH gaps at those health facilities.
• Provide detailed technical reports to the Project manager following such assessments.
• In liaison with the Snr Project officer and other team members organize and undertake relevant training on WASH to the health facility staff, project staff and project beneficiaries
• Ensure strong project management of all WASH interventions so that projects are designed and implemented on time, within scope and budget and achieve high quality outputs
• Follow up WASH project implementation (activities, budget and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements.
• To ensure an integrated and multi sectoral approach to WASH programming, assist the team in finding ways to integrate/link and combine hygiene & health promotion, water and sanitation facilities design, construction & maintenance, with Health, Nutrition, protection etc.
• Ensure that cross cutting issues are mainstreamed into WASH programmes.
• Provide regular progress reports to Project Manager
• Preparation of detailed work plans, technical drawings, bills of quantity, procurement plan and bid documents for the implementation of WASH projects as necessary.
• Identify and address capacity building opportunities for both concern staff and line ministry staff; Health, Water bureau and others at Woreda level as necessary.

Coordination and networking

• To liaise with the Government and other relevant stakeholders both at Woreda and Regional level as requested by the line manager.
• Establish good working relationships with Concern staff, government bodies, other WASH partners etc.
• Participate in WASH cluster meeting as required.

Planning, Reporting and Accountability

• Submit weekly and monthly progress update on the WASH activities to the project manager.
• Contribute to the preparation of internal and external reports by supporting the project manager in gathering relevant information from the field.
• Ensure that program participants and stakeholders have clear information about the program activities as appropriate and relevant to them.
• Give technical support to the field staff on mainstreaming gender, protection, accountability and inequality in the implementation of WASH and Infrastructure activities.

Other

• Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager for the accomplishment of Programme objectives.

Gender Equity

• Demonstrate understanding of Concern Worldwide Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy (and equivalent strategies of other A2015 members).
• Contribute to ensuring that Concern Worldwide Ethiopia is a place where men and women are treated equally and with dignity and respect (and similarly across the Alliance2015 Network in Ethiopia).
• Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities.

Emergency response

Concern Worldwide and the other members of the Alliance2015 Network in Ethiopia is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and A2015 members will respond, this role may be required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objectives of the members of the Alliance2015 Network.

Safeguarding

• Post holder must be able to seek appropriate advice, report concerns, and be confident to ensure that they have been understood.
• Understand Concern Worldwide and A2015 safeguarding structures and arrangements.
• Work and practice in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.

Accountability

In line with the A2015 lead agency, Concern Worldwide, and its commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS):

• As relevant within this role, actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E).
• Contribute to ensuring that the Feedback, Complaints & Response Mechanism (FCRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed – with relevant staff whenever appropriate.

Contribute to the effective dissemination of information about the FCRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour among programme participants and communities (when this is feasible and relevant).

Person Specification:

Essential knowledge, skills and experience

• Degree or equivalent in Hydraulics, Sanitary or Water Resource Engineering or related fields.
• 3-4 years relevant experience.
• Good technical/programme knowledge in area of responsibility.

Competencies:

Candidates are expected to demonstrate abilities in all the following priority competency areas (the highlighted 5 competencies in bold are most critical):

Managing Yourself	Planning and decision-making
Leadership	Creativity and innovation
Communication and working with others	Influence, advocacy and networking
Delivering results	Change

 

We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organization. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality.

If this role sounds right for you, please apply with your CV and cover letter. Please be aware we may offer positions before the closing date. Concern reserves the right to interview and select the chosen candidate before closing date for receipt of applications, so early application is strongly recommended.

Important information:

Concern has an organizational Code of Conduct with three Associated Policies: The Programme Participant Protection Policy, the Child Safeguarding Policy, and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy accessible here. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organizations, and the standards of behavior expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in their work, in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission.

Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Consequently, working or volunteering with Concern may be subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.

During this job application, you will provide Concern with your personal data. Concern takes its responsibilities towards this personal data very seriously and is committed to complying with all relevant data protection legislation.

 

What we offer

• A competitive salary and benefit package
• Excellent medical benefits (100% cover including dependents)
• 20 days annual leave
• 26 weeks (paid) maternity leave, 18 weeks (unpaid) parental leave