Wash Officer (Construction Engineer) -6 Positions

Position:                                   WASH Officer – Engineer (6)

Reports to:                               WASH Project Manager

Duty station:                             Berhale, Assaita, Megalle & Yallo

Generic responsibilities

1. Ensure adherence to NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines
2. Implement delegated support function portfolio according to plan of action
3. Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
4. Ensure proper filing of documents
5. Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
6. Help plan and carry out needs assessments, baseline studies and periodic studies, and feedback findings to the stakeholders.
7. Collate data from the WASH technical Assistants and prepare regular reports on activities and WASH conditions for monitoring.
8. Assess and advise on capacity building needs within the team to ensure effective developments of the quality standards for WASH infrastructure works.
9. Promote safe WASH practices, including appropriate use and maintenance of WASH facilities and services
10. Facilitate appropriate community involvement in the design and delivery of essential WASH infrastructure services and facilities.

Specific Responsibilities

• Prepare plans, designs, drawings, specifications, BOQs and cost estimates of the prioritized WASH infrastructure construction works
• Prepare work schedule and supervise the quality, time, equipment, and material of the WASH infrastructure construction works
• Make sure that all required preparations are in place for technical estimates, design, and resource management plan, prepare bid documents, and support the project team for the bid selection
• Implement effectively and within the time and budget of the WASH project as per the project proposals and project requirements
• Develop and review project designs to ensure compliance with relevant standards, procedures, and codes
• Ensure that accurate and detailed records of project matters are formulated and kept
• Conduct water quality assessments and disinfected sources as required and conduct water quality monitoring.
• Conduct site detailed technical assessments and surveys.
• Coordinate with beneficiary leaders to ensure community participation and ownership
• Advice on procurement needs and submitting all procurement requests to the WASH PM/coordinator.
• Provide on-site technical assistance to staff, contractors service providers, and beneficiaries during the process of implementation, including management of construction activities.
• Identify the capacity support needed to the community groups, government partners (health water, education and other relevant), develop community and institutional capacity building plan
• Conduct training for WASHCOs and ensure that the WASHCOs are well functioning.
• Prepare and submit regular progress reports and work plans to the WASH Project Manager/Coordinator.
• Collect data from the communities and local partners and prepare reports for submission to the WASH Project Manager/Coordinator
• Liaise with community leaders and other sectors and agencies working locally to coordinate within the WASH sector. This includes taking concerns regularly at every meeting with beneficiaries in the field and reporting as needed
• Keep proper records of field expenditures when appropriate and report on these to the WASH Project Manager
• Liaise with sanitation and hygiene officers/assistants for successful implementation of sanitation and hygiene activities as well as WASH NFI distribution
• Prepare and submit donor, government, and coordination reports, including the 5W matrix, in a timely manner.
• Represent NRC in WASH sector meetings and technical coordination platforms, providing expertise on WASH aspects.
• Perform additional related tasks as assigned by the line management to support WASH programming

Generic professional competencies: 

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in monitoring and supervision of WASH projects with prior capacity in Water supply and sanitation infrastructure design and implementation.
• A University degree in Hydraulic Engineering, Water Supply and Sanitation Engineering, Civil Engineering or a directly related field
• Strong knowledge and experience in WASH infrastructure projects with related processes like tendering of works, monitoring of construction sites, etc.
• Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts
• Report writing skills and computer skills in word processing and spreadsheets. Skills in technical drawing software (Water CAD, EPANET, AutoCAD) and project management software are desirable.
• Good knowledge of English (speaking and writing)
• Strong organizational skills and ability to coordinate and manage a diverse array of activities and stakeholders
• Strong facilitation, negotiation, and mediation skills and ability to work independently
• Good interpersonal and communication skills

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge, and experience: 

• Experience in undertaking hygiene promotion in a relief program is essential.
• Excellent communication (spoken and written) skills, including the ability to explain and present technical information
• Possession of strong administrative and management skills with a willingness to follow relevant policies and procedures
• Experience in capacity building and training of staff and target groups
• Cultural awareness and experience of working where insecurity is a major issue
• Language: Fluency in written and spoken English is essential; fluency in Amharic is an advantage
• Ability to work independently in a result-oriented multi-tasking and multi-cultural environment and manage conflicting priorities.
• Proven ability to use MS Office software (especially Word and Excel) is essential

Behavioral competencies

• Handling insecure environment
• Planning and delivering results
• Empowering and building trust
• Communicating with impact and respect.

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