Water Resource Development Officer | Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia

Ripple Effect (RE) is registered and licensed Foreign Charity. RE Ethiopia was established in March 2006 and works to see a rural Ethiopia that is confident, thriving, and sustainable, with a growing economy and higher living standards for all. RE focuses on three thematic areas; Farm Systems, Gender and Social Inclusion and Enterprise Development to help to combat poverty and works to create a rejuvenated and abundant African environment for both current and future generations.

We are recruiting a Water Resource Development officer for Ripple Effect (RE) projects planned to be implemented in Wolaita Zone. For this vacant position we will consider applicants who have BSC degree in Water Technology, Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering, or other related fields from a recognized university and Three years of relevant experience of community development at field level; experience of gender sensitive planning in water and sanitation development and management at community level; experience in project monitoring at field level and quality report writing. Experience with NGOs work; project proposal writing and learning from practice through project monitoring and reviewing.

The responsibility of the Water Resource Development Officer is to Ensure a good level of awareness and clear understanding of the importance of improved water and sanitation is created at project staff, Self-Help-Groups (SHGs), community and smallholder beneficiary household level; to ensure that assessments and identifications of possible water sources are made in the project community and develop them for efficient, equitable and sustainable use in the area; to ensure improved water and sanitation action plan with a corresponding budget is put in place and implemented (spring capping, hand dug wells, small irrigation schemes, water harvesting structures, latrine improvements, etc.)

Detail Job description with person specification, application instructions and application form are found at Ripple Effect | Water Resource Development Officer

Job type:                  Four years Fixed Term Contract and renewable yearly

Job category:                      Program