Water Technical (Roster Recruitment/Talent Pool) -Tigray, Ethiopia

The main focus of our work is addressing the root causes of poverty and vulnerability through nexus and development programming as well as a humanitarian response. This includes programming for improved governance; water and sanitation; food security; women’s economic justice; sexual and reproductive health and rights; and nutrition; and household and community level resilience. Our programs are implemented across both rural and urban areas. CARE Ethiopia works in multiple sectors including the following priorities: Food Security; Livelihoods & Resilience; Nutrition; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Humanitarian Response; Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights; Women’s Economic Justice; Dignified Work. CARE’s operation spans most of the country: Afar, Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Sidama, Somali, Tigray, Addis Ababa, and Dire Dawa.

About Roster Recruitment and How it Works

CARE Ethiopia’s humanitarian intervention is expanding across all parts of Ethiopia. Due to high demand for qualified professionals for the ever-increasing humanitarian response and the need for immediate deployment of pre-approved candidates for immediate employment, CARE Ethiopia is currently working on building a pool of roster recruitment as part of its talent acquisition management strategy.

CARE Ethiopia is looking to grow its pool of experienced Humanitarian Response and other professionals with the use of a Roster that can be available for short assignments (usually less than nine months), in various locations (where CARE Ethiopia is operating in Ethiopia) and at short notice. Successful applicants will be added to the roster and contacted for deployment opportunities. Missions will take place in the locations where the projects are implemented and will have a variable duration depending on availability of budget, duration of the project, and other factors.

Exclusion from CARE Roster System 

The following can be ground for CARE Ethiopia to exclude potential candidates from its employment roaster:

1. If negative feedback is obtained from references.
2. If the roster candidate declines more than two assignments in a calendar year
3. If the roster candidate was not deployed for more than two years.
4. Upon specific request from the potential candidate for her/him to be excluded from the roster 

Responsibilities of CARE Ethiopia and the Applicant

CARE Ethiopia’s main responsibility on facilitating the roster recruitments is to advertise the job openings in major vacancy portals (especially in those outlets accessible to female applicant); assess applicants’ skill with transparency; notify the recruitment outcome for shortlisted applicants; inform successful candidates whenever there are relevant emergency openings.

Applicant’s main responsibilities are to follow the application procedures; to avail themselves for the assessments; report to their duty station up on deployment. Candidates selected for roster recruitment has the right to accept or decline the offer.

I.     JOB SUMMARY:

The purpose of the Water Technician position is to assist the Water Engineer/Construction supervisor to undertake feasibility studies of emergency water supply systems rehabilitation projects. She/he maintains inventory of materials of water projects and ensures delivery of materials to sites. Monitors and supervises all activities of the project in order to maintain high standards of workmanship and efficient use of materials and labor in humanitarian response activities in Afar region. The position holder will be covering EWA, AWRA, KELEWAN AND YALLOW Woredas, which are affected by the conflict.

I.    RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

Job Responsibility #1: Training and Technical Support

• Assists the Water Engineer to assess proposed water development projects like protecting springs, shallow wells, irrigation canals to determine level of community commitments;
• Assists the Water Engineer in conducting feasibility studies and preparing bill of quantity;

Job Responsibility# 2: Coordination and Networkin

• Assesses community’s ability and willingness to pay material costs of water development activities;
• Encourages and helps mobilize the community to make a significant cash and physical contributions to the construction, maintenance and management of water schemes;

Job Responsibility# 3: Supervision

• Supervises the construction of spring protection schemes, shallow wells, cattle trough, washing labs, showers, and irrigation canals to ensure efficient use of materials and labor and ensures that high standards are maintained;
• Supervises the community and EA in irrigation and water management and scientific crop production in favors of the target community;

Job Responsibility# 4: Learning

• Keeps up to date with developments in the sector, including best practice examples and ensure ongoing personal development and learning;
• Documents and disseminates lessons learned at the field/site levels from water development projects like protecting springs, shallow wells, irrigation schemes to determine level of community empowerment;

Job Responsibility #5: 

• Perform other duties as assigned.

III. GENDER EQUALITY

• Understanding and demonstrated commitment to the importance of gender, youth and social inclusion issues.
• Demonstrated commitment to principles of Gender Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and PSEAH (safeguarding), as evidenced in previous positions / programming.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Water Technology or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 3 years of relevant experience with the first degree.
• 2 years of relevant experience plus post graduate degree.
• NGO experience is a plus.C) TECHNICAL SKILLS

Required:

• Knowledge of construction of water development schemes in rural areas;
• Knowledge and experience of small scale irrigation schemes;
• Good communication skills in English;

Desired:

• Auto CAD and other available Engineering software’s.
• Knowledge of the intervention areas and experience on emergency response projects