Responsible for ensuring quality and coordinated implementation of WASH projects in areas of humanitarian response with an emphasis on timeliness and best use of resources and building community capacity on community based WASH activities.

To plan, design and implement various emergency WASH projects with the best satisfaction of the community without compromising the desired quality and service value.

Closely work together with ERCS WASH coordinator, implementing branches, and project supporting Partners.

Main duties & responsibilities

 Project Design and implementation

• Prepare detail designs for new planned water, sanitation infrastructure civil works with consultation of line managers, Partner National Society, budget holder department and implementing branch.
• Enthusiastically involve in any multidisciplinary study team that require respective expertise.
• Undertake technical and financial planning and liaise with the relevant budget holder departments
• Responsible to prepare bid and contractual documents based on the construction guideline available in the organization
• Promote and ensure community participation and initiatives through all possible methodologies in all project phases
• Manage all Water and Infrastructure project resources based on the system laid by the organization.
• Direct and support ERCS on major engineering works
• Train and coach branch (WASH outreach workers) to excel on their work based the planned activities.
• Manage the hardware and software parts of the project based on the frameworks set by the organization.
• Facilitate and perform handing over of completed project to direct beneficiaries, local authorities or other humanitarian organizations through respected line offices.
• Ensure that the planned activities are performed with in the given time frame and budget allocated while respecting the quality aspects.
• Organize the mobilization of the required amount of construction materials and human resources prior to the project execution.
• Responsible to support, assist and follow up on contract procedures and processes on construction based on a given detail plans or specifications
• Responsible to check payment certificate/documents of contractual works as per the terms of agreement engaged with to be ready for agreement.

Financial Management

Under the guidance of PNS and budget holder department:

• Participate on the preparation of detailed project budgets and budget revisions
• Responsible for ensuring proper, efficient and timely utilization of allocated program/project budget, including purchasing of quality construction materials;
• Responsible to control the budget allocated to the sector and ensure that activities are implemented according to quality required and agreed plans.

Reporting

• Prepare periodical progress reports (monthly, quarterly, biannually and annually)
• Responsible to keep and maintain records, data and documents related to the construction and other software related works
• Put an effort to document changes made due to the project intervention

 Networking

• Create appropriate linkage; working procedures and information sharing with different PNS and ERCS’s program staff/movement partners’ and external stakeholders (WASH cluster, NGO and Government Sectorial ministries, Bureaus’);
• Create funding opportunities for new WASH projects;
• Integrate the WASH project with other sectors of the program staff and stakeholders.

 Monitoring & Evaluation

• Undertake Monitoring and Evaluation of WASH projects based on the M&E formats developed by ERCS or PNS.
• Facilitate and participate agreed monitoring sessions during the implementation of WASH projects
• Document learning from implemented projects and share for others across the organization
• Conduct and document annual learning reviews;

  Mainstreaming

• Design and create appropriate methods/ways and implement to mainstream all cross cutting issues like protection, community engagement and accountability, gender, inequality, HIV/AIDS, DRR and climate change in line with ERCS or PNS guidelines.
• Ensure that all cross cutting issues like protection, community engagement and accountability, gender, inequality, HIV/AIDS, DRR and climate change are mainstreamed in the implementation of WASH activities.

Job Requirements

Required qualifications and Experience: 

• MSc./MEng or BSc degree in the field of civil, hydraulics, irrigation, water resources or any water related engineering disciplines, or any other relevant fields of study
• At least five years of experience at increasing capacities in the WASH sector; of which three years in NGO setting related to rural water supply and sanitation and previously Red Cross experience is an asset.
• Practical experiences in planning and managing community and institutional infrastructure and WASH interventions in development and emergency contexts
• Experience in designing and constructing community level water, sanitation and public infrastructure facilities. Experience on public health and community engagement and accountability is an asset
• Experience working on gender sensitive and disability inclusive designs
• Experience in Sanitation marketing.
• Ability to work well within a team and take responsibility to deliver results
• Relevant skill in computer application and graphic and engineering software packages (MS Offices, and Auto CAD…)
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Ability and willingness to live and work in harsh and difficult physical conditions in an area of potential insecurity
• Capacity to work & build strong relationships with Partners, local government offices
• Demonstrated experience supervising construction projects, preparing supervision reports
• Self-driven and result oriented
• Fluency in English and Amharic, both verbal and written
• Commitment to Red Cross values

How to apply

Interested applicants who meet the above requirements should fill the form by clicking the link

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