We promote and safeguard the rights to inclusion of women, children and teenagers in Italy and throughout the world, on the basic assumption that the safeguard of women’s rights is a mandatory condition to achieve respect of children’s rights and, vice versa, the protection of children’s rights is most important for the achievement of women’s rights.
Contract duration: 6 months short term contract (including 3 months probation).
Duty station: The post will be based in Isiolo, with extensive travel to project areas in Isiolo County and with possible travels to the Nairobi office.
Report to: We World-GVC Project Coordinator and We World GVC Kenya Country Representative
About the position
WeWorld-GVC is a part of a consortium that has been awarded a 4 years’ grant by the European Union on building community resilience in Isiolo County. In this project WeWorld-GVC main areas of focus will be: Improved nutrition, food security and food production; Enhancing food crop production; Promoting sustainable water supply; Elimination of defecation in the open through promoting Community Led Total Sanitation methodology; Promoting food security and improve nutrition indicators through a multisectoral approach.
Job Purpose: Under the supervision of the Project Coordinator**,** the post holder (WASH Officer) will be in charge of managing and overseeing the water infrastructure component of the project. He/she will supervise construction related to all water and sanitation facilities (water pans, boreholes, rehabilitation oF springs/shallow wells etc.) S(he) will assist in facilitating information and training of water committees with a view of improving access to safe and sustainable water and enhancing sanitation practices in the project area with a strong attention to the conflict resolution aspect.
Duties and Responsibilities
The WASH Project officer will:
- Ensure that the project WASH activities are fully implemented (by conducting regular fields visits among other things) according to the approved proposal and in accordance with partners commitments (activities, quality/standards, indicators, deadlines);
- Ensure development of accurate Bill of Quantities ( BoQs) and detailed technical drawings for all the Water Infrastructure interventions in liaison with relevant technical staff from the government authorities and implementing partners.
- Supervise all technical aspects for WASH related activities implementation, make sure that contractors complete project work in a timely, efficient and accurate manner with respect to standard engineering
- Ensure community involvement in all phases of the project and the development of community ownership of the project, placing strong attention to the conflict resolution aspect.
- Guarantee the respect of construction standards as well as the security practices at the project site;
- Providing feedback to the monitoring and evaluation system in order to assess the effectiveness and the impact of the projects and propose recommendations for improvement
- Contribute to the development of constructive solutions to challenges identified by the community and contractors
- Facilitate and maintain a good professional relationship between communities and contractors
- Provide technical reports on the water component on a monthly basis and plans with comprehensive records of engineering work undertaken in the project including site visits and reporting of work progress.
- Analyze context analysis of field realities and operational environment with the view to advocate for maximum stakeholder participation
- Discuss with the community and local authorities and make recommendations on innovative ways that beneficiary communities should adopt for improved management and sustainability of community water facilities.
- Coordinate and supervise masonry and concrete construction works at all water and sanitation facilities (Water pans, boreholes, rehabilitation oF springs/shallow wells etc.)
- Coordinate community mobilization and sensitization
- Assist the formation and train the water and sanitation committees for specific water/sanitation facilities to be developed
- Follow up, inspect and ensure project materials are delivered measure to specified deliveries at field level in a timely way.
- Document Impact, Sustainability and best practices for Water projects in the area for learning, sharing and future replication
- Support in development and negotiation of MoUs at the county and regional levels where necessary.
- Represent WeWorld at appropriate meetings (WASH cluster, donors, etc.) and report back to the Project Coordinator .
- Assist in proposal writing when required.
Mandatory Requirements:
- A university degree in WASH or an equivalent degree related to the position (Civil Engineering/Construction management/Environmental Engineering water engineering, etc)
- A minimum of 5 years working experience in WASH programmes in a development or humanitarian context.
- Experience in main WASH approaches, sustainable WASH programming, and system strengthening in WASH
- Experience in water design and deep understanding of water contribution to economic development
- Familiarity with policies, procedures and priorities related to WASH programmes especially in Kenya.
Desired skills and experiences:
- Master’s degree in a relevant field ((Civil Engineering/Construction management, Engineering water engineering, etc)
- Previous experience working in Kenya and/or in ASAL areas;
- Prior experience successfully managing culturally-diverse teams to achieve project outcomes
- Good technical knowledge in the fields of agriculture and/or water (irrigation), better if at university level is a strong plus;
- Previous experience in management of EU funded projects is an asset.
- Familiarity with methodologies for conducting a contextual analysis, scoping assessments and other WASH surveys, as well as WASH-related M&E systems, WASH guidelines and standards
- Experience in writing high-quality WASH proposals as well as reports and strategy design
- Being member of an engineering body.
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