JOB TITLE: WASH Officer – Infrastructure
JOB LOCATION: Maiduguri, Borno
JOB DETAILS:
- Level 3 – The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people.
Role Purpose:
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- To support the implementation of the WASH component of the project including construction/rehabilitation of water and sanitation facilities and collaboration with WASH stakeholders at state/LGA levels.
Key Areas of Accountability
Objective 1: Take the lead on the Rehabilitation / Construction of Water and Sanitation Facilities at Nutrition, Education, Child Protection and FSL sites:
- Carry out field visits to assess sites at the respective facilities and in conjunction with the SCI Nutrition team towards determining the needs and requirement for action and implementation.
- Work with the Logistic Coordinator and Finance and Grants Compliance Team to identify and contract vendors to ensure the planned activities are in accordance with the specified designs and standard.
- Prepare weekly plans and schedule of work for all construction/rehabilitation sites, while ensuring compliance in meeting and reaching deadlines and targets.
- Work with and support the vendors to ensure all materials and equipment are in stock and any necessary orders are placed for all actions to be carried.
- Provide interpretation to designs of work and work according to specifications.
- Establish a site book at each location and make a report on progress registered in the site book while ensuring signing in with remarks.
- Must adhere strictly to standards and ensure the quality of materials used by the contractors falls within the utmost standard.
- Ensure that all construction/rehabilitation processes including the selection of sites and actual implementation are done in collaboration with key stakeholders at the state, LGA and community levels
Objective 2: Take the lead on the Integration of Hygiene Promotion into other SCI programming:
- Liaise with RUWASSA and the LGA WASH departments on WASH programming and ensure that all activities are done with their active participation and support
- Provide support on WASH to other SCI programmes and initiatives when required
- Ensure that WASH is integrated into all training carried out on the CMAM project
- Carry out advocacy visits to key stakeholders at both state, LGA and community levels
- Support periodic evaluation studies to evaluate the impact of the WASH component
- Contribute technical expertise to donor proposals for any future projects
Objective 3: Monitoring and Evaluation of WASH Activities:
- Prepare a monthly plan of field activities and share it with the relevant staff
- Develop and implement tools for monitoring of WASH activities in collaboration with the M&E team
- Timely collection and analysis of data for the monitoring of the activities.
- Identify the problems in the implementation process and propose solutions
- Evaluate regularly the impact of the activities and propose changes for improvement
- Prepare activities’ reports and other ad hoc reports according to agreed timelines and as required
Administrative & General Skills
- First Degree in Engineering, Geology, Geography or other WASH-related fields from a recognized/accredited Tertiary Institution in Nigeria
- An advanced degree will be an added advantage
- At least 2 years post NYSC relevant experience
- Previous experience with other local and international NGOs
- Experience in Nutrition and in community-based programmes
- Training and experience on borehole and VIP latrine construction/rehabilitation
- Community mobilisation and advocacy experience
- Computer literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
- Fluency in English and Hausa or Kanuri, spoken and written
- Ability to work in partnership with government and other NGO staff
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to work within a team setting
- Independence, adaptability and flexibility with good workload management, multitasking and ability to meet tight deadlines
- Excellent communication skills
Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
- High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
- Holds self and others accountable
Ambition:
- Creating best-in-class EA function
- Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively
Collaboration:
- Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
- approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
- Designing more effective admin systems
- Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.
Deadline: June 23, 2021
Job Features
Job Category | Accounting / Audit / Finance |