Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) are critical enablers of the sustainable development goals especially as they affect health of people. WASH professionals are therefore in high demand and well-sought after. The opportunities below exist in an international NGO seeking to hire a WASH manager and WASH technicians. Whereas there is opening for a WASH manager, there are 4 openings for WASH technicians. These openings offer opportunity for professionals out of job to return to active employment; it is they also offer opportunity for budding professionals wishing to launch their professional career. We invite you review the jobs and take a bold step to give your WASH career a good start.
Wash Manager at International Medical Corps
- To take the lead in designing, managing and implementing IMC WASH program in assigned areas
- To promote community participation and ownership through liaising with beneficiary communities, establishing, training and supporting community engagement and ensuring that activities are implemented to reflect coverage and prioritized needs.
- Support identification of appropriate new activities in consultation with field staff, local communities, local authorities and organizations operational in Nigeria.
- Support the WASH teams in developing and implementing acceptable WASH infrastructure designs, using appropriate technology where possible
- Support the WASH teams in developing Bill of Quantities (BOQs) for all WASH infrastructure being undertaken by International Medical Corps Nigeria.
- Support the WASH Coordinator in planning and program development and application of management tools including the Budget Monitoring Tool.
- Support the WASH Team in developing relevant Training Modules and Monitoring Tools to be used for Community Trainings.
- Contribute towards development of relevant WASH policies, protocols and guidelines to be implemented within the WASH program at country level.
- Contribute towards development of program implementation approaches, strategies and the overall Country Program Strategy
- Carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by the WASH coordinator.
- Logistics and Budget Management:
- Provide input in the review of WASH related procurement requests, approve where appropriate and follow up with the Logistics/Procurement for timely delivery
- Support the WASH Teams in developing and reviewing activity base on budgets for all WASH Program and program support components
- Review and monitor all expenditure on budgets in coordination with the WASH coordinator
- Review and approve as per authorization level, all WASH related cash requests from WASH Field team.
- Support logistics in developing technical tender/bid documents related to WASH Infrastructure constructions, consultancies and conduct technical evaluation of the same.
- Coordination:
- Ensure all activities are carried out in accordance with local government procedures (e.g. site selection) and do not duplicate or interfere with activities proposed or carried out by the UN or other NGO
- Liaise with other organizations engaged in similar activities in Nigeria, including the government authorities, UN and other NGO
- Liaise closely with the WASH coordinator to ensure good integration and synergy of all program activities.
- Represent International Medical Corps in all External Related Forums when called upon by the WASH Coordinators or the Country Director.
- Capacity Building and Human Resource Management:
- Directly manage the WASH Field team and ensure that program activities are completed within the specified timeframe and to acceptable level of technical and program quality
- Conduct Annual staff appraisals to the field WASH Officer in collaboration with the WASH Coordinator as well as review all appraisals for staff under the WASH Officer
- Facilitate staff training on areas of technical capacity gaps as captured in the appraisals
- Support field WASH Team in capacity building of the target communities, community volunteers and local authority where necessary
- Reporting:
- Compile data/ information for WASH related donor reports in close coordination with field teams, the M&E Officer/ Manager and the WASH Coordinator
- Support the WASH team to deliver weekly updates in a timely manner.
- Compile all WASH Monthly Reports (internal)
- Work with M&E team to develop WASH Indicator Monitoring and Evaluation Tools and review the same regularly to adjust to program changes.
To apply, submit CV via e-mail: imcnigeriavacancy@internationalmedicalcorps.org using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email.
WASH Technicians at International Medical Corps (4 openings)
- Act as the main technical personal in the development of bill of quantity (BoQs) and designs for all WASH works on this project including but not limited to latrines construction/rehabilitation, water points drilling and waste management at IDP camps, host community and health facility.
- Work with the WASH Project team to design templates, construction contracts for WASH related works, and a system for monitoring the progress of works and performance of hired contractor.
- Provide rigorous supervision of WASH hardware works in IDP camps, Host community and health facility in Damboa, Gwoaza and Askira Uba
- Provide technical supervision to contractors undertaking solar installation and facility rehabilitation works at the health facility
- Review technical reports from the various contractors and provide recommendations to the WASH Officer as to whether the delivered infrastructures meet the required standards and quality by International Medical Corps
- Supervise operational teams, contractors and/or communities, and ensure the best use of available resources
- Organize, plan and supervise community participation
- Anticipate any problems associated with the management of his/her activity and propose solutions to avoid them
- Manage the supply of worksite materials by collaborating with the logistics department
- Report to the WASH manager and/or WASH Officer on the state of decentralized stock (‘field’ stock) on his/her sites.
- Take part to the evaluation of the technical competence of contractors
- Respect International Medical Corps administrative procedures before, during and after each work project
- Establish safety and security measures for each activity and ensure that these rules are respected by the workforce under his/ her supervision and by the population
- Provide technical inputs in assessments for new project areas
- Be involved in capacity building of Water Management committees, Water chlorinators, project artisans and Sanitation committees especially with regards to routine maintenance techniques.
- Provide updates to WASH Officer on state of International Medical Corps, Water and Sanitation infrastructure by working closely with the trained WASHCOMM committee at the IDP camps, host community and health facility.
- Ensure the construction and/or the maintenance of construction work using International Medical Corps tools (in particular):
- Take part in the identification of sites where work is to be carried out
- Recruit and train the workforce and daily workers
- Allocate the on-site workforce according to instructions given by the WASH Officer
- Carry out work according to technical guidelines and estimates
- Respect deadlines established with his/her line manager
- Logistics and Procurements:
- Provide input in the review of WASH related procurement requests, approve where appropriate and follow up with the Logistics/Procurement for timely delivery
- Support in the developing and reviewing activity base on budgets for all WASH Program and program support components.
- Support logistics by providing inputs in developing technical tender/bid documents related to WASH Infrastructure constructions, consultancies and conduct technical evaluation of the same.
- Provide technical input/ verification in the quality and quantity of materials received from suppliers before it is received by the logistics.
- Liaise with contractors on the quantity and quality of materials to be requested from logistic and makes the request on time for prompt delivery to site.
To apply, send cv to: imcnigeriavacancy@internationalmedicalcorps.org using the job title as the subject of the email.
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