WASH Officer

ROLE PURPOSE:

The post requires strong familiarity and substantial experience in construction and provision of technical advisory related to the construction of water and sanitation facilities. A familiarity of the program cycle and project management as well as active participation in the identification and pursuit of strategic options for the project and the organization will be required of the post. 

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Roving WASH Manager

Staff reporting to this post: None

Budget Responsibilities: None

Role Dimensions: Water supply, Sanitation and hygiene promotion.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

Need Assessment

• Participate in the implementation of WASH needs assessments and assessment of WASH facilities to be rehabilitated and / or implemented in the project, through technical feasibility studies, household level questionnaires, focus group discussions, visits to facilities and sites.

Program implementation:

·       Follow-up/Supervision of the activities related to the construction of WASH infrastructures in public institutions and communities, such as:

·       Preparation of BOQs and drawings for all type of WASH Infrastructure.

·       Ensure the quality and quantity of materials delivered to construction sites by Save the Children and its subcontractors and maintaining proper record.

·       Ensure all safety measures are taken at site during construction work to avoid any incident.

·       Setting up and follow-up of hygiene promotion activities such as;

·       Monitor the implementation hygiene promotion sessions in the targeted communit

·       Identification, training and follow-up of activities of community hygiene promotion voluntee

·       Training of Trainers in hygiene promotion to WASH committee members, hygiene volunteers, teachers, health workers etc.

·       Organizing cleaning campaig

·       Ensuring maximum utilization of water and sanitation facilit

·       Ensure community mobilization on all WASH sector related

·       Organize & supervise the distribution of hygiene, cleaning and water treatment kit for health centers, schools and at HH level.

·       Develop and  communicate  techniques  for  house  hold  water  treatment  in  the  target communities.

 Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning:

• Ensure that WASH infrastructure construction and rehabilitation works are carried out according to quality standards established by Save the Children through quality checklists

·       Participate in, and engage with the MEAL Department in drafting assessments, including rapid need, baseline, post distribution, or end line assessment.

·       Ensure database on beneficiaries reached are updated and compliant.

• Weekly reporting of data in order to follow up the standard project and strategic indicators (number of beneficiaries, number and type of activities completed…)

Reporting:

• Weekly reporting to the Roving WASH Manager, including key achievements and planning for the following week.

 Integration, coordination and cross cutting issues:

·       Ensure that construction work is integrated with hygiene promotion and community participation component, to ensure sustainability of the infrastructure built.

·       Coordinate WASH construction activities with other sectors of Save the Children, in order to integrate activities in the same geographical area and for the same beneficiaries.

·       Coordinate WASH construction activities with other local actors (governmental and non-governmental).

·       Ensure the integration of gender, child protection, HIV, environment and other crosscutting issues to the design, implementation and development of WASH construction activities, and ensure that activities take into account the needs of specific groups and individuals, especially children, the elderly and disabled

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

·       holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

·       holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

·       sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same

·       widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others

·       future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

·       builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters

·       values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

·       approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

·       develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

·       willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

·       honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Essential

·       Previous experience in implementation of WASH projects

·       Excellent IT skills including good working knowledge of MS Excel and Word

·       Ability to establish strong working relationship with colleagues from different function and cultures.

·       Experience of a flexible approach to managing and prioritising high workload and multiple tasks in a high paced environment with tight deadlines.

·       Capacity of proactively identifying and addressing issues related to programme implementation

·       Good command of English

·       Excellent communication skills

·       Willingness to work in retaken areas

·       Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support

Desirable

• Experience in working with local communities at field level in development projects
• Experience in Public Healt and community participation and positive behaviour change
• Experience in Construction related project management