Water and Sanitation Engineer
Chad - Based in Goz Beida with travel to the surrounding villages required.
Reports to: Country Director
Direct reports: Drilling team
Job Location: Based in Goz Beida with travel to the surrounding villages required.
Contract Details: 6 months to 1 year, Unaccompanied
Job Purpose: Responsible for overall management of the water and sanitation programme including engineering activities and hygiene promotion.
Main duties & Responsibilities:
•Carry out field assessments in order to plan, design and implement the programme.
•Recruit and manage the drilling team, build their capacity on technical design and test technical practice.
•Support logistics in the procurement of necessary materials for the programme and plan effectively to allow implementation to start in the dry season.
•Work with communities to establish and train water committees, identify appropriate sites for drilling etc.
•Supervise the drilling of boreholes, testing of water, construction of pumps etc, ensuring quality as per Sphere guidelines and best international engineering practice.
•Monitor the implementation of the drilling programme and produce regular progress reports.
•Develop and document written protocols and standard operating procedures for the drilling programme
•Supervise the construction of latrines and ensure they are constructed to the appropriate standards.
•Manage the health and hygiene promotion team (set objectives, identify training needs etc)
•Conduct KAP surveys in the target villages
•Train staff and community volunteers on appropriate health and hygiene promotion messages and methods of dissemination
•Liaise with the mainstreaming officer to develop appropriate training and messages on HIV/AIDS
•Conduct technical analysis, reviews and assessments to assist in the design of further programming.
•Occasionally represent Concern at inter-agency and coordination fora pertaining t environmental health and infrastructure rehabilitation programmes
•Undertake any other relevant and reasonable watsan work as required
Person specification:
Essential:
•Qualifications in a discipline related to civil engineering and/or Environmental Health
•Practical experience in construction of Watsan (hand dug wells, latrines etc) facilities.
•Experience in managing and training of staff or contractors on design, construction, technical standards, GPS, Water Quality Testing.
•Sound IT skills, including Word, Excel and AutoCAD and ability to prepare project related reports/documents.
•Ability to communicate in French.
Desirable:
•Experience of working in Africa (or elsewhere under similar conditions) would be an advantage
•Good capacity in community mobilization and a knowledge of participatory approach in project implementation (Knowledge of PHAST and other tools an advantage)
•Ability to lead and work as part of a team
•Flexible, adaptable and patient
•Ability to train local staff and to motivate and develop skills of others
•Knowledge of Arabic
Concern has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organization, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct candidates acknowledge that they have understood the contents of both the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and the Programme Participant Protection Policy and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these two documents.
Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year. Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on Concern ensuring that the names of any new employee or volunteer do not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List).
Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will not be made pending a clearance check being conducted on the applicant. For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Head Office.
Concern Worldwide is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Application deadline: 27th February 2011
Please note that due to the urgency of this position, applications will be short listed on a regular basis and we may offer the post before the closing date.
Reports to: Country Director
Direct reports: Drilling team
Job Location: Based in Goz Beida with travel to the surrounding villages required.
Contract Details: 6 months to 1 year, Unaccompanied
Job Purpose: Responsible for overall management of the water and sanitation programme including engineering activities and hygiene promotion.
Main duties & Responsibilities:
•Carry out field assessments in order to plan, design and implement the programme.
•Recruit and manage the drilling team, build their capacity on technical design and test technical practice.
•Support logistics in the procurement of necessary materials for the programme and plan effectively to allow implementation to start in the dry season.
•Work with communities to establish and train water committees, identify appropriate sites for drilling etc.
•Supervise the drilling of boreholes, testing of water, construction of pumps etc, ensuring quality as per Sphere guidelines and best international engineering practice.
•Monitor the implementation of the drilling programme and produce regular progress reports.
•Develop and document written protocols and standard operating procedures for the drilling programme
•Supervise the construction of latrines and ensure they are constructed to the appropriate standards.
•Manage the health and hygiene promotion team (set objectives, identify training needs etc)
•Conduct KAP surveys in the target villages
•Train staff and community volunteers on appropriate health and hygiene promotion messages and methods of dissemination
•Liaise with the mainstreaming officer to develop appropriate training and messages on HIV/AIDS
•Conduct technical analysis, reviews and assessments to assist in the design of further programming.
•Occasionally represent Concern at inter-agency and coordination fora pertaining t environmental health and infrastructure rehabilitation programmes
•Undertake any other relevant and reasonable watsan work as required
Person specification:
Essential:
•Qualifications in a discipline related to civil engineering and/or Environmental Health
•Practical experience in construction of Watsan (hand dug wells, latrines etc) facilities.
•Experience in managing and training of staff or contractors on design, construction, technical standards, GPS, Water Quality Testing.
•Sound IT skills, including Word, Excel and AutoCAD and ability to prepare project related reports/documents.
•Ability to communicate in French.
Desirable:
•Experience of working in Africa (or elsewhere under similar conditions) would be an advantage
•Good capacity in community mobilization and a knowledge of participatory approach in project implementation (Knowledge of PHAST and other tools an advantage)
•Ability to lead and work as part of a team
•Flexible, adaptable and patient
•Ability to train local staff and to motivate and develop skills of others
•Knowledge of Arabic
Concern has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organization, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct candidates acknowledge that they have understood the contents of both the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and the Programme Participant Protection Policy and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these two documents.
Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year. Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on Concern ensuring that the names of any new employee or volunteer do not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List).
Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will not be made pending a clearance check being conducted on the applicant. For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Head Office.
Concern Worldwide is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
How to apply
To apply: All applications should be submitted through our website at www.concern.net/jobsApplication deadline: 27th February 2011
Please note that due to the urgency of this position, applications will be short listed on a regular basis and we may offer the post before the closing date.
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