UN World
Food Programme – Somalia
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Vacancy
Announcement No. VA-030/2012
Post
Title: Programme Officer
(Engineer)
Post
Grade: NOB
Duty
Station: Nairobi
Date of
issue: 25.06.2012
Contract
type: Service
Contract
Position
No. 22057059
Organizational
background
The World Food Programme
Somaliland activities include food assistance for relief, emergency school
feeding, humanitarian air and logistics services, food coordination and
emergency rehabilitation projects.
This position is open to qualified
Kenyan nationals only. Female candidates in particular, are encouraged to
apply.
Major
Duties and Responsibilities:
Under the direct supervision of
Head of Programme; Support Section, the incumbent will be responsible for the
following duties:-
·
Review engineering-related aspects of budgets, activity plans
and work days calculations for Food For Assets (FFA)/Food For Work (FFW)
proposals and provide relevant feedback to Area Offices;
·
Provide technical support where requested for
engineering-related aspects of FFA/FFW projects, including advice on how to
ensure good technical quality when designing, implementing and monitoring
projects;
·
Provide any necessary engineering-related input to guidelines,
tools and formats for FFA/FFW as and when required;
·
Compile a manual of standard/sample designs (including drawings,
BOQs and construction-related budget figures) for common types of FFA/FFW
projects, building on existing designs and liaising with technical counterparts
in FAO and local authorities to ensure compliance with technical standards;
·
Train WFP staff, local authorities, NGO partners and third party
monitors on basic engineering-related aspects of design, implementation and
monitoring of FFA/FFW projects;
·
Compile a work days calculation spreadsheet based on the work
norms for various types of FFA/FFW projects, which will enable automated
calculation of work days based on dimensions;
·
Assist in developing and reviewing scope of works, drawings and
BOQs for specific FFA projects where needed;
·
Compile tables of acceptance cost ranges for
construction-related materials and tools for each area of Somalia, based on
prevailing market prices, as a tool to facilitate project budget development
and review;
·
Perform any other tasks related to engineering aspects of
livelihoods activities as required.
Minimum
Qualifications:
Education: University degree in Engineering, preferably
Civil Engineering.
Experience: At least three years of postgraduate
professional experience in the field of engineering. Experience working in
Somalia or in a pastoralist/agro-pastoralist setting or experience in designing
and/or managing community projects, particularly water harvesting, simple road
works and/or soil and water conservation structures is desirable.
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication
in English. Fluency in Somali language is desirable.
Knowledge: Experience utilizing computers, including word
processing, spreadsheet, AUTOCAD or other WFP software packages.
Interested and qualified
candidates are requested to submit online applications only according to the
following procedures:
All
applications must include an accurately filled in Personal History Form (P11)
available at the following link http://www.unon.org/docs/P11.doc to be sent by e-mail to
Somalia.Hr@wfp.org
Quote the Vacancy Announcement
number, job title and location of preference;
Hand delivered applications will
no longer be accepted;
Applications that do not meet the
above requirements will be disregarded;
Only shortlisted candidates will
be contacted.
