Technical Field Coordinator (WASH) – Laisamis
Organisation
Caritas Switzerland
and Caritas Luxembourg are non-governmental aid agencies and members of Caritas
Internationalis. Caritas works worldwide and adheres to international
hu-manitarian principles (NGO code of conduct).
Caritas Switzerland
and Caritas Luxembourg act in the frame of a Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU)
as a consortium in the Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa with a focus on
education, strengthening of civil society, food security and water, hygiene and
sanitation.
We operate a joint
Liaison Office in Nairobi; have Country Offices in Somaliland (Hargeisa) and
South Sudan (Torit) and a Representative in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa).
During the 2011 Horn
of Africa Crisis, Caritas Switzerland/Luxembourg (Caritas) responded in Kenya
with emergency projects Marsabit, Wajir, Turkana, Dadaab, Kitui and
Ngong.
The in-terventions
focussed on WASH and Food Security to mitigate the impacts of drought on
pas-toralist communities.
For one of its
follow-up WASH project in Marsabit, Kenya, Caritas is seeking to recruit a
competent Technical Field Coordinator (WASH) for its field office in Laisamis
with a strong supervisory background.
Position:
Technical Field Coordinator (WASH) – Laisamis
Reporting
to:
Humanitarian Delegate
Duration: 18 months
Location: Marsabit County,
Marsabit South District, Laisamis project office, with frequent travel to
project sites in the same district and occasional travel to Nairobi
Key
tasks & responsibilities
- Overall
coordination and responsibility of project implementation with special
focus on construction work of water structures;
- Monitor
regularly the progress and the timely implementation of WASH activities as
out-lined in the project documents;
- Conduct
technical supervision of all construction work, ensuring designs,
drawings, bills of quantities and technical specifications are followed
and respected;
- Extensive field
visits (about 80% of working time) in order to follow up, supervise,
coordi-nate and report the construction activities;
- Train local
artisans;
- Oversee all
materials purchases and deliveries;
- Ensure that
materials and equipment’s used for construction works are of acceptable
qual-ity;
- Ensure that all
infrastructure works are in line with Caritas selection criteria and
interven-tion practices;
- Carry out
monthly planning and provides monthly status reports on on-going
infrastructure activities; and
- Document lessons
learnt on strategic approaches (e.g. procurement, payment, recruit-ment,
implementations, planning)
Essential
requirements & qualifications
- Higher diploma
in civil engineering or water engineering;
- Minimum of eight
years proven experience in either relief or development work with non-governmental
organisations including managing community based water projects with
evidence of successful implementation of similar projects;
- Experience in
technical supervision of WASH structures;
- Experience in
ASAL of Kenya;
- Proficiency in
MS Office;
- Excellent social
skills including communication, management and leadership;
- Strong
analytical capacity – working and thinking on an academic level;
- Ability to work
in multi-cultural environment and sensitivity to cultural values;
- Proven ability
to work independently with a minimum of supervision;
- Motivated,
dynamic and committed;
- Accurate and
responsible attitude and way of working; and
- Complete
accountability
Caritas Switzerland
is an equal opportunity employer and qualified women candidates are encouraged
to apply.
The knowledge of
Kiswahili is mandatory, local languages spoken in Marsabit County would be
highly desirable.
Contract
start: July
2013
Application
If you feel you fit
the required profile, please let us know how your qualifications, experience and
career ambitions match the requirements of this position.
Send your application
latest by 21 June 2013 via email to jobs.nairobi@caritas.ch indicating
‘Technical Field Coordinator (WASH)’ in the subject line.
Please provide a
Curriculum Vitae (CV) that contains complete details of your qualifications,
experience, present position, and current remuneration, earliest date of
availability, names and telephone contacts of three referees.
Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.
