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Self Help Africa Senior WASH Officer Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

Self Help Africa Senior WASH Officer Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

Self Help Africa Ethiopia looking for “Senior WASH Officer”.

Applicants with a Bachelor’s Degree may apply on or before 29th February, 2024.

Self Help Africa is an international charity that promotes and implements long-term rural development projects in Africa. Self Help Africa merged with Gorta in July 2014. The organisation works with rural communities in eight African countries – supporting farm families to grow more and earn more from their produce.

Self Help Africa Senior WASH Officer Jobs 2024

The Self Help Africa has published a job vacancy announcement on 24th February, 2024 for qualified Ethiopia’s to fill in the vacant post of Senior WASH Officer to be based in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Recruiter Self Help Africa
Position Senior WASH Officer
Location Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Country Ethiopia
Total Vacant Post N/A
Qualification Bachelor’s Degree
Experience Required Minimum of Two (02) Year’s
Application Deadline 29th February, 2024

Self Help Africa Job Vacancy 2024

Key Responsibilities:

  • Identifies formal and informal sources of information and collects and report all available data on the evolving situation in the sector.
  • Supporting the assessment, planning, designing, implementation, supervision, expansion, and administration of technical interventions.
  • Create a strong link to ongoing or planned water, sanitation and hygiene promotion activities and nexus between Development and Emergency projects.
  • Participate in humanitarian and joint assessments of internally displaced and disaster affected communities including seasonal assessments to ensure consistent collection of WASH/NFI needs.
  • Ensure that WASH activities including well drilling, construction of water schemes and hygiene and sanitation Campaigns and targets are achieved through regular monitoring and supervision.
  • Support the implementation of SHA- WASH NFI and Dignity Kit interventions in coordination with head office and field/cluster office staff.
  • Coordinate and monitor joint beneficiary registration and verification procedures, as well as a beneficiary feedback mechanism, to ensure vulnerable beneficiaries receive support and resolve any protection concerns during interventions.
  • Representation and engagement of implementation partner and government agencies and coordination with WASH NFI Cluster and regional authorities
  • Organize awareness raising sessions to build capacities of relevant government staff in WASH/NFI assessment, monitoring, and evaluation.
  • Support with designing and contextualizing specific WASH IEC materials.
  • Regularly monitor WASH activities like construction hygiene and sanitation activities and coordinate with other sector interventions.
  • Assist the project teams for the implementation of cash assistant through different modalities where appropriate, including mobile money transfer activities.
  • Collaborate with community groups, government, UN agencies and other partners who are active in WASH intervention in the area like Zonal and Woreda administrations and water sector and Disaster Risk Management officials so as to establish conducive working environment, promote transparency, ensure support of sector offices, increase stakeholder participation
  • Represent SHA in relevant forums including the Shelter/WASH NFI Cluster, Cash Working Group (CWG), Disaster Risk Management Technical Working Group (DRMTWG), and other relevant humanitarian forums whenever relevant.
  • Assisting the HPM and Cluster Coordinators with the day-to-day support programmatic and coordination duties, including reviewing and signing of key documents as deemed necessary.
  • Ensure the availability of accurate, complete, and up-to-date information required for effective WASH programme design, implementation, management, monitoring, and evaluation with a particular focus on sanitation and hygiene promotion.
  • Contribute to the selection, design, and upgrade the most appropriate forms of hygiene and sanitation system and facilities in accordance with SPHERE standards and taking full account of local conditions, cultural norms and do no harm practises.
  • Provide technical support on Hygiene and Sanitation activities such as reviewing the TORs, develop Hygiene/Sanitation training manuals/topics, provide advice to field team, and supervise the capacity building activity.
  • Prepare engineering estimates, drawings as well as tender documents for WASH construction works.
  • Initiate procurement requests for rehabilitation, maintenance, and construction of HDW and Water supply system and WASH NFIs
  • Assist trainings for WASHCos and ensure that the WASHCos are well functioning.
  • Closely work with other programme team across the emergency operation and Development Programme for integrated implementation of the programme’s objective specifically with the Livelihood, Health and Nutrition Programming
  • Ensure optimal safety and security management procedures and practices are in place for the emergency response programme and continually monitor the safety and security situation, adapting staff safety and security procedures accordingly in collaboration and cooperation with the Security Focal Person and Country Director.
  • Perform any other tasks and duties assigned as necessary.

Position in Organization:

  • Job Title: Senior WASH Officer
  • Company: Self Help Africa
  • Department: Programmes
  • Location: Bahir Dar (frequent travel to the field)
  • Contract Type: Six-month contract, renewable based on performance review and availability of fund
  • Reports to: Humanitarian Programme Manager

Minimum Requirement:

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Hydrology and Water resources management, hydraulic engineering, Civil engineering, or any other related discipline with hands on WASH experience and trainings.

Experience:

  • At least 2 and more year’s relevant work experience in the humanitarian set ups; preferably in the International NGOs.

Language:

  • Proficiency in verbal and written English.

How to Apply Self Help Africa Senior WASH Officer Jobs 2024

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

Then to apply, go to https://selfhelpafrica.org/ie/senior-wash-officer-based-in-bahir-dar/

The Closing Date: 29th February, 2024.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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