Job Title: Field Officer, Dig Deep
Project Name: Mara WASH Cluster
Reports to: Country Manager
Accountable to: Dig Deep Trustee Board
Overview of Dig Deep: Dig Deep works with communities in rural Kenya to
improve their access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).
We achieve this through partnering
with Kenyan NGOs, CBOs, schools and county governments to fund and facilitate
the construction of WASH infrastructure and hygiene promotion activities.
We are a small, rapidly growing, international NGO with 8 staff supported by 300+ volunteers based in both Kenya and the UK.
Job Summary: The Field Officer will represent Dig Deep on the ground in the Mara WASH Project Cluster working with local NGOs, Water Project Committees and specific schools to ensure Dig Deep’s water and sanitation projects meet their objectives.
Objective 1: Identification and
selection of appropriate partner schools and communities
Activities:
- Undertake baseline assessment activities using
established tools (e.g. surveys, focus groups, structured interviews,
mapping)
Objective 2: Implementation of
Training Activities
Activities:
- Coordinating and undertaking planning
activities with partner schools and communities (e.g. community meetings,
focus groups, WatSan committee meetings)
- Support other Dig Deep staff in the
coordination and implementation of training activities
Objective 3: Implementation of WASH
Infrastructure Construction
Activities:
- Coordinating and undertaking planning
activities with partner schools and communities
- Formally agreeing infrastructure construction
activities with partner schools and communities through supporting the
drawing up and signing of Memorandums of Understanding
- Coordinating and undertaking monitoring of
construction to ensure WASH infrastructure is delivered on budget to
contractually agreed standards
Objective 4: Monitoring, Evaluating
and Learning from Completed Projects
Activities:
- Coordinating and undertaking end line
assessment activities (e.g. surveys, focus groups, structured interviews,
mapping)
- Training partner communities and schools in
use of monitoring tools and coordinating collection of the data gathered
- Coordinating evaluation meetings with partner
schools and communities to assess the extent to which agreed objectives
set in planning stages have been met and identify lessons learned and
ongoing support requirements where necessary
Objective 5: Undertaking Specific
Governance and Marketing Responsibilities
Activities:
- Monthly project status reporting to Country
Director
- Monthly charity marketing requirements (e.g.
blog post, social media updates)
Qualifications
- Degree in Water Engineering/Construction
Engineering/Public Health with experience in water, sanitation, hygiene
and health education projects with at least 2 years’ experience working in
project management, preferably within a WASH context.
OR
- Relevant degree with at least 3 years’
experience in project management, preferably in a WASH context.
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Experience in monitoring WASH infrastructure
construction
- Experience in implementing hygiene promotion
programmes and/or community led methodologies or similar
- Experience in implementing Menstrual Hygiene
Management programmes
- Experience in implementing Operation and
Management programmes
- Experience of undertaking field work and
communicating directly with beneficiaries in a rural context
- Experience in implementing CLTS in rural
context
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel
- Experience in field work logistics
- Fluency in spoken English
- Fluency in spoken Swahili
- Ability to coordinate with multiple
stakeholders (local and international NGOs, local and national Government,
beneficiaries, partners, suppliers etc.)
Preferred
- Prior WASH experience or at least 2 years with
a humanitarian organization carrying out development activities.
- Fluency in spoken Maa
How to Apply:
If you would like to join a dynamic
team and help bring lasting health change in Kenya, please send the following:
- Your CV
- A cover application letter, which should
include evidence of competence against key criteria,
- Your expected salary
- Your current salary
- Details of three recent work-related referees
These should be submitted to the
Country Manager, Dig Deep Kenya by email to hr@digdeep.org.uk. Emails should
not exceed 2MB.
NB: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Start Period - April 2015
Interviews - for shortlisted applicants - interviews are scheduled to take place in the Mara on Monday 30th March 2015
For more information see –
www.digdeep.org.uk