CMMB
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Assistant Engineer
Location: Mutomo, Kitui
County, Kenya
We believe in a world in which every human life is valued, and
health and human dignity are shared by all.
We believe that access to quality healthcare is a basic human
right.
For more than 100 years, we have worked with global partners to deliver locally sustainable, quality healthcare solutions to women, children and their communities.
We’re ready to make it 100 more.
We believe change starts with her.
We work tirelessly for women’s and children’s health because
they are disproportionately affected by illness and poverty.
We know that healthy, educated, and empowered women are better
able to raise healthy, educated, and confident children, and that communities
depend on their livelihoods. We’re making an impact – learn more.
Building around a new CHAMPS (CHildren And Mother PartnershipS)
model, CMMB will work at both the
community and clinical levels in these targeted communities to strengthen
health services and address the leading causes of maternal and child death.
In addition, CMMB will expand its volunteer program to
strengthen health care delivery in CHAMPS-supported facilities, and will engage
with the pharmaceutical industry to help meet the needs of CHAMPS communities
and facilities.
CMMB is committed to learning and evolving in order to
successfully achieve impact in its strategy, and will have strong vertical and
horizontal team structures in alignment to the global strategy in order to
encourage accountability, communication, and effective project management.
We believe in people.
We strive to live out our core values of collaboration, love,
excellence and respect every day. We provide our employees with a competitive
salary and a meaningful benefits package, with opportunities to learn and grow.
We especially encourage all persons of diverse backgrounds to apply. Read more
from our President & CEO below.
Department Summary
The Programs Department plays a critical role in achieving
CMMB’s strategy around improving the lives of
women and children, by leading the provision of high quality programs focused
on children’s and mothers’ health, and particularly in the development and
implementation of our CHAMPS model.
This team is also responsible for generating revenue from and
partnering effectively with government(s), major foundations, and other major
donors, and will help to position and enhance CMMB’s technical capacity and
reputation in the field of global healthcare.
CMMB has been working in Kenya for almost 15 years. CMMB works
to ensure that the most vulnerable
populations, especially mothers and children, have access to quality services
in health care, health promotion and illness prevention.
Overview
Under the supervision of the program manager, the WASH Assistant
Engineer is responsible for supporting all scale-up of public health
engineering components of the WASH activities, constructions, and renovations
in CHAMPs implementation in Kitui South.
The WASH Assistant-Engineer will be responsible for providing
technical guidance to contractors, skilled and unskilled daily laborers, and
partners at field level under his duty areas of assignment and ensure that
public health engineering components of the program implementation adheres to
appropriate National and international standards and guidelines.
Responsibilities
· Support the program in
facilitating the process of establishing smooth and fulfilling work
relationships with host government offices and their implementing arms.
· Support the Program in
preparing detailed renovation plans including drawings, requirement estimates
(BOQs), budget estimates and a monitoring and evaluation plan
· Supervise ongoing
constructions or renovations and ensure they meet quality standards
· Support the timely
start-up of planned WASH and construction undertakings in Kitui South
· Assist and technically
support the program in the design, implementation and oversight of all public
health education of the overall WASH response.
· Represent CMMB at
various levels of WASH platforms including the WASH Cluster and its technical
working groups when assigned by the supervisor.
· Deputize the Community
Health Officer and/or Program Officers during their absence.
· Work closely with other
CHAMPs functions – including RMNCH, logistics and finance, HR and
administration – to ensure programmatic integrations, effectiveness, efficiency
and compliance.
· Support the program in
drafting internal and external reports by collection and sharing basic primary
data from field on regular basis.
· Guide, train and support
community water facilities management committees to discharge their duties
· Support the program in
Identifying infrastructural and IPC problems within health facility settings to
come up with technical and financial propositions of how they can be fixed.
· Identify WASH needs
within target communities, including identification of water systems, analyzing
dysfunctionalities, and coming up with technical and financial proposition of
how the systems can be restored
· Support the program to
prepare detailed procurement, supply, and spending plans for identified
undertakings under your areas of assignment as needed.
· Supervide and support
contractors, skilled and unskilled labors and volunteers in closely and daily
following up related interventions implementation to meet the anticipated
quality standards.
· Any additional tasks
assigned by the supervisor.
Key Competencies
· Project Management
(Planning and Time Management) – accurately scopes out the length and the
difficulty of tasks (sets objectives/goals/measures). Breaks down work into
steps, schedules, task/people assignments. Marshal’s people, time, and resource
efficiently. Arranges information in a useful manner and orchestrates multiple
activities at once.
· Problem Solving –
analyzes problems, seeks input from others and considers a variety of
solutions. Chooses most efficient and effective solutions with attention to the
impact that solution has on other projects and tasks.
· Technical Skills and
Learning – seeks out resources to enhance technical skills, and readily learns
new industry processes, systems and products.
· Conversant with
regulatory codes and laws that govern the construction industry and able to
advice the program leadership to ensure full compliance.
· Articulate, professional
and able to communicate in a clear, positive manner with clients and staff.
· Basic knowledge of
concepts, practices, and procedures with project design.
· Strong oral and written
communication skills.
· Demonstrated proficiency
with Microsoft Office suite software and CAD software.
· Ability to solve
problems and recommend corrective action as needed.
· Strong organizational
and attention to detail needed to adhere to project deadlines.
· Effective communications
in information shared by ensuring attention is paid to the specific components
of the communication, successful delivery and accountability for specific
components.
Qualifications
· Minimum Diploma in civil
engineering, Water engineering or any relevant field of study.
· At least 2-3 years of
national work experience in NGO setting, working on emergency and development
WASH or any other humanitarian project is strongly desired.
· Fluent in local language
and excellent in English.
· You have excellent
coordination and networking skills including liaison with stakeholders
· You are comfortable
working for a faith-based organization.
· You believe in CMMB,
where we’re going, and what we can do together to achieve Healthier Lives
Worldwide.
How to Apply
Visit our CAREERS PAGE for more information and CLICK HERE to apply online.
All applications must be received by 9th November 2022.
