The Strategies for Northern Development (SND) is a local non-governmental organization working with Nomadic Pastoralist Communities in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.
SND is guided by a vision to
see a society where all Pastoralist Communities are resilient and live a
dignified life.
Key areas of focus include;
(1) Peace Building and
Governance,
(2) Food Security, Sustainable
Livelihoods and Resilience,
(3) Child Protection and
Education,
(4) Water, Sanitation, and
Health, and
(5) Humanitarian assistance.
We are seeking applications
from qualified individuals to fill the following open position;
Position: WASH Engineer
Location: Moyale
Post: 1
Period of Contract: 12 months
Key Competence
- Bachelor’s degree in Environmental / Public Health, Water and
Civil Engineering.
- Demonstrated experience in managing WASH grants is preferred.
- Experience working on Bill of Quantities and design for water
and sanitation facilities, particularly in ASAL communities.
- Demonstrated experience in WASH softwares such as GIS and
Remote sensing
- Be able to work under pressure as may be required;
- Be a team player
- Be self-driven and able to work within tight deadlines
- Detail-oriented, dependable, and productive
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- 1-3 years of experience in managing humanitarian programs
involving rural communities to promote humanitarian response.
Roles and Responsibilities
The purpose of this position is: To provide support in developing, planning,
implementing, and monitoring the WASH project and supervising, conducting
designs, studies, and reviewing water resources, sanitation, and hygiene
development activities.
The WASH Engineer is
responsible for the overall WASH project operations.
Other Roles and Responsibilities:
- Implement WASH activities, including solarization of
boreholes, drilling, repair of water infrastructure, and promoting good
hygiene practices.
- Conduct WASH rapid needs/market assessments to confirm the
price and availability of key WASH items and identify beneficiary priority
needs and hygiene behavior.
- Support community health volunteers to conduct hygiene
promotion at the community levels (campaigns, public demonstrations on
masks , water purification aqua tab use)
- Support in the distribution of WASH NFIs to all the targeted
HHs such as aqua tabs, soap,20-litre jerrycans, and 100 litre storage
containers.
- In collaboration with County/Sub County public health office,
support in identification and training of community health volunteers on
key infection prevention and control (IPC) measures using MOH-approved
packages.
- Represent organization and project during quarterly
coordination meetings with county/sub-county WASH working groups.
- Support in conducting project baseline, post distribution,
and endline assessments.
- Assist in the preparation of the specifications and
documentation for the procurement of key WASH-related supplies in
coordination with the SND procurement team.
- Prepare project monthly, quarterly, and annual technical
reports, and assist in WASH project proposal developments and end of the
project evaluations.
- Develop design plans, working drawings, technical
specifications, bill of quantities as per approved standards by the
Ministry of Water.
- Undertake other duties as required.
How to Apply:
Letter of applications along
with a copy of your resume, a contact telephone number, copies of Academic
certificates , professional certificates, testimonials, and the names of 3
referees, preferably from your previous workplaces, quoting their email addresses/contact
numbers correctly and Clearly label/quote the job title above on your envelope
addressed to Human Resource Officer and hand-deliver to the SND Marsabit/Moyale
Office or via email: jobs@sndafrica.org.
The deadline for the submission
of the application is 7th May 2023 5:00 PM.
Only short-listed candidates
will be contacted.
Phone calls are not acceptable.
Female Candidates are strongly
encouraged to apply.
SND is an equal opportunity
employer.
