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.
