Watsan Team Leader at Solidarites International

Location: Monguno, Borno      
Beginning of Contract: ASAP  
Contract Duration: 3 months (with possibility of extension)
Probation period: 1 month
Delocalized status and related benefits: Applicable

Mission

• The Team Leader will coordinate a team of Watsan officers in order to set up the Water and Sanitation activities, ensuring that Solidarités International technical recommendations and procedures are followed.

Main Tasks
Setting up the activities /control and supervision:

• Plan the weekly activities for his/her team and have them approved by his/her Line manager:
  • Plan human resources needs (daily workers, workers...)
  • Plan tool and material needs (request from stock)
  • Anticipate administrative issues (requests in advance)
  • Anticipate logistics issues (transport, communication means...)
• Organize and carry out, with his/her team, tasks assigned by his/her Line manager
• Supervise and monitor each stage of activity. Ensure that standards and instructions given by his/her Line manager, as well as Solidarités procedures, are followed
• Respect schedules and deadlines agreed upon with his/her Line manager
• Report back any problems and constraints encountered during the course of the activities and suggest operational solutions

Logistics and Administration:

• When recruiting daily workers, follow procedures and directives outlined by his/her Line manager and the administrative service
• Train his/her team members to use and maintain the available tools correctly
• Track usage with monitoring tools provided
• Enforce safety procedures
• Ensure that safety procedures are followed by members of his/her team
• Monitor the quality and quantity of material delivered to working sites
• Ensure the receipt and storage of material and equipment necessary for his/her work to be carried out on site

Reporting / communication:

• Take part in weekly program meetings and clusters on request
• Keep his/her monitoring tools and files archived in the Solidarités office, accessible to his/her Team Leader and/or line manager
• Draw up and submit a weekly task report (which should include progress made by the team) to his/her line manager
• Take part in the drafting of the monthly program pack
• Establish and maintain good relations with local participants and communities (populations) in the operational fields
• Listen to the populations and local participants in the field and report to his/her line manager any non-technical or safety-related issues which could affect the activities or safety of Solidarités International teams

Requirements
Personal abilities:

• Professional experience: 5 year of experience in similar position (NGO/Private or Public sector)      
• Languages: English, Kanori, Haussa, Shua (additional languages a plus)   
• Personal qualities: reliable, honest, very good organization, resistance to stress, good interpersonal skills (communication), team player, capacity to delegate and to manage, initiative and autonomy, capacity of prioritsation of tasks 

Technical competences:

• Training: University degree in Water and Sanitation or Environmental or Public Health Engineering/Water Resources  
• Development or in one of the Civil Engineering (disciplines of Shelter, Water Supply and/or Hydrology) or Sanitation/Hygiene Engineering. 
• Relevant experience on deep borehole drilling, shelter construction  and development will be highly appreciated
• Project related skills: good knowledge of the project cycle, project implementation, project follow-up and reporting
• IT skills: Good knowledge of Office software: Excel, Word, Outlook, design, Autocad, GIS, data collection and analysis software a plus
• Management related skills

Salary and conditions
In accordance with SI’s Terms of Employment; for national staff in Nigeria