WASH Assistant at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Location: Damaturu, Yobe
Start date: As Soon As Possible
Direct Line Manager: WASH Officer

Objective 1

• Support in supervision of water and sanitation construction activities support in supervision of water and sanitation construction activities.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Fully participate in and/or facilitate technical assessments
• To visit sites and ensure quality assurance of construction being delivered and adherence to design specifications
• To make sure that the technical activities are up to the AAH standards (WASH package)
• To visit regularly the field activities
• Continually assess emergency needs, as requested.
• Ensure that work meets with SPHERE minimum standards
• Assist and participate in community mobilization

Objective 2

• Assist in training and building the capacity of stakeholders

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Assist in Preparing training tools on relevant technical topics and conduct trainings for stakeholders.
• Assist the WASH technical officer in the development of technical guidelines and tools.

Objective 3

• Coordinate with internal staff and local stakeholders to ensure smooth project implementation

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Liaise closely with the WASH PHP team throughout the planning, design and implementation stages of the WASH technical activities. Hygiene promotion is a vital element in such infrastructure activities, especially in cholera responses
• Team with local Government to exchange information on WASH technical implementation status

Objective 4

• To communicate & report WASH Technical activities

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• To participate in base meetings
• To submit technical report and consumption report to the WASH Officer (Upon request)
• Assist in the preparation of weekly report.
• Provide full support to WASH Officer in maintaining regular contact with local stakeholders.

Internal & External Relationship
Internal:

• WASH Officer: Technical hierarchical relationship - exchange of information, collaboration, coordination
• WASH PHP/Community Mobilization assistance: Collaborate with the hygiene promotion and social mobilization team members to ensure exchange of information, collaboration and coordination

External:

• Local governmental: Exchange of information, coordination, training, supervision, influence on choice of technical options
• Local representatives of (LGA): Exchange of information

Qualifications

• Minimum of HND/BSc in Water Engineering, Hydrology, Civil Engineering, Building and other related fields with minimum of 2 years field experience.

Skills & Experience
Essential:

• Previous experience in supervising drilling and construction activities
• 2 years relevant work experience
• Microsoft Office and designing software Skills (Excel, Power Point, Word)
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Fluency in Hausa and English
• Commitment to AAH mission, values and policy

Preferred:

• Previous experience of work in the humanitarian sector
• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy
• Previous experience with AAH

Gross Basic Salary
NGN 156,995 - NGN 252,100