Senior WaSH Officer at Norwegian Church Aid ('NCA')

Location: Borno (Pulka and Monguno with regular travels to Maiduguri)
Start Date: January 2, 2020
Job Category Department / Sector: WaSH
Reporting to: WaSH Project Manager

Job Purpose

• The Senior WASH Officer is the most senior field-based NCA’s employee responsible for management, supervision and coordination of WASH activities in deep field locations.
• S/He manages the field staff, coordinates between the teams in the field and Main Office in Maiduguri, represents NCA in relevant coordination structures and ensures timely and effective implementation of activities, including oversee of financial, logistics and security needs in the deep field.
• S/He is responsible for the quality of NCA’s programming and for NCA’s active role as an important humanitarian actor in the particular deep-field location.

Responsibilities
Program Implementation:

• Based on project documentation, develop and submit to the WASH PM the monthly activity planning for the team from the specific deep-field location;
• Develop and submit to the supervisor the monthly staff movement planning and coordinate respective staff movement requests;
• Under supervision of the supervisor, develop and update regularly Pulka WASH program-specific procurement plan and ensure timely procurement requests to the Logistics Department;
• Develop and submit advance requests related to the activities in the specific location, and ensure timely clearance of advances;
• Monitor the security situation and report any security or safety-issues to the Security Department, ensure field teams’ compliance with NCA Security Protocols.

Team Management:

• Develop and submit annual leave and compensation leave plan for the field team members;
• Ensure on-job coaching and support to the field staff in Pulka, including planning and execution of personal development plans (as per respective PDR);
• Ensure the field team acts in line with NCA internal policies, more specifically CoC;
• Participate on recruitment and on-boarding of new field staff

Facilitation, Monitoring and Reporting:

• Participate on relevant evaluations and needs assessments, including designing of appropriate tools and training staff;
• Participate on development and review of M&E framework related to the specific location and program;
• Ensure regular data collection and transfer supporting documentation about implemented activities and results to the MEAL Officer;
• Monitor implementation of activities and submit progress reports on a regular basis;
• Support M&E staff in their tasks and build capacities of the field team in M&E;
• Contribute to timely and quality monthly and quarterly reports and donor reports

Coordination and Representation:

• Oversee spending and follow-up budget spending of relevant activities in cooperation with the respective Program Manager and Finance Department;
• Ensure respect of NCA internal procedures (e.g. HR, procurement, finance and security) and identify gaps/issues with procedures implementation;
• Identify needs from support departments and submit them in the monthly planning;
• Ensure respect of the Security Protocols;
• Where applicable: regularly update the Security Department on the security situation in Pulka and contribute actively to NCA’s “duty of care”;
• Where applicable: participate on development and implementation of Pulka security protocols;
• Monitor gaps and humanitarian needs of targeted population and update the Main Office regularly;
• Participate on development of NCA Programmatic Strategy for Pulka;
• Contribute to preparation and designing of project proposal for different donors in line with the management’s strategy.
• Ensure NCA’s representation and visibility in Pulka coordination structures (including being Pulka WASH sector focal point);
• Ensure NCA’s role as an active humanitarian actor;
• Ensure information sharing with WASH cluster and Pulka WASH working group;
• Ensure that information from Pulka reach decision-makers in Maiduguri (for NCA internally).

Requirements

• Advanced University Degree in Water and Sanitation or Environmental or Public Health Engineering/Water Resources Development or Postgraduate Degree in one of the Civil Engineering Disciplines of Water Supply and/or Hydrology) or Sanitation/Hygiene Engineering.
• Minimum of 2 years in similar functions in water/sanitary engineering or a related field in humanitarian contexts dealing with large scale water/sanitary and hygiene promotion activities.
• Specific and proven skills to provide trainings in the areas of environmental sanitation, natural resources management, water quality, borehole drilling, vector control and appropriate technologies.
• Proficient in basic computer software, including engineering design tools.
• Strong assessment, program implementation/supervision and reporting skills.
• Abilities to lead a team and represent the organization at field levels (cluster….)
• Excellent knowledge of English (written/oral/comprehension) is essential.
• Experience and professional training in water supply, sanitation and hygiene and related infrastructure development works with strong academic qualification in those areas.

NCA'S Commitments
NCA is committed to following the following policies, standards and commitments and all staff are equally expected to conform to their requirements:

• Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP)
• Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Disaster Relief
• ACT Alliance Code of Conduct
• SPHERE Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Relief
• NCA Nigeria Security Plan
• NCA Nigeria Staff Handbook.