Senior Technical Officer, WASH at Family Health International

Job Purpose: 

• The Senior Technical Officer WASH will monitor all WASH activities including coordinating water quality monitoring, groundwater levels monitoring reporting and household water quality sampling at FHI360 field sites.
• S/He will support WASH field staff to monitor infrastructure maintenance, hygiene promotion activities and capacity building of Community based WASH management structures. S/He will train volunteers and community/camp leaders on safe waste management practices and providing support on activities related to environmental health at the healthcare facilities. 
• Development of context specific IEC materials and contributing to WASH behavior change communication strategy.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Conduct WASH needs assessment, WASH surveys, in the field and produce assessment reports.
• Produce Civil Engineering designs, detailed drawings, and bills of quantities for all WASH and other infrastructural works.
• Submit engineering designs to relevant authorities for approval following established professional regulations and protocols
• Supervise implementation of all construction activities in the field to ensure they are executed according to detailed specifications.
• Supervise hygiene promotion activities including the recruitment, and training of Community based Hygiene Promotion Volunteers  
• Support field teams in profiling and registration of   WASH NFIs beneficiaries as well as distribution of WASH NFIs to vulnerable people following WASH sector guidance and FHI360 protocols.  
• Produce detailed progress reports on WASH activities in the field as measured against work plan in collaboration with the WASH Coordinator, he/she shall be responsible to design, plan, implement and follow-up hygiene promotion activities such as training of trainers in hygiene promotion for community volunteers, WASH committee members and other stakeholders in LGAs in line with agreed work plan and WASH sector strategic plan.
• Plan and implement regular hygiene promotion activities in targeted locations/IDP camps.
• Developing and evaluating the most appropriate IEC tools/materials for hygiene and health promotion activities.
• Participate to the monitoring of all the hygiene and health promotion, and community mobilization activities to ensure behavior change and project ownership by project recipients.

Monitoring and Supervision

• Effective supervision of contractors to execute works in accordance with the technical specifications
• Be responsible for directing contractors to identified beneficiary locations for new construction projects
• Work with the contractor’s Hydrogeologist in siting wells and conducting pump tests for drilled wells
• Carry out assessments on existing boreholes for rehabilitation
• Perform oversight function to WASH field staff in ensuring that all WASH activities by FHI 360 are executed according to the project technical design
• Maintain and update detailed implementation plan for all WASH activities highlighting progress against key milestones
• Ensure community participation and conduct stakeholder consultations in all WASH infrastructure design and s activities.
• Ensure all WASH infrastructure activities are well coordinated with local authorities, RUWASSA, BOSEPA, MOWR, WASH Sector coordination, beneficiaries  and all stakeholders,  ensuring the delivery of a comprehensive WASH package wherever services are provided
• Regular planned visits to field locations to supervise all WASH sector activities and ensuring all WASH infrastructures meet specified standards.
• Ensure that the drilling contractor collects and submits required technical data in a timely manner
• Conduct frequent field-level monitoring and provide feedback to the WASH Coordinator

Reporting and Learning

• Provide activity, weekly, monthly, quarterly and progress reports
• Collect and document all snags on the works and ensure their rectification as per the contract terms
• Ensure that communities are involved in the monitoring of the construction
• Update the water points database
• Conducting water quality sampling in the field locations and consolidate water quality monitoring reports
• Consolidate weekly activity implementation reports from field locations tracking key sector indicators
• Consolidation of weekly work plan for WASH team and sharing with the WASH Coordinator
• Ensure that WASH and Public Health infrastructure construction and rehabilitation works are carried out according to contract provisions, detailed BoQs, drawings and standard specifications as established by FHI 360 through quality checklists.
• Maintain and update   proper records for all WASH infrastructure activities including inventory of assets and equipment in field location.

Program strategic development support

• Be involved in field assessments for proposed projects
• Provide capacity building to local community management structures and volunteers implementing FHI 360’s programs.

Procurement and finance

• Aid the procurement of WASH supplies and construction projects and observe compliance on all procurement procedures
• Certifying completion certificates for WASH and Public Health infrastructure works
• Be involved in the planning of budget activities and their periodic review

Safeguarding

• Ensure WASH team at community level understand and adhere to FHI 360’s Code of Conduct including observing the safeguarding principle.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, skills, and attributes:

• Knowledge of WASH and humanitarian programming in emergency situations. 
• WASH technical expertise in engineering design of Water Supply, sanitation, and public health infrastructure.  
• Proficiency in office and designing software skills (AutoCAD, Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word)
• Ability to work professionally, develop and maintain good working relationships with project staff, subcontractors, consultants, and recipients of assistance.
• Ability to manage tight deadlines and deliver high volumes of work with minimal supervision.
• High degree of proficiency in written and spoken English & Hausa communication.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• HND/BSc/BEng in Civil Engineering with a minimum of 10 years relevant experience working  in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene Sector  in humanitarian relief contexts.
• Demonstrable experience design WASH and Public health infrastructure works
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple, simultaneous demands and able to work in a fluid environment and adhere to deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal English language skills
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.