WASH Coordinator (Construction) Northeast at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Generic responsibilities

• Coordinate WASH program in Mubi, along with WASH PM: activities, budgets, project documentation in line with proposals, strategies, and donor requirements. 
• Provide progress reports/donor reports and accurate completion reports as required. 
• Supervise and monitor contractor works, works carried out by Daily/Incentive labor, and/or repairs, including correct usage, specifications of materials, and general quality of the works 
• Trains and supports team members, service providers, and local and technical partners.
• In collaboration, its supervisor actively participates in the recruitment process of team members e.g. enumerators.
• Develops the necessary tools for the WASH program according to the supervisor's instructions (drawing, specifications, technical specifications, service contract, supply, and use of construction materials, etc.).
• Participate in the implementation of the monitoring plan of activities delegated by the supervisor, 
• Ensures the archiving of all project documents.
• Collaborate with relevant local authorities and local partners [Ministry of Water, RUWASSA etc, attend sectoral working groups, and link with key stakeholders. 

Specific responsibilities 

• Contribute to the development of assessment forms, monitoring tools, and technical designs (e.g., BoQs, designs, etc.) in collaboration with M&E and WASH Manager.
• Identify dilapidated school buildings, latrines, and water facilities and conduct technical assessments.
• Contribute to creating context-appropriate designs for school, latrines, and water systems, adhering to SPHERE/cluster standards 
• Integrate community approaches, gender and disability sensitivity, Do No Harm/protection mainstreaming, environmental sensitivity, and capacity building into all activities as appropriate.
• Support inputs for GORS data
• Supervision of local implementation partners
• Preparation of BoQ’s, construction designs, supervise construction/rehabilitation of water schemes and WASH infrastructure, and preparation of completion certificates.
• Supervise Community projects & hygiene promotion activities 
• Scale up and diversify WASH operational capacity with support from WASH PM e.g., Integrated Programming, Regenerative Design 
• Support inclusion of market-based approaches in WASH where appropriate
• Mainstream Protection in WASH projects, in line with NRC’s Safe & Inclusive Programming

Qualifications

Generic Professional Competencies: 

• Technical background in WASH, university degree level in relevant discipline essential
• Minimum 3 years’ WASH experience in a humanitarian/ early recovery context
• Experience working in complex and volatile contexts
• Previous experience working in Mubi or Adamawa State is an added advantage.
• Technical WASH expertise (rural experience preferred), including experience with the construction of water surface systems
• Very good working English (both written and verbal); fluency in the Local Language.