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Action Against Hunger | ACF International, a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger, works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger.
Location: Monguno, Borno
Starting Date: As Soon As Possible
Direct Line Manager: WASH Sector Manager
Objective 1
- Overall supervision of water and sanitation construction activities including preparing technical designs and bills of quantities.
Tasks and 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 coordinate technical workshops in the targeted health facilities with surrounding/close by communities (practical organization and liaison with the key persons)
- To make sure that the technical activities are up to the ACF standards (WASH package)
- To visit regularly the field activities
- Assist the Sector Manager in the selection, design, and construction of water systems, using groundwater or surface water, including abstraction, storage, treatment and distribution for new systems or rehabilitation of existing systems
- Provide technical assistance to the Sector Manager to assess sanitation needs, provide design/BOQ and implement the most appropriate form of sanitation system, in consultation with male and female beneficiaries, which includes excreta disposal, refuse disposal, vector control, and drainage
- Consider different maintenance mechanisms, ensuring that they are appropriate to the local context and cultural norms and that facilities are sustainable
- Prepare a Written Work Instruction for use on-site to bring clarity to the contractor's roles and responsibilities in each stage of the execution of construction activities
- Continually assess emergency needs alongside the Public health promotion team, as requested, especially taking in the broader perspective of public health
- Ensure that work meets with SPHERE minimum standards
- Assist and participate in community mobilization
- Ensure that all technical work reflects the needs and preferences of different target groups
- Contribute to the writing of timely weekly/monthly activity reports on the project
- Assist in the bacteriological and chemical testing of water sources, water storage containers, and household drinking water at the point of consumption as defined in the monitoring plan.
Objective 2
- Train and build the capacity of staffs and partners.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Prepare training tools on relevant technical topics and conduct training for both internal staff and external stakeholders
- Assist the WASH Sector manager in the development of technical guidelines and tools
- Assess areas for improvement and recording lessons learned for future activities
- Responsible for managing WASH technical assistants
Objective 3
- Coordinate with internal staff and local stakeholders to ensure smooth project implementation.
Tasks and 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
- Ensure that effective communication and networking is developed and maintained through partnership and collaboration
- Team with local Government and sectoral stakeholders/counterparts to exchange information on WASH technical implementation status
- Build a database of technical support projects and share with relevant stakeholders.
Objective 4
- To communicate & report WASH technical activities:
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- To participate in base meetings
- Coordinating with other disciplinary teams or the on-site construction supervision personnel on technical matters.
- To compile feasibility and other technical reports for information and guidance in Action Against Hunger
- Liaise with Other Team members to develop training, Monitoring and Evaluation reports
- Assist in the preparation of weekly, monthly and quarterly progress reports.
- Provide full support to WASH Sector Manager in maintaining regular contact with local stakeholders including Government Ministries/Department/Agencies
- Preparation of technical progress reports and report verbally and in writing to the WASH Sector Manager as requested to advise on progress, constraints and any other issues that may impact on work plans.
Internal & External Relationship
Internal:
- WASH Sector Manager: Technical hierarchical relationship - exchange of information, collaboration, coordination
- WASH PHP Officer: Collaborate with the hygiene promotion and social mobilization team members to ensure the exchange of information, collaboration, and coordination.
External:
- Local governmental and non-governmental partners: exchange of information, coordination, training, supervision, influence on the choice of technical options
- Local representatives of international aid organizations: exchange of information
Position Requirements
Qualification:
- Degree in Water Engineering, Hydrology, Civil Engineering, Building and other related fields with a minimum of 2 years field experience
Skills and Experience
Essential:
- Previous experience in supervising drilling and construction activities
- Professional, good organizational capacity, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
- Good knowledge of appropriate technology for latrine construction, de-sludging and sludge treatment practices, water source development, solid waste management
- Three years of relevant work experience
- Microsoft Office and designing software Skills (AutoCAD, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited
- Fluency in Hausa, Kanuri, and English
- Team and contractor management skills
- Monitoring and reporting Skills
- Thorough knowledge of WASH interventions using the SPHERE standards
- Commitment to Action Against Hunger 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 Action Against Hunger.
Minimum Basic Monthly Salary
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Location: Monguno, Borno
Starting date: As soon as possible
Direct Line Manager: Field Coordinator
Objective 1
Manage field teams to ensure compliance, technical quality and coherence in all FSL (interventions)
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Lead the team indirectly by implementing the FFP project and ensure all project deliverables are produced with sufficient quality and on time
- Advise, participate in, review, and when required, lead on carrying out needed technical assessments, surveys, designing interventions and carrying out monitoring and evaluation related to FFP and other upcoming FSL programming.
- Support the development of FFP programming in general and other FSL programming procurement plans and project work plans.
- Manage and lead FFP team to implement high-quality interventions that adhere to contractual requirements and AAH procedures and technical ways of working. Technical support includes harmonizing and developing the FSL CBI approach and ensuring that technical standards, guidelines, and methodologies are communicated and understood.
Objective 2
Ensure tracking and reporting of technical activities
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Lead in compiling monthly technical reports with FFP program staff to provide an overview of activities and contextual updates.
- Review reports and gauge the progress of projects/programs against output goals, expected results, project indicators and sources of verification ensuring compliance with AAH internal reporting standards.
- Ensure that all program-related data and information are updated, well organized and easily accessible; and that lessons learned and best practice are capitalized
- Facilitate and support systematic monitoring and evaluation of interventions.
- Support in the elaboration of technical program donor reports with respect to the formats, content, and deadlines.
- Food distribution and BSFP activities. Ensure all food commodities requests timely submitted to WFP and supply chain team and distribution timely carried out as per standard.
- Support in developing technical FSL documents and reports before dissemination to partners.
Objective 3
Recruitment, capacity building and coaching of field staff
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Lead in the development of job descriptions and recruitment of technical national personnel as needed.
- Evaluate direct reports as per the defined AAH performance evaluation schedule.
- Provide individual coaching and training of FSL personnel to improve any identified areas of weakness
Objective 4
Provide support to the AAH coordination team in executing FSL strategy and program development.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Support FFP Program Manager in working with other departments and field teams to ensure a common approach, synergy, and sharing of information.
- Support in the response to FSL funding opportunities in collaboration with other coordination teams (i.e. nutrition, WASH, administration, human resources, and logistics).
- Collect and review data relating to market prices, seasonal and regional trends, and general FSL context.
- Undertake additional activities as requested by the FFP Program Manager and other members of the coordination team.
Objective 5
Performance Management
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Communicate Action Against Hunger performance standards and expectations to team members which includes; 10 minutes monthly conversation, 3 months/end of probation performance appraisal and annual/ end of contract appraisal.
- Establish performance objectives, provide feedback, and identify strengths and areas for professional improvement.
- Contribute to the professional development and improvement of team members by providing support.
Internal & External Relationship
Internal:
- Field Coordinator: Operational hierarchical relationship– exchange of information, reporting, collaboration, coordination
- FFP program Manager: Technical hierarchical relationship- direct technical supervision on deliverables including reporting in ensuring quality
- FFP B3G field team: Manage FFP two-sector managers in particular and, FFP Monguno team in general (exact reporting structure to be determined) to ensure the exchange of information, collaboration and coordination. Also, oversee technical oversight, technical support, coaching
- Other FSL field teams: Manage other FSL officers as needed in future FSL programming.
External:
- Governmental and non-governmental partners: Exchange of information, coordination, training, supervision, influence on the choice of technical options
- Representatives of international aid organizations: Exchange of information
- Representatives of donors: Exchange of information, technical discussions, project-related exchanges
Qualifications
- Degree in developmental studies, Food security and livelihood, Disaster Risk Management and sustainable development, or related fields
Skills and Experience
Essential:
- Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
- Excellent team, budget and project management, and representation competencies
- Experience implementing programming on behalf of the donor (i.e. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA) funded activities
- Five years of relevant work experience
- Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, 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 with food security and livelihoods programming.
- Previous experience managing cash-based interventions (i.e. cash for work, cash transfers or cash vouchers)
- Previous experience with AAH
Minimum Basic Monthly Salary
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Job type: Temporary
Department: Finance
Level: Entry Level
Slot: 2 Openings
Job Summary
- The position is based in Abuja, FCT and is a 3 months contract. The Finance Archivist is responsible for scanning and labelling of accountancy documents for e-archiving and also support in-sorting audit documents listing.
Position Requirements
- Have a minimum a Bachelor's degree / HND in an Accounting / Finance related field.
- Outstanding computer skills in MS Word and MS Excel.
- Minimum of 1 year experience in office administrative work.
- Some experience in archiving and documentation procedures.
- Capacity to work in a team.
- Good knowledge of English.
Remuneration
Daily Worker Rate: 4,995 Naira (5% taxable)
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