WASH Manager – Save the Children
Development and Project Management, Engineering, Water and Sanitation
Save the Children
Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In Ethiopia and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.
Save the Children Ethiopia works in 9 regions in Ethiopia with a current staff complement of approximately 2,500 staff. The size of the programme and the amount of human, financial and material resources put into it as well as the requirements of different donors requires substantial amount of quality and efficient human resource. This makes Save the Children an exciting place to work.
Accordingly, Save the Children Ethiopia is looking to hire creative individuals who have the experience and competencies to work; support the development of an organisational culture that reflects dual mandate values; help establish, maintain, and improve active and regular working relationships with host government authorities, partner agencies including humanitarian and development donors, and local and international NGOs; ensure Ethiopia Country Office complies with all Save the Children Management Operating Standards and Standard Operating Procedures and that all required support is provided promptly, at scale and in line with the rules and principles.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: (WASH Manager)
I. Financial and Resource Management
- Work in coordination with the Field office Finance department and Management Quality teams to ensure stewardship of resources and appropriate budget management of projects.
- Make Budget planning, cash forecast, phased budget, comments on BVA of the project.
- Ensure goods and stocks are properly recorded and distributed in accordance with funding documentation.
- Raise and validate all WASH Purchase Request in Field office.
II. WASH Technical Support
- Ensure that technical quality and standards are considered during project implementation
- WASH activities design, follow up and evaluation.
- Implement all program activities, as member of a team, such as hand dug wells with alternative energy sources, boreholes rehabilitation, open ponds, Birkades, new water scheme development, and other WASH infrastructures.
- Contribute to project planning and ensure that interventions are completed in line with project proposals and Terms of Reference (ToRs).
- Responsible for overall, monthly and weekly planning of project activities.
III. Program Staff Management ( Human Resource Management)
· Guide and direct program staff both at Field/ office level and field/duty station level.
· Organise and lead project coordination meetings.
· Ensure a positive working environment and good team dynamics (solve out potential conflicts and create good team sprit)
· Recruitment, management of holidays and other benefits, performance appraisal, continuous evaluation, gap identification and organization of trainings.
IV. Reporting
· Donor reporting: responsible for writing technical and financial part of the project reports (activity narrative, activity databases, expenditure, beneficiaries tables, update of LFA indicators)
· Prepares quarterly reports and more frequent as requested/needed and submit to the Field Office manager or government partners based on the agreement.
V. Representation
· In consultation with senior project manager represent SC with Regional and Woreda Government partners, donors, and other agencies.
· Work in close cooperation with Regional, Zone, and Woreda Water, and Health Offices in relation to the WASH activities at project level.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- BSC in Nursing or public health or other related fields with 3 years’ experience
Essential
· BSc Degree in Water Engineering, Environmental Health, Sanitary Engineering, Hydraulics, and Water Resource Development or other related academic background.
· At least 3 years of relevant project management experience in emergencies, or WASH related project’s management in an international NGO or similar organization.
· Good technical knowledge of policy and practice in the field of emergency WASH
· Good understanding of development policies and context in Afar Region and Ethiopia generally.
· Proved experience and skills to work in coordination with authorities at Regional, Zone, and Woreda level.
· Proven experience in preparation of Terms of Reference and contractual agreements for specific WASH related works.
· Proven team and personnel management experience
· Experience of managing donor(s) funded projects or programmes
· Experience in developing and monitoring budgets
· Excellent English language skills, and preferable local language speaking
· Computer literate in word processing, AUTO CAD, power point presentation ,excel packages and internet use
· Understanding of child rights and protection
· Availability and willingness to travel and work in rural areas/harsh climatic conditions where the project is implemented.
Desirable
· Demonstrated expertise in both hardware and software implementation of WASH in emergency responses.
· Knowledge of the Afar area, culture and Afari language are highly advantageous
· Experience in assessment, WASH facilities design and Bill of Quantity preparation
· Knowledge and experience in the implementation of sanitation and hygiene promotion tools (PHAST, CHAST and CLTS)
