Job Description

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL INPUT

• Actively get involved and support field staff to ensure that projects adhere to set sector standards (donor, government, cluster, etc.).
• Take lead in the facility designs, supervision and reporting in consultation with the National WASH Manager on an ongoing basis
• Undertake periodic project monitoring using water technology and technical backstopping, which could mean secondment to other field locations to support/lead a project for some weeks to fill critical gaps.
• Take lead in improvement of access to sanitation and hygiene through community-led approaches.
• In coordination with Community Engagement and Hygiene Promoter, engage with communities, schools and Healthcare facilities to implement hygiene behavior change and prevent diarrheal diseases.
• Conduct water quality tests at sources and households as may be needed to ensure standards and sustainability.
• Ensure water points have sustainability plans and training in Water source management and handpump mechanics operations.
• Coordinate the implementation of the WVSS WASH Technical Approach, including identifying on-going priority areas.
• Define WASH focus areas relevant to WVSS ministry and in accordance with the practical and strategic needs of children.
• Lead contextual sectorial analysis to inform strategy and programming.
• Ensure integration with other sector and departments to optimize resource use and program impact.
• Coordinate the pipeline requests to the cluster core pipelines and actively liaise with UNICEF on IOM on this.
• Ensure timely and detailed reporting both internally and externally.

ENGAGEMENT AND NETWORKING

• To actively engage with various WASH networks (within and outside WV Partnership) and regularly update the National Office.
• Ensure representation on relevant humanitarian cluster and technical working groups
• Be WVSS focal point for the Sub-National WASH cluster and lead all communication with the cluster.
• Responsible for the 5W reporting and other reports to the Sub-National WASH cluster.
• Represent WV in sector specific national and regional forums deemed necessary for quality programming and profiling WVSS.
• Participating in interagency needs assessments (IRNAs) as relevant to WVSS program strategy.
• Engage with stakeholders and advocate for WASH needs and influence policies in favour of the WASH outcomes.

GRANT ACQUITISION AND RESOURCE MOBILISATION

• Provide technical support in needs identification and assessments.
• Provide technical support in resource acquisition and project design.
• Develop realistic project budgets in line with project proposal narrative.
• Lead the process of acquiring support from the cluster Core Pipeline.
• Ensure proper management, tracking, information and reporting of donated core pipeline supplies and other gift in kind (GIK).

STAFF CAPACITY BUILDING

• Carryout staff capacity building assessments
• Contribute to development of the staff annual capacity building plan
• Participate in developing ToR for capacity building consultancy
• Conduct capacity-building sessions for staff under his/her supervision.
• Report quarterly on staff capacity-building progress to the National WASH PM.

Qualifications/Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience.

The following may be acquired through a combination of formal or self-education, prior experience or on-the-job training:

Minimum Qualification required:

• Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering or Water Resources or Community WASH/ Public Health with focus on WASH will be preferred.
• Minimum 8years WASH experience in South Sudan and 5years field experience in an emergency response program.
• Excellent experience in accessing programming resources, especially from donor governments.
  Minimum 2 year of experience in developing proposals and their budgets.
• Thorough knowledge of project management cycle and experienced in project budget management.
• Experience in models and methods of staff training, facilitation and capacity building.
• Experience in developing systems to capture and measure the impact of WASH activities such as mWater.
• Highly experienced in representing and presenting at external meetings.
• Have strong software skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and strong in Engineering Design Software (i.e. AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, EPANET, GIS etc.).

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only