International Medical Corps Vacancy for a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Manager
International Medical Corps (IMC) is a global, humanitarian, non-profit
organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through
health care training, relief and development programs.
Established in
1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a
private, voluntary, non-political, non-sectarian organization. Its
mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions
and related activities that build local capacity in underserved
communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local
populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with
the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations.
IMC
has been operating in Nigeria since November 2013. It currently has its
country office in Abuja and field offices in Kano, Sokoto and Maiduguri
where it is implementing emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
projects, building capacity of local health systems and structures,
ensuring the provision of quality, accessible Nutrition and Health Care
for Children under five years of age.
IMC is therefore looking
for a suitable candidate to fill the position of Water, Sanitation and
Hygiene (WASH) Manager to be based in its Maiduguri office.
JOB TITLE: WASH MANAGER
LOCATION -MAIDUGURI
The
WASH Manager will be responsible for designing, planning and providing
technical leadership in the implementation of IMC WASH activities.
He/She will closely work with the team, IDPs and all stakeholders to
ensure efficient delivery of safe WASH services in the assigned areas
Main Responsibilities
Programme Management
- To take the lead in designing, managing and implementing IMC WASH programme in Nigeria
- To
promote community participation and ownership through liaising with
beneficiary communities, establishing, training and supporting community
engagement and ensuring that activities are implemented to reflect
coverage and prioritized needs.
- To support identification of
appropriate new activities in consultation with field staff, local
communities, local authorities and organizations operational in Nigeria.
- To
support the WASH teams in developing and implementing acceptable WASH
infrastructure designs, using appropriate technology where possible
- To
support the WASH teams in developing Bill of Quantities (BOQs) for all
WASH infrastructure being undertaken by International Medical Corps
Nigeria.
- To support the Emergency Programme Coordinator in
planning and programme development and application of management tools
including the Budget Monitoring Tool.
- Support the WASH Team in developing relevant Training Modules and Monitoring Tools to be used for Community Trainings.
- Contribute
towards development of relevant WASH policies, protocols and guidelines
to be implemented within the WASH programme at country level.
- To contribute towards development of programme implementation approaches, strategies and the overall Country Programme Strategy
- To carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by the Programme coordinator.
Logistics and Budget Management
- To
review WASH related procurement requests from Field Staff, approve
where appropriate and follow up with the Logistics/Procurement for
timely delivery
- To support the WASH Teams in developing and
reviewing activity based budgets for all WASH Programme and programme
support components
- To review and monitor all expenditure on budgets and ensure that there is no significant variance between approved budget lines
- Review and approve as per authorization level, all WASH related cash requests from WASH Field team.
- Support Field WASH team in tracking monthly field cash requests through developing relevant tracking tools.
- Support
logistics in developing technical tender/bid documents related to WASH
Infrastructure constructions, consultancies and conduct technical
evaluation of the same.
Coordination
- To ensure
all activities are carried out in accordance with local government
procedures (e.g. site selection) and do not duplicate or interfere with
activities proposed or carried out by the UN or other NGO
- To
liaise with other organizations engaged in similar activities in
Nigeria, including the government authorities, UN and other NGO
- To liaise closely with the Emergency programme coordinator to ensure good integration and synergy of all programme activities.
- To
represent International Medical Corps in all External Related Forums
when called upon by the Programme Coordinators or the Country Director.
Capacity Building and Human Resource Management
- To
directly manage the WASH Field team and ensure that program activities
are completed within the specified timeframe and to acceptable level of
technical and program quality
- To Conduct Annual staff
Appraisals to the Field WASH Officer in collaboration with the Field
Manager as well as review all Appraisals for staff under the Field WASH
Officer
- Facilitate Staff Training on areas of Technical Capacity Gaps as captured in the Appraisals
- Support Field WASH Team in Capacity Building of the Target Communities and Local Authority where necessary
Reporting
- Review all WASH related donor reports and input into proposals and contribute to WASH information/data gathering as appropriate
- Support the team to deliver weekly updates in a timely manner.
- Compile all WASH Monthly Reports
- Develop all WASH Indicator Monitoring and Evaluation Tools and review the same regularly to adjust to program changes.
Requirements
- Maters degree in Civil/Water/Environmental engineering, or related field
- At least five years experience of WASH project management with an international NGO
- At least 3 years of WASH programme management in emergencies ( West Africa experience an asset)
- Experience of contract management highly desirable
- Experience of working with communities and community-based organizations
- Experience
in promoting community involvement and participation in programme
implementation including set up and training of water management and
sanitation committees and managing community relations and interaction.
- Previous experience of implementing rural water and sanitation projects
- Demonstrated analytical and conceptual skills to plan projects, timetable agreed activities and oversee activities
- Ability to implement effective projects with sometimes limited resources.
- Excellent computer skills including familiarity with Microsoft Office
- Excellent coordination skills and familiarity with the cluster system
- Ability
and willingness to work in remote areas, with quickly changing security
conditions (this position will be based in Maiduguri, Borno State,
North East Nigeria).
- Outgoing personality with excellent communication skills.
- Good team player, flexible and capable of working with the team.
- Experience managing emergency response donor funded projects ( ECHO/ OFDA)
How to Apply
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