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Job Overview
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Date PostedDecember 13, 2024
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Location
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Expiration dateDecember 27, 2024
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Experience3 Years
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QualificationBachelor Degree
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OrganizationWelthungerhilfe
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Required LanguagesEnglish, Krio
Job Description
Job Title: WASH engineer
WELT HUNGER HILFE
Are you aiming to work for an organization where it is worthwhile investing your personality, your skills and your time? Are you looking for a job that is exciting and has clear goals? Welcome to Welthungerhilfe!
We are one of the largest and most respected private organizations for development cooperation and humanitarian aid in Germany. As a politically and confessionally independent organization, our value-oriented actions are always based on ethical principles. Our vision is clear: “Zero Hunger by 2030″ – If you want to become part of our global mission to end hunger around the world, we look forward to receiving your application as:
WASH engineer*
in Freetown
The position is to be filled as soon as possible, with an initial contract duration of four(4) months.
Employment location will be in Matrujong, Bonthe District. The position is paid according to WHH paygrade.
Community members in the intervention communities have access to safely managed and protected water supply systems and hygiene and sanitation facilities and apply safe nutrition, hygiene and sanitation practices
Community members in the intervention communities have access to sustainably managed VSLA based services and invest in WASH facilities
Lessons learnt on WASH Self Supply are disseminated on national level
Your responsibilities
Develop plans, design, and manage WASH infrastructure projects, including water supply systems, sanitation facilities, and hygiene promotion activities.
- Conduct site investigation and develop Bill of Quantities (BoQs) including materials, costing and work specifications for WASH infrastructure according to Ministry of water resources requirements and minimum standards.
- Provide technical specifications to logistics team during local procurement process on construction materials in co-ordination with Welthungerhilfe WASH HOP
Supervise contractors and labourers to ensure compliance with design specifications and quality standards.
Conduct regular field visits to monitor project progress, provide technical instructions, and resolve any issues that arise within the community. Perform final inspections and prepare completion reports for contracted completion work.
Train Water User Committees and other stakeholders on sustainable management practices.
Develop work plans for proposed activities and report against these schedules.
Install WASH infrastructure and equipment at health facilities and ensure quality of technical works and construction progress.
Establish and oversee the implementation of WASH management systems and supervise regular monitoring – e.g. water quality testing.
Monitor, supervise, and assist in the implementation of WASH activities, with emphasis on community capacity building for hygiene behaviours. Represent Welthungerhilfe at relevant local level coordination meetings involving local authorities, and other I/NGOS and WASH Cluster.
Your profile :
Higher diploma / equivalent in civil engineering, / Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering is desirable.
Advance knowledge of Ms office: Word,excel,power point and MS Teams
Excellent spoken and written English language skills
Our offer
We offer you the opportunity to work in a responsible and interesting field as part of an extremely dedicated team. Welthungerhilfe attaches great importance to the personal and professional development of its employees. Remuneration is based on our salary scale.
Please send your application via our online recruiting system by December 27th 2024 (https://shorturl.at/FikP1). Welthungerhilfe is committed to fighting terrorism in all its activities. Accordingly, any applicant who is offered employment will be screened against lists of known and suspected terrorists.
*Welthungerhilfe values diversity and ensures an inclusive, non–discriminatory working environment. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community.
Our Code of Conduct
Find out more about Welthungerhilfe’s behavioral and work
principles.
Our Projects
We fight against hunger and poverty by implementing. Projects in numerous countries.
Our Strategy.
“Zero Hunger by 2030″ Our strategy guides us in our work.
Transparency and Quality.
Welthungerhilfe, its employees, as well as its partners commit to transparency and quality.