Assistant Project Officer - WASH

Job Description

Title: Assistant Project Officer - WASH

Company Name: NGO Forum for Public Health

Vacancy: 01

Age: At most 40 years

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Ukhia)

Salary: Tk. 50000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 4 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Master of Social Science (MSS)

• At least 4 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Age At most 40 years

• Fair knowledge on Rohingya Refugee context including WaSH intervention in emergency/humanitarian situation.  

• Hard working, able to work under pressure in humanitarian response context, with a positive and can-do attitude. 

• Work experience in Cox`s Bazar is preferable.

• Fluency in English and Bangla.

• knowledge of Rohingya/Chittagonian dialect is an asset.

The proposed position of Assistant Project Officer - WASH is critical to fulfilling the operational and to expedite the implementation of the newly awarded DFAT-IRC -supported WASH project, ensuring timely implementation, accountability, and achievement of the project’s intended outcomes.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supporting the implementation, operation, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation of WASH infrastructure and services in assigned camps in accordance with approved designs, specifications, work plans, and project objectives.

• Conduct regular field visits to monitor WASH facilities and identify repair, maintenance, operational, and service delivery issues requiring attention.

• Provide day-to-day supervision and technical guidance to masons, skilled laborers, operators, desludging teams, waste collectors, volunteers, and contractors engaged in project activities.

• Ensure proper operation, maintenance, and repair of water supply systems, including water networks, pipelines, tap stands, reservoir tanks, pumps, generators, leakage repairs, and associated facilities.

• Monitor functionality of hand pump tube wells and support repair and maintenance activities to ensure continuous service delivery.

• Assist in conducting water quality monitoring and testing activities, maintain records of results, and promptly report any water quality concerns to the Project Officer.

• Supervise desludging activities and monitor repair and maintenance works of WASH Blocks, community infrastructures, latrines, bathing facilities, and other sanitation facilities.

• Coordinate with community representatives, WASH Committees, volunteers, and beneficiaries to facilitate smooth implementation of project activities.

• Safeguarding Responsibilities:

  Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

  Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

  Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.

As per Human Resource Policies & Procedures of NGO Forum for Public Health.