Deputy WASH Coordinator

Job Description

Title: Deputy WASH Coordinator

Company Name: Solidarites International

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in Engineering (MEngg) in WASH Background
∎ Skills Required: Wash

Experience Requirements:
∎ 5 to 8 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Wash
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Technical relevance, cost-efficiency and quality of projects
∎ Support the WASH Coordinator in the technical validation of technical approaches and technical components of the programs.
∎ Contribute to the validation of the technical relevance of WASH assessments carried out.
∎ Contribute to the identification, design and implementation of evaluation missions.
∎ Support in ensuring the technical relevance and consistency of all programs vis-à-vis the needs of the populations.
∎ Perform regular field visits to SI's WASH and multi-sectorial projects.
∎ Produce terms of reference before each visit and a field visit report after the visit including SWOT on implemented activities, related recommendations and planning / timeframe.
∎ Support project teams in any aspects required by delegation of the WASH Coordinator (including gap filling of deputy program manager position).
∎ Provide technical inputs for improvement of program quality
∎ Operational monitoring and evaluation
∎ Contribute to review project activity reports (APUs, Activity Forms) from different projects and produce monthly WASH activity progress report; .
∎ Review project surveys (PDM, end-line, etc.) and provide recommendations for improvement of program quality.
∎ Support WASH Coordinator in developing harmonized activity processes, monitoring and evaluation systems (between bases).
∎ Ensure timely delivery of documents by the WASH PMs to the WASH Coordinator; and develop technical guidelines and quality assurance tools to improve quality of programming.
∎ Upon request, to participate in donors reporting writing and participate in the WASH strategy development.
∎ Contribute to ensure harmonization of approaches, tools, and methodologies used in the different WASH programs.
∎ Support the WASH Coordination in ensuring that the planning and monitoring timetable is consolidated and validated.
∎ Support on the monitoring and evaluation of the quality criteria and performance indicators of the programs used by the program managers.
∎ Contribute to ensuring that the monitoring indicators in place are used by the project managers.
∎ Contribute to ensuring that planning and implementation tools for the project managers is adequately and regularly carried out.
∎ Contribute to ensuring that program managers monitor and evaluate the activities implemented.
∎ Produce key fact sheets for the country/per base with key WASH information/data and regularly update them.
∎ Support in conducting WASH needs assessments (develop tools, conduct training, supervise teams, etc.).
∎ Conduct key informant interviews/focus group discussions to understand WASH situations.
∎ Strategic orientation
∎ Contribute to the identification, design and implementation of diagnostic missions.
∎ Support the WASH Coordinator in the monitoring and analysis of SI's WASH intervention and the analysis of the donors' strategies for the organization's activities.
∎ Support in the identification of suitable new WASH activities.
∎ Support the WASH Coordinator in programming work.
∎ Based on WASH analysis, provide recommendations for future programming/re-programming of current programs.
∎ Conduct regular desk review to assess the WASH situation (humanitarian agencies report, articles, analysis, etc.).
∎ Capitalization
∎ Contribute to ensuring that capitalization tools are correctly used by project managers.
∎ Contribute in the centralization and dissemination of procedures, guides and tools linked to activities.
∎ Contribute to improvements to existing tools.
∎ Contribute to the capitalization of methods and techniques, and on the experiences acquired by SI and others actors in the field.
∎ Review program monitoring surveys (APUs, PDM, End-line) and capitalize on lessons learnt/best practices.
∎ Conduct lesson learnt workshops with field teams to capitalize on experience.
∎ Conduct regular meetings with WASH partners to share/learn from their experience and best practices.
∎ Capacity Building
∎ Identify training requirements within the programs' teams and the resources available locally.
∎ Contribute to the design and implementation of technical training in line with operational needs.
∎ Reporting / communication / representation
∎ Support in the consolidation of activity reports.
∎ Ensure that all program reports by project managers are delivered on time and in the correct format. Represent SI in all Cox Bazar relevant meeting with the WASH Coordinator or in his absence.
∎ Collect/provide all relevant information from field level to respond partners/donors requests
∎ Support Teknaf SI team for coordination activities at camps level.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ At least 5-8 years working experience on WASH projects either within the NGO sector or within the private sector
∎ Strong skill for coordination and representation
∎ Previous experience coordinating with private contractors, Bangladeshi government, and/or other NGOs is a plus
∎ Good level of proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PPT).
∎ Language proficiency: English and Banglad skills are required for writing, typing, and speaking.
∎ Good knowledge and experience on Project Cycle Management and WASH project supervision
∎ Proven capacity to write internal and external reports
∎ Capacity to train his/her team
∎ Well organized and with good interpersonal and communication skill
∎ Ability to coordinate externally and represent the organization
∎ Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
∎ Ability to take initiative.

Salary:
∎ Gross Salary 105,000.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per HR policy of SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL.

Application Deadline: November 27, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Solidarites International
∎ Address : House # 15/A, Rd # front 8, Block # F, Banani, Dhaka – 1213, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.solidarites.org
∎ Business : SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL is an international humanitarian organization based in Paris, France, which provides aid and assistance to victims of war and natural disasters. For the past 35 years, the organization`s vocation has been to meet the three vital needs - drinking, eating and sheltering - of vulnerable populations around the world. Our programs mainly focus on emergency relief actions related to water and sanitation but also related to food security as well as shelter and infrastructure rehabilitation and reconstruction.

Category: NGO/Development