WASH Project Manager
Job Description
Title: WASH Project Manager
Company Name: Terre des hommes - Cox's Bazar
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ This function requires the mastery of Personal, Social and Leadership Competencies (PSLC), Technical and Methodological Competencies (TMC) and Management and Strategic Competencies (MSC)
∎ Skills Required: Ledership, Ms Office, Strong interpersonal skill
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s):
Project Management, Project Planning, technical competencies, Wash
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
Development Agency, NGO
Job Context:
∎ Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is the leading Swiss NGO focusing on child rights. It is active in more than 30 countries with development and emergency projects. Tdh focuses its action on the two following areas of intervention: health and protection of particularly vulnerable children. Innovative management and communication tools ensure the quality of Tdh`s projects. The Foundation constantly aims to improve its services.
∎ Following the massive displacement of more than 688,000 people into Bangladesh since end of August 2017, Tdh has put in place an important emergency response plan to provide relief to the Rohingya refugees, notably on health, WASH and child protection.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The WASH project manager is responsible for the overall management and development of WASH activities implemented in Cox's Bazar. He/She ensures the monitoring of qualitative and operational aspects of the delegation's programs in Bangladesh on a day-to-day basis. He/She guarantees the smooth functioning of the bases.
∎ General description of the position:
∎ This position is a non-accompanied, non-family expatriate position.
∎ S/he is based in Cox Bazaar, Bangladesh.
∎ S/he is responsible for supervising and training his/her field teams.
∎ S/he ensures decisions and actions are taken in his/her area of intervention and deals with them independently on a daily basis in consultation with the sector coordinator and the Country Representative.
∎ S/he ensures that the outcomes of the project(s) s/he is in charge of are achieved.
∎ S/he also acts as the link / the synergy between the project for which s/he is authorized and the other projects developed within the delegation.
∎ S/he builds up the expertise in his/her field of intervention.
∎ If a sector coordinator is in office in his/her intervention country, s/he works very closely and in consultation with the coordinator and his/her counterpart project manager in another zone.
∎ S/he collaborates and coordinates with the DI (for emergencies) and the thematic advisors at headquarters to develop and validate the thematic strategy in line with the Tdh strategic commitments, and conduct advocacy and strategic capitalization actions.
∎ S/he collaborates with the other Tdh sectors.
∎ WASH Technology
∎ Conduct technical and social feasibility studies
∎ Devise estimated plans and cost estimates for the facilities according to the procedures
∎ Define the thematic strategy by involving the thematic expert
∎ Monitoring of project and thematic indicators
∎ Comply with the Tdh WASH standards and the international standards (SPHERE, minimum standards etc.) and those of the country
∎ Prepare an exit strategy (end of mission)
∎ Train his/her team in the technical and methodological aspects
∎ Validate the quality of the construction materials
∎ Implement procedures for invitations to tender, specifications and technical clauses in collaboration with log and admin and in compliance with Tdh procedures
∎ Train the partners in the management and maintenance of the facilities built to improve the lifespan of the facilities
∎ Make sure technological solutions are proposed which are suitable for the capabilities of the beneficiary populations (take into account the disabled, elderly people and children, for example)
∎ Check and monitor the building work closely
∎ Manage the partners
∎ Be responsible for the implementation of action plans and budget monitoring
∎ Adapt the Tdh tools in WASH and capitalise on experiences by sharing the tools developed in the field with the headquarters (thematic expert)
∎ Follow the recommendations of the thematic expert / present arguments if not followed
∎ Make sure that the referencing for Tdh facilities is registered in the national databases
∎ Compile all the essential technical documents for the projects on a digital medium to be sent to his/her technical advisor (HQ)
∎ Compile the photos of his/her project(s) to be sent to his/her technical advisor (HQ) during his/her debriefings / copies to the communications department
∎ Validate his/her project leaders' exchange of technical knowledge and send it to the headquarters (if no coordinator)
∎ Take on the shared knowledge and integrate it into current and future projects (if no coordinator)
∎ Write and submit a mission/handover report at the end of the mission using the Tdh format (copy to thematic advisor)
∎ Reporting
∎ Make sure that the referencing for Tdh facilities is registered in the national databases
∎ Compile all the essential technical documents for the projects on a digital medium to be sent to his/her technical advisor (HQ)
∎ Compile the photos of his/her project(s) to be sent to his/her technical advisor (HQ) during his/her debriefings / copies to the communications department
∎ Validate his/her project leaders' exchange of technical knowledge and send it to the headquarters (if no coordinator)
∎ Take on the shared knowledge and integrate it into current and future projects (if no coordinator)
∎ Write and submit a mission/handover report at the end of the mission using the Tdh format (copy to thematic advisor)
∎ Partnership and Coordination
∎ Initiate, develop and strengthen relationships and collaborations with state structures and relevant actors EHA at the region and district as at the community level
∎ Strengthen and develop collaborations with UN organizations and international and national NGOs
∎ Establish and maintain a local and regional exchange mechanism on issues EHA
∎ Consult, cooperate and coordinate with officials of the Health and Protection Sectors of Tdh for the integrated operation of the activities and operational strategies under the program coordinator
∎ Budget (EN)
∎ Participate in drawing up project budgets in compliance with current standards with the local partner
∎ Fundraising
∎ Pass on to the Field Coordinator or Country director any useful information for canvassing sponsors
∎ In collaboration with the delegate, contact and monitor the sponsors represented on site (on a technical basis; the Head of Delegation is responsible for sponsor relations) if no coordinator
∎ Administration / logistics and recovery services
∎ Participate in sponsors' visits
∎ Adhere to and enforce current administrative and logistical regulations and procedures
∎ In consultation with the Head of Delegation or the thematic coordinator, participate in drawing up and presenting project proposals to sponsors
∎ Evaluate future requirements and order the necessary equipment within the time frames
∎ Ensure that equipment and other material resources available to the project are used wisely
∎ Ensure quality and technical specifications of all WASH-specific supplies procured.
∎ Advocacy - Representation - Networking
∎ Collaborate in developing advocacy in connection with the delegation's missions, policy and strategies and thematic policies
∎ Information / Publications / Communication / Reporting (EN)
∎ Collaborate in the effort to publicize the delegation in collaboration with the Program Management: Participate in and promote the development of external communication tools
∎ Pass on any information about the project's progress which is useful for media coverage to the Program Management
∎ Produce periodic reports on activities within deadlines
∎ Keep in regular contact with the coordinator or the DI/Thematic Advisor at the headquarters regarding the status of the project's activities
∎ Communicate with the organization's other employees on a regular basis
∎ Contribute to the SITREPs in coordination with the coordinator or DP, produce them if these posts do not exist within the delegation
∎ Project Cycle Management
∎ Plan and draw up project proposals in consultation with the thematic advisor / the sector DI (for emergencies), including in particular the validation of the impact of the project, its consistency, coverage, efficiency and effectiveness, long-term viability and relevance/feasibility, and taking into account cross-cutting issues (gender, HIV, environment, etc) before submission to the Head of Delegation and the headquarters
∎ Guarantee the quality of project reports (including the annual project reports)
∎ Conduct regular field visits for supervision and assessments of the project's progress
∎ Values
∎ In his/her professional activities, adhere to the values defined in the strategic plan: commitment, expertise, integrity and self-reliance
∎ Undertake to comply with the Tdh Good Governance Policy and behave in an exemplary manner with regard to the various resources and logistics available to him/her for accomplishing his/her activities
∎ Security Management
∎ Adhere to the security guidelines employed by Tdh on site and when travelling.
∎ Other
∎ Be available to carry out any other tasks deemed useful by his/her direct manager or the management at headquarters.
∎ Agree to comply with Tdh Code of Conduct and promote Child Safeguarding policy.
∎ Report serious cases of abuse on children that she/he would be aware of in Tdh's intervention locations. Strict confidentiality must be respected.
∎ Work in close collaboration with child protection projects, as well as with administrative and logistical departments.
∎ Adhere to and enforce current administrative and logistical regulations and procedures.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Min. 2 years of experience in humanitarian project co-ordination
∎ Experience in WASH project management in humanitarian context
∎ WASH background and technical competencies
∎ Experience in emergency WASH activities implementation
∎ Experience in expatriate team management
∎ Excellent writing skills Leadership and ability to make decisions
∎ Ability to be assertive, when necessary
∎ Ability to analyze (judgment, practicality) and to synthesize
∎ Ability to adapt
∎ Organization, discipline, and compliance with deadlines
∎ Ability to work under stress in general, and in emergency situations in particular
∎ Outstanding ability to listen and negotiate
∎ Good interpersonal and communication skills
∎ Calm and composed
Salary: Tk. 160726 - 182708 (Monthly)
Application Deadline: October 31, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Terre des hommes - Cox's Bazar
∎ Address : Sayeman Heritage, (floor 2), Building no - 01, Sayeman Road, Baharchara, Cox's Bazar
∎ Web : www.tdh.ch/en
∎ Business : Terre des hommes is the leading Swiss child relief agency, improving the lives of millions of the world`s most vulnerable children. TDH is a humanitarian non-Governmental, non-political, neutral and non-profit international organisation (INGO). TDH working in Bangladesh since 1974 and its work focused on Health, Nutrition and Child Relief. The Organization is considering interventions in Nutrition at Coxs Bazar among the displaced people from Myanmar
Category: NGO/Development
