WASH Technical Coordinator (COVID - 19 Response)

Job Description

Title: WASH Technical Coordinator (COVID - 19 Response)

Company Name: Relief International

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Degree in relevant Engineering program, preference for civil engineering;

Experience Requirements:
∎ Na

Job Context:
∎ Duty Station: Ukhiya, Bangladesh
∎ Report To: Field Coordinator
∎ Expected Start Date: At Earliest
∎ Contract length: Three Months

Job Responsibilities:
∎ General Management
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∎ Develop and/or support the development of preliminary design documents for review with authorities and Camp Management, and after collaboration with various stakeholders.
∎ Once approved, coordinate with RI engineer to create and support creation of construction design and tender documents for open contract release.
∎ Support tender process launch and evaluate bid submissions. Provide funders with selected construction contractor.
∎ Support field coordinator and engineers with site supervision in appropriate approach to local and international standards.
∎ Support Engineers to track construction progress, compare construction completion benchmarks to budget, and using project management tools provide concise progress reports;
∎ Ensure site occupational health and safety (OH&S) practices are complied with by all parties and Protection issues are considered and addressed;
∎ Oversee the WASH systems (water treatment and storage, wastewater collection and treatment, wet solid waste disposal, incineration, etc.) technology selection; supervise the commissioning of WASH systems and perform basic operational functions;
∎ Author/develop hospital WASH O&M manual;
∎ Support all cross project functional roles: WASH Engineering teams.
∎ Assess current WASH service status in camp and plan for operation of hospital WASH services, quality of supply and facilities, and on-site information systems for the hospital compound, in accordance with RI and international standards and policies.
∎ Adapt training materials and build staff capacity on standards and policies.
∎ Review and share program-specific tools / resources / curricula and work with Regional and Global team members to contextualize and adapt global and country-specific materials.
∎ Representation/coordination with external actors:
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∎ Represent RI at WASH cluster meetings or sector working groups, coordination meetings as well during other stakeholder meetings (if relevant), and maintain a positive, professional, continuous and visible presence for RI.
∎ Ensure RI's mandate is shared and explained to relevant stakeholders.
∎ Pro-actively liaise and build rapport with local officials, community representatives, UN agencies, and any other relevant stakeholders.
∎ Program Quality
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∎ Share methods, approaches and tools with RI colleagues across the region, and contribute toward RI's regional response strategy by ensuring programmatic coherence, innovation and responsiveness.
∎ Propose and implement capacity building activities aimed at enhancing skills of National Teams.
∎ Provide technical support to program teams consistent with international and national standards and ensure that program design and implementation creates no harm in the communities, promotes human rights and has positive impact.
∎ Provide support and recommendations for delivering of service in line with RI policies.
∎ Support Reporting and Communications to ensure that WASH activities are well documented, and that the institutional memory of RI CXB is preserved.
∎ Donor Relations / Funding
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∎ Provide technical input, writing and budgetary input for new program design, as needed.
∎ Take lead in assessments to inform new programming of impact of RI current programs.
∎ Administration: Finances, Human Resources, and Logistics
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∎ Support project teams to develop job descriptions and recruit qualified staff.
∎ Ensure that activities and expenses are regularly monitored and that action plans are developed to correct any over- or underspending in a timely manner.
∎ Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Reporting
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∎ Include the participation of beneficiaries and communities, particularly those most vulnerable or at-risk, in all stages of the project cycle wherever possible and appropriate.
∎ Provide a summary of recommended areas of improvement, areas of success, and lead the commencement of an action plan with RI staff, local partners and/or health facility staff to evolve and make positive systems improvements where needed.
∎ Revise program reports and other types of reports that are timely and meet quality methodological, institutional and donor requirements.
∎ Develop and support effective monitoring and evaluation system by collection, analysis of data about protection issues in order to improve the program interventions.
∎ Take part in donor field trips to assess project site and provide support to team as needed.

Additional Requirements:
∎ On-site construction experience is preferable;
∎ Direct experience and knowledge in the operation and maintenance of simple on-site water treatment and wastewater systems;
∎ Knowledge of medical waste management;
∎ Minimum three years professional experience in lead management implementing emergency response programs;
∎ Solid background and knowledge of UN agencies and other international emergency response systems, standards and modalities of work in WASH sectors;
∎ Previous experience working within the IASC Cluster system, and knowledge of sectors' areas of responsibilities;
∎ Experience in technical management of programs and infrastructure projects, coaching or capacity building of teams and M&E activities;
∎ Excellent interpersonal, communication, and strategic planning skills;
∎ Proficiency in English with excellent English writing skills,
∎ Proficiency in MS Project or other project management software;
∎ Proficiency in MS Office suite products; CAD and GIS skills preferred;
∎ Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and tasks efficiently;
∎ Knowledge of other sectors (H&N, Protection, Livelihoods) is an asset;
∎ Ability to work and live in remote settings with frequent travel.

Application Deadline: April 11, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Relief International
∎ Business : Relief International, hedquatered in USA, is a leading international non government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact.

Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Relief International has been working in Bangladesh since 2004. The Bangladesh portfolio of Relief International has strong focus on emergency response, economic opportunity and livelihoods rebuilding, traficking in persons, sustainable tourism, human rights and protection, refugee crisis response and public health. RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar. RI currently employs over 1000 local and international staffs in Bangladesh.

Relief International is currently implementing large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID/OFDA, EU ECHO.
For more information on Relief International: www.ri.org

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