WASH Project Officers and Project Supervisor Jobs at Food for the Hungry Kenya

Urgent WASH Job Positions

FH / Kenya (Food for the Hungry, Kenya) a Christian relieve and development agency seeks to fill the following vacant positions:

Job Title: WASH Project Officer

Duty Station: Wider Marsabit Area

Job Duration: 6 months

No of Positions: 3

Reporting Date: 1 October 2011

Job Purpose

To provide technical expertise on water and sanitation in Marsabit in order to deliver appropriate, sustainable and environmentally friendly water and sanitation interventions that meets the needs of the beneficiaries.

Duties and Responsibilities

 

• Selecting, modifying or designing appropriate water and sanitation infrastructure, and suitable community based maintenance and repair systems
• Designing and ensuring the effective promotion of appropriate hygiene and sanitation messages
• Developing a water and sanitation implementation and monitoring plan in a participatory manner with communities targeted
• Preparing reports in line with the reporting schedule and to donor requirements.
• Participate in designing and implementing surveys and assessments related to the field of water and sanitation when needed
• Mobilization of community groups & training on HHWTS & hygiene promotion activities,
• To assist the MoPHS through the DPHO and other relevant WASH Officers at County and district level in the formation of operational networking groups at community level on Health HWTS,
• Developing proposals and budgets for water and sanitation projects in collaboration with the project team and partners
• Representing WASH Sector coordination meetings at County and district level

Essential Experience

• A minimum of 3 years experience in rural and/or peri-urban water and sanitation projects in developing countries and/or countries in transition.
• Experience of water supply systems: network, gravity flow, drinking water quality and treatment etc.
• Installation of ground water source development, wells and boreholes.
• Project appraisals and management.
• Project Monitoring and evaluation plus impact assessment
• Experience of working with host governments and their agents, INGOs and national NGOs an advantage
• Developing of new projects, writing proposals and responding to donor requirements

Qualifications and Skills

• Degree/National diploma related to Public Health, Water and Sanitary Engineering or Civil Engineering
• Technical competencies water designs and sanitation programs and sound financial skills. (e.g.budgeting)
• Problem Solving skills, Strategic thinking and management
• Ability to work both independently, initiative, works with minimal supervision and a team player.
• Good communications skills and computer literate (MS Word, Excel, internet)
• High Technical standards of report writing ability and proposal writing.
• Strong co-ordination and negotiation skills with stakeholders
• Fluency in English (written and spoken)

Position Title: WASH Project Supervisor

Duty Station: Wider Marsabit

Duration: 6 months

No of Positions: 1

Reporting Date: 1 October 2011

Function: To coordinate and oversee fit hygiene promotion activities including but not limited to coordinating field activities. Mounting and development of program activities.

Major Responsibilities:-

To supervise and provide support to FH, water and sanitation programs, specifically but not limited to supervision for water and sanitation program at the community level to enhance completion of project activities as planned and with the projected impact.

Specific Duties:-

• To supervise the construction of FH/Kenya’s water and sanitation projects at the community level and staff under him/her
• Hygiene and sanitation promotion and formulation of training modules
• To ensure efficient and effective implementation of water and sanitation projects per the program design;
• Programs plans implementation and report writing
• Support the Program Manager in program design and targeting of new water and sanitation programs among other duties assigned.

Essential experience

• A minimum of 4 years experience in rural and/or peri-urban WASH projects
• Experience of water supply systems: network, gravity flow, drinking water quality and treatment etc.
• Excellent report writing skills with experience of developing new projects, proposals and responding to donor requirements
• Excellent computer skills with hands on planning and design software.
• Posses a riding and driving license with at least five years of experience
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Committed to serve the poor in relation to FH/Kenya’s Christian foundation and beliefs

Qualifications and Skills

• A Degree related to Public Health, Water and Sanitary Engineering, Civil Engineering or Social Sciences
• Technical competencies in the design of water and sanitation programmes as well as sound financial skills (e.g., budgeting)
• Independent, initiative and a team player
• Computer literate with fluency of Microsoft Word, Excel, internet and email packages
• Good communication skills and works with minimal supervision
• Strategic thing and management plus problem solving skills
• Strong co-ordination and negotiation skills with stakeholders
• Fluency in English (written and spoken)

Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications (clearly indicating their current or expected salary), updated CV with three referees, day telephone contacts to:

Human Resources Manager,
FH Kenya
P O Box 14978 -00800
Nairobi

Email address: hr_fhkenya@fh.org

or drop them at our Nairobi Office.(Life Ministry Centre, 3rd Floor Jabavu Road, Kilimani. Next to Kilimani Police station) latest by September 28th, 2011.

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