Soil and Water Conservation Engineer
GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #83/2016
GIZ- SDR Program
Background
As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives. GIZ promotes complex reforms and change processes.
In Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 40 years in bilateral cooperation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and on commission of the Ethiopian government and international donors. For its Strengthening Drought Resilience (SDR) program activities in Somali, Jijiga Region, GIZ is looking, for;
Job Title: Soil and Water Conservation Engineer
Place of Work: GIZ-SDR ASAL office Somali, Jijiga Region
Required Candidate: One
Application deadline: October 28, 2016
Remuneration: As per GIZ scale
Responsibilities · Working under the supervision of the National Natural Resource Management Expert, he/she will be responsible for the engineerical development of integrated soil and water management approaches in collaboration with government services and local communities; · Will be in charge of the study, design, construction supervision and follow up of water spreading weirs and related measures; · Will be involved in the rehabilitation of degraded rangeland based on participatory land use planning and watershed management; · Design and implement trainings for agro-pastoralists, partner organisations and service providers; · Contribute to knowledge management and dissemination; · Contribute to gender-sensitive planning implementation. Tasks General Tasks · Contribute to operational and annual planning, subject specific monitoring and reporting; · Participate regularly in team meetings for planning and reviewing; · Support cooperation with SDR-projects, Somali BoFED, Somali Agricultural Bureau, Somali Livestock and Pastoral Development Bureau and other stakeholders from administration and development partners at all levels; · Carry out responsibilities in line with the GIZ management principles; · Contribute to internal and external communication regarding his/her field of intervention; · Keep himself/herself informed and updated with regard to all knowledge and technology in the field of expertise, responsibilities and activities; · Fulfil any other necessary tasks if required. Specific tasks related to water harvesting and water spreading weir construction
Specific tasks related to rehabilitating degraded land and development of watershed management approaches
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