Save the Children (SC) has an opening for the following position. If you are interested to join our team, please review below position specification and requirement to help you make a decision
Job Title | WASH Coordinator |
Place of Work | Hawassa |
Monthly Salary in ETB | As per the organization scale |
No. of Positions | 1(one) |
Length of Contract | 6 months |
1) JOB SUMMARY:
Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In Ethiopia and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.
The WASH coordinator is primarily responsible for program planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating, conducting surveys designs, feasibility studies, site selections and documentation of Water, Sanitation and other Infrastructures of HUB program. Besides he/he will also provide management and technical support to the rest of WASH programs/ projects in SNNP regional state. The WASH Coordinator is responsible for the high quality program implementation, policy engagement and advocacy outcomes and other program WASH activities. The WASH coordinator is also responsible for contribution of strong Monitoring and Evaluation systems to measure the impact of the program, for providing technical advice (in close co-ordination with the program senior management team in Hub and Addis ) and capacity support to staff in the Field/ satellite program office to ensure the WASH work is of high quality and achieves the program objectives, he/she is responsible for ensuring that lessons derived through implementation of projects are well articulated, documented and disseminated both internally and externally; and that engagement with policy makers and key stakeholders achieves advocacy objectives to realize greater change for child.
WASH Coordinator is responsible water, sanitation and hygiene sector/project in implementing, monitoring and evaluation of water points, sanitation facilities and hygiene promotion activities in their respective districts. The position holder is expected to have sound experience and knowledge on WASH and construction supervision of rural water supply and sanitation facilities. The positions involve construction works, training and monitoring of community, school community and WASH committee members with frequent trips to the project sites and supervise all physical works construction in the targeted community sites. As part of the assignment the position holder is expected to identify, design and develop training materials/manuals for the WASH Committees’ management; design appropriate technologies (economical, durable and manageable scheme) for safe water supply and sanitation facilities, conduct base line survey and need assessment concerning water supply, and sanitation facilities and services. S/he is expected to liaise with communities, local authorities and other agencies regularly to ensure coordination and effective implementation activities and participate on meeting regarding WASH; collect data and statistics concerning issues that relates with water & sanitation and prepare and submit periodically.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
General Responsibilities
Ensure that technical quality and standards are considered during project implementation WASH activities design, follow up and evaluation.
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Ambition:
Collaboration:
Creativity:
Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
Desirable
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