As a registered charity, founded in 1979, Action Against Hunger operates in 45+ countries. The As a registered charity, founded in 1979, Action Against Hunger operates in 45+ countries. The international network of Action Against Hunger is represented in France, United Kingdom, Spain, Canada, USA and India. Teams in the field combat hunger on 04 fronts: Nutrition and Health, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), Water, Sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and Mental Health and Psycho-social Support (MHPSS).
We are currently looking for the following professional:
Deputy WASH Program Manager
Length of Contract: 4 months with possibility of extension
General Assignment:
Support the WASH PM in managing overall WASH program activities, staffs, and budget and coordinate with government line bureaus and humanitarian actors in the target area.
Objective 1: Support projects’ implementation and monitoring:
Activities:
- Conduct assessments and re-assessments (if needed) for intervention sites identified and conduct feasibility study for all selected sites, in collaboration with the local relevant Government offices.
- Develop plan of action and have them validated by PM.
- Monitor activities (e.g. staff, quality of work, progress).
- Provide technical advice, manage and mentor the WASH team.
- Ensure the harmonization, and follow up of the databases, data analysis as well as activity indicators
- Follow up and management of the budget and supplies for the programs
- Ensure the validation, compilation and documentation of all essential documents and data related to each activity
- Define most suitable implementation strategy that takes into account social context of the area in order to avoid future indirect problems and ensure “do no harm” from the interventions
- Design and adapt hygiene promotion activities to the local context
- Well understand the local context and develop sanitation and hygiene related promotions and activities in the area.
- Implement relevant project surveys and assessments including the analysis and reporting.
- Capitalization of the ACTION AGAINST HUNGER presence and WASH situation in the target area
- Mapping of the water points(including water mapping) implemented by ACTION AGAINST HUNGER in the target area for better planning
- Implements donor and AAH visibility on the working sites of his projects
- Accomplish any other tasks requested by the WASH PM and WASH TAs.
Objective 2 : Management and capacity building of WASH team:
Activities:
- Support in recruitment of team members (in collaboration with WASH PM and HR)
- Follow up staff attendance (Per Diem, days off, annual leaves - in collaboration with HR)
- Regularly follow up staff performance (in collaboration with HR)
- Conduct evaluations and yearly appraisal. (in collaboration with HR)
- Conduct internal training if and when needed (in collaboration with HR)
Objective 3: General situation analysis:
Activities:
- Contribute to follow up the general humanitarian situations (AWD, Outbreaks, conflicts, displacements, ,…) of intervention areas and immediately forward feedback
- Contribute to needs assessments and related reports.
- Contribute to regular reporting on situation analysis.
Objective 4: Coordination & representation:
Activities:
- Regularly report to coordination team on project performance.
- Complete necessary reports.
- Represent ACTION AGAINST HUNGER when needed
- Contribute to participatory monitoring and evaluation of projects and update the result attending WASH taskforce meeting and forward feedbacks on time to line managers
- Actively contribute to the coordination AAH’s action with other stakeholders working in the intervention area
Objective 5: Reporting:
Activities:
- Contribute in compiling and preparing reports (donor report, government quarter report, monthly AAH report, APR, contextual assessment report, KAP analysis report, terminal report,) and share to line manager
- Draft donor concept paper and proposal when required
- Do weekly and monthly report to WASH PM
- Report of any change in the context and to reorient the Strategy accordingly
- Draft assessment reports prior to programme implementation
- Capitalize the WASH information and contribute to the setup of AAH WASH database in the base.
Educational Qualifications:
Required skill: