Senior Infrastructure Advisor
GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #65/2017
GIZ- SLM
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 the commission of the Ethiopian government and international donors.
Ethiopia is one of the Sub-Saharan African countries most seriously affected by environmental problems such as land degradation. In order to reduce these impacts, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE), in collaboration with its development partners, has been implementing the Sustainable Land Management Programme (SLMP) since 2008. Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusam-menarbeit (GIZ) is currently supporting the Ethiopian Government’s efforts with the Sustainable Land Management Programme (GIZ-SLMP) operating in the country’s highland regions and with the Strengthening Drought Resilience Programme (SDR) which focuses on pastoralist lowland areas. In early 2016, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the European Union (EU) agreed to launch a new support programme to SLMP under the title “Support to the Sustainable Land Management Programme in Ethiopia” (EU Support to SLMP). The action is fully harmonised with the Government of Ethiopia’s SLMP results framework and builds on the ongoing SLMP and the aforementioned GIZ programmes. Against this background, GIZ is currently recruiting a senior advisor (rural infrastructure / small-scale irrigation) for EU Support to SLMP (duty station: Addis Ababa, with frequent duty missions to Yayu and Bale eco-regions), matching the following profile:
Position: Senior Infrastructure Advisor
Remuneration: As per the GIZ scale
Application deadline: July 04, 2017
Place of Work: Addis Ababa with frequent duty missions
Responsibilities:
· Facilitate GIZ-SLM’s / EU Support to SLMP’s capacity development activities as defined in the Operational Manual (OM) for GIZ-SLM service delivery
General Tasks:
· Address capacity development needs in his/her specific fields of expertise on zonal and woreda levels, in line with the principles and mandates as defined in the GIZ-SLM OM
· Provide trainings in his/her specific fields of expertise in accordance with GIZ-SLM standards and in line with EU Support to SLMP
· Provide technical support and backstopping in his/her specific fields of expertise to SLMP implementing bodies on zonal and woreda levels in close collaboration with the eco-regional coordinators
· Ensure the cascading of trainings to community level according to annual work plans
· Provide coaching to trained trainers during implementation of cascaded trainings
· Follow up on agreements and recommendations from technical cooperation field support in close collaboration with the responsible eco-regional coordinator
· Communicate knowledge products that improve quality of service delivery to the eco-regional coordinator as defined in the GIZ-SLM OM
· Report on monthly basis to the project manager according to the standards as defined in the GIZ-SLM OM
Specific Tasks:
· Provide trainings on small-scale irrigation, rural engineering works and other rural infrastructure, in close collaboration with the eco-regional coordinators and in accordance with GIZ-SLM standards
· Support zonal and woreda experts in conducting feasibility studies including preliminary investigations, data collection and site identification for small-scale irrigation development and other rural engineering works
· Advise zonal and woreda experts in design and preparation of technical documents of small-scale irrigation systems and other rural engineering works, including preparation of cost estimates
· Provide support to zonal and woreda experts in assessing the performance of new and existing small-scale irrigation schemes and other rural engineering works within SLMP areas
· Support zonal and woreda experts in the proper planning, layout and construction of rural infrastructure as per the guidelines provided in the CBPWDG
· Assist zonal and woreda experts in identifying constraints in implementation of small-scale infrastructure projects and other rural engineering works, and determine solutions for correction and prevention
Competences:
· Excellent technical knowledge of small-scale rural infrastructure and other rural engineering works in the context of watershed development activities
· Proven track record as trainer in small-scale rural infrastructure development projects
· Professional experience as an advisor in rural infrastructure development
· Basic knowledge on project cycle management
· Excellent communication skills to handle stakeholders with different interests, practice active listening as core principle of advice, capability of concise and coherent reporting along standard formats
· Good English language skills, both written and oral
· Excellent knowledge of regional language
· Excellent computer skills, esp. Microsoft Office; AutoCAD and GIS knowledge will be considered an asset
· Good communication, interpersonal skills and team spirit
· High degree of initiative, integrity and accountability
· Knowledge and understanding of SLMP guiding documents (PIM, CBPWDG, etc.) will be considered as an asset
Qualifications and Experience:
· MSc or BSc in rural engineering, small-scale irrigation, hydrology or related field
· Minimum of five years of professional experience in small-scale irrigation/infrastructure projects (planning, training, implementation)