Wash Officers-Two Positions

arche noVa (AN) is a German NGO founded in 1992, working in humanitarian aid, development, and emergency contexts in 16 countries all over the world.

AN expertise is in WASH sector, livelihood and DRR with a wide range of activities to support local communities: construction and rehabilitation of sustainable water structures, installation of filtering systems to improve water quality, hygiene promotion, latrine construction/rehabilitation, promotion of alternative livelihoods and climate-smart agriculture, capacity building of target communities and Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction initiatives among others.

Since 2012, arche noVa has consolidated its presence in the Eastern African region through a Coordination Office which supports activities in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somaliland and Sudan.

arche noVa East Africa have the opportunity to implement a 3-year Project aimed at Promoting Women Empowerment and strengthening vulnerable groups through an integrated approach to create resilient communities in South Central Somaliafunded by the BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development). The project covers the following aspects: 1) Climate-sensitive WASH services 2) Disaster Risk Reduction, 3) Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) and 4) Gender, Inclusion and peace

For coordinating the Project activities of arche noVa in Somalia, we looking for experienced WASH Officers(Two)

Job Description

1. Program management

• Support the Project Manager to carry out proper and realistic planning of project activities.
• Generate monthly project activity reports presented to arche noVa Project Manager.
• Assist the Project Manager in developing required supporting documents (training reports, beneficiary training lists, beneficiary participation lists, vouchers etc) and, follow up with the contractors.
• Work closely with the Project Manager to track deadlines for the project’s activity implementation and effective planning.
• Support the Project Manager in tracking project deadlines and providing and planning to ensure effective and timely achievement of the same.

2.Quality management and Impact orientation

• Support the Project Manager to ensure timely quality service delivery and outputs achievement.
• Support the Project Manager in ensuring all WASH facilities construction components meet required quality standards.
• Conduct field visit to project sites and direct supervision of work undertaken by contractors
• Support the Project Manager in ensuring the project schedule is being met, timely management and reviewing of any plan discrepancies or deviations.
• Undertake community mobilization and conduct hygiene promotion within the communities.
• Support the Project Manager in ensuring effective integration and mainstreaming of disability and gender aspects into the project.

3. Coordination and Communication

• Contribute to the timely preparation and submission of reports to arche noVa in coordination with the Project Manager.
• Maintain good working relationships with local authority, line ministries and constant engagement, consultations and dialogue with the communities working in the areas of project operations and implementation.
• Participate in coordination and Steering Committees meetings in arche noVa Nairobi office (physically or virtually).
• Participate in arche noVa monitoring missions in coordination with the Project Manager using appropriate tools and instruments to collect data and information from beneficiaries and other stakeholders.
• To support the Project Manager in the implementation of base line, Post distribution monitoring (PDM) and Endline evaluation of the project.
• Document case studies and collect successful/human stories and pictures regarding beneficiaries and share with arche noVa Project Manager.
• Any other duties as assigned by the Project Manager and or Program Officer/Coordinator

Qualifications

• University Degree in Project Management / Business Management/ International Relations/ or other relevant field.
• At least 3 years’ professional experience, with at least 2 years’ professional experience in a similar position.
• Clear understanding of Somalia’s security context and operation dynamics (Somali Nationals Preferred)
• Knowledge of Peace, gender and inclusion is an added advantage