Job Id: req54488
Location: Lodwar, Rift Valley
Category: Technical Units
Job Type: Full Time
Currency: Kenyan Shilling
Compensation: Monthly
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 50 countries and more than 25 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises. It helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. We have been working in Kenya since 1992, implementing highly effective programs in Economic Recovery and Development (ERD), Women’s Protection and Empowerment, Protection, and Rule of Law, integrated healthcare, WASH, and nutrition across two refugee camps in Dadaab and Kakuma and three counties (Garissa, Turkana, and Nairobi). Through our ERD unit, we support refugees, asylum seekers, and vulnerable Kenyans in the Nairobi Metropolitan Area and Lodwar to gain economic stability and self-reliance.
The position holder will support implementation, monitoring, and engagement with project stakeholders on WASH interventions. s/he will also support the community engagement and mobilization for all activities both water supply, sanitation, and hygiene.
Main Responsibilities
The WATSAN assistant shall provide necessary support to the WATSAN Officer to design, plan, implement, and monitor technical WASH assessments, community meetings, site monitoring visits, and meetings with key stakeholders. She/he will ensure that an engagement approach to working with communities, the local authorities, partners other stakeholders is employed, and that all activities are carried out in a way that is sensitive to community needs and promotes the full and equal participation of women, men, children, and youth.
Primary responsibilities include:
Project planning and design
- Support in the planning, Design, and follow up on the water supply and sanitation initiatives.
- Support in the needs assessments and proposal development for potential water supply and sanitation projects.
- Support in undertaking Topographical Surveys and GIS activities, feasibility studies, water resource mapping, EIA support.
Project implementation
- Support in the development of structural designs including drawings and BOQs.
- Ensure community mobilization in all field activities related to water supply, hygiene, and sanitation are conducted.
- Support in the supervision of both civil and electromechanical works on site according to the design specifications, approved donor guidelines and humanitarian standards.
- Support in the preparation and conducting of training for WMCs, other Community structures (SMCs, CHWs, CHEWs, Youth Groups) and local authorities.
Project monitoring and evaluation
- Support in timely delivery of project activities.
- Ensure that up to date project documents are in place including approved drawings, design reports, work plans, log frame, detailed project implementation plan, distribution lists.
- Support in the filing of minutes, work certificates, site reports, contract documents,
- Support in the documentation of lessons learnt and good practices during project meetings, community meetings and trainings.
Fundraising and networking
- Support in the development of technically sound proposals.
Coordination and Collaboration
- Support in the coordination with the relevant contractors, County Government ministries and departments, Community-based organizations, Faith based organizations and NGOs and other relevant departments in providing technical support and assistance to WASH activities.
- Under the guidance of the WATSAN officer contributes towards strengthening of integration of WASH programming with the other key IRC program Sectors.
- Assist in follow-up on WASH support functions including procurements, quality control of materials delivered by suppliers, and logistics plan.
Reporting
- Collection, and consolidation, of relevant data.
- Submit Weekly (or when necessary) written reports.
- Support in the development of monthly, quarterly, semi- annual and end of projects reports in accordance with donors’ and IRC Kenya requirements.
- Support in the development, monitoring and evaluation WASH project indicators and standards
- Maintain an up-to-date activity tracking tool (soft copies and hard copies) of all water supply, hygiene, and sanitation-related activities.
- Actively participate in inter-sectoral activities
- Support WASH department in other tasks, roles and responsibilities as may be assigned by the supervisor.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Degree/Diploma in Civil engineering, soil and water engineering, environmental engineering, or related field. A minimum of one year of experience working/programming in WASH, humanitarian work or development.
- Minimum of 1-year relevant work experience in WASH, survey, GIS, community development
- Experience in community engagement approaches, participatory approaches, and community negotiation
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with a team.
- Ability to conduct community WASH needs assessment, program planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of WASH activities.
- Good understanding of SPHERE and other humanitarian standards
- Good computer application skills (MS-Office, CAD, Arcgis, application software to engineering designs).
Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability and Equality. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons, and several others.
Gender Equality & Equal Opportunity: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request reasonable accommodation.
Kenyan nationals are encouraged to apply. International allowances are not available for this position. Salary and employee benefits are compliant to the Kenyan NGO Sector.
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Please take note that International Rescue Committee (IRC) does not ask for any fees in connection with its recruitment processes.
Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.