Responsibilities:

• Provide technical and managerial oversight and guidance to Field Office (FO) staff in regard to management of all WASH projects.
• Assess and identify technical assistance needs in regard to technical skills, supervision support, etc., for new and existing WASH projects.
• Provide technical support for all WASH project needs of CARE Ethiopia (Surveys, Rapid Assessment, Baseline Surveys, etc)
• Ensure that gender is integrated into all new humanitarian proposals
• Participate in the design, review and updating of FO Detailed Implementation Plans and field activities for WASH projects
• Coordinate operational support for timely and quality project implementation.
• Oversee preparation of consolidated reports for donors and government offices
• Provide technical support to FOs and assist staff in complying with donor regulations in all WASH emergency projects.
• Assist Field Office staff with preparation of budgets according to donor fiscal year requirements while taking into account past burn-rate performance to ensure realistic and feasible budgeting.
• Ensure that Detailed Implementation Plans (DIPs) accurately reflect the relevant budgets.
• Monitor burn-rates and expenditures against approved budgets and advise the Senior Humanitarian Program Manager and the Senior
• Humanitarian Program Operations Manager of any issues requiring attention or follow-up.
• Attend WASH focused cluster meetings at the Regional and Federal level in consultation with thematic area advisors
• Coordinate with WASH partners to ensure harmonization of approaches.
• Coordinate/network with WASH related humanitarian forums to ensure they are informed/updated about all of CARE Ethiopia’s emergency WASH activities.
• Ensure familiarity with all WASH related contracts and agreements with donors, sub-grantees and contractors.
• Ensure that FO project managers implementing WASH projects follow donor guidelines and CARE policies and procedures.
• Coordinate with FO project managers and the Senior Humanitarian Program Operations Manager to prepare responses to internal and
• external audit findings within the stipulated time frame.
• Ensure staff APPAs include KPIs which are continuously monitored and measured against progress.
• Ensure that APAAs (annual and semiannual) are completed in a timely manner and submitted to HR.

• Minimum Requirement:

  Education:

  • BA degree in Water Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Public Health, Disaster Management, or a related field from an accredited academic institution.

  Experience:

  • 6- 8 years related work experience of which 2-3 years of management experience
  • Solid experience gained in WASH in emergency programming, financial and administrative management including practical experience in implementation of complex water supply systems.
  • Experience in writing and budgeting of project proposals preferably for NGOs..