- Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines.
- Implement delegated Construction, Infrastructure and WASH projects portfolio according to plan of action.
- Prepare and develop status reports as required by management.
- Ensure proper filing of documents.
- Promote and share ideas for technical improvement.
- Contribute to organisational learning through the provision specific technical analysis, lessons learned and reports.
- Ensure that projects meet target beneficiaries most in need and explore and assess new and better ways to assist.
- Facilitate and conduct infrastructure needs and technical assessments in the communities and schools/institutions and collect all the needed information with accordance to the NRC requirements and guild lines.
- Draft full detailed assessment reports based on the findings and as delegated by the line manager.
- Propose and recommend the appropriate Infrastructure and WASH interventions for the schools and community based on the assessment’s findings with coordination with the other NRC CC’s team and WASH & Shelter specialist.
- Coordinate with the logistic, Finance and Procurement teams to ensure that required construction supplies and support services are ready timely as requested.
- Work and extend full support to other CCs especially for Education and LFS teams on construction related issues and integration.
- Prepare construction detailed Work plan, Procurement plan and all other required documents before commencing the work.
- Coordinate with Local authorities, school management and implementing partners on the ground and update NRC construction interventions, progress, and challenges to avoid duplications and ensure effective usage of resources.
- Engage with local authorities, community, and Institution’s management for all phases of construction interventions from assessments, mobilization, and implementation, monitoring and handing over.
- Collect all feedback and comments from the school management and community, share with management and ensure their feedback to be taken into consideration.
- Having all the project documents well prepared in accordance with NRC requirements and as delegated by the line manager and to ensure proper archiving.
- Support and draw infrastructure technical designs using AutoCAD / Progecad software.
- Collect beneficiaries’ data using beneficiaries tracking sheet and update all data related to school construction / rehabilitation, staffs rooms construction / rehabilitation, WASH in schools , water quality testing and hygiene promotion activities including training of school hygiene clubs , distribution of hygiene/MHK and conduct hygiene promotion sessions and campaigns.
- Oversee school construction and rehabilitation and WASH in school activities.
- Conducting water quality checking including checking on the water quality parameters of physical, chemical, and bacteriological properties.
- Participate in beneficiary identification and selection for hygiene kits distribution at schools and community in accordance with the NRC’s set criteria on beneficiary selection and identification.
- Recruit, train, and manage incentive/casual workers, supervise contractor’s work and report on daily/weekly basis.
- Select, train, and supervise school hygiene clubs and water quality monitors and take account of gender, protection, the environment, and other important cross-cutting concerns in programme design, implementation, and reporting.
- Training of school management, PTA and beneficiaries on how to maintain and make durable and sustainable school and community infrastructures.
- Assist in solving conflicts arising because of the constructions especially conflicts arising between the community and the construction team, and conflicts related to community local resources for the project.
- Incorporate eco-friendly and sustainable features into the design of construction plans. Ensure an environmentally sensitive construction project.
- Carry out activities in a way that reflects the needs of specific groups and individuals e.g. elderly people, minority groups, children, and people with disabilities.
- Prepare weekly report including community and Institution’s construction and WASH progress, challenges and proposed action and share with Line manager and WASH and Shelter specialist.
- Any other duties that the supervision may request or assign.
Qualifications
- Minimum first level university degree in Engineering or related field.
- Minimum 2 -3 years of experience working in a humanitarian/recovery context and specific experience in construction interventions.
- Experience in implementation of school construction and WASH in school’s projects.
- Experience in protection mainstreaming, desirable.
- Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
- Ability to initiate, develop, plan, and implement an integrated programme.
- Experience in community mobilisation and conducting outreach activities.
- Excellent communication (spoken and written) skills, including the ability to explain and present technical information.
- Political and cultural awareness and experience of working were hardship areas.
- Ability to work independently in a result oriented multi-tasking and multi-cultural environment and manage conflicting priorities.
- Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of disadvantaged populations (minority groups etc.)
- Demonstrated experience of integrating gender and diversity issues.
