Roving PHE Project Officer 144 views0 applications

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Job Purpose : The Roving PHE Officer is responsible for the implementation of WASH PHE activities integrated with Education, team-management of Project assistants, WASH community workers, volunteers/mobilizers, partner staff, casuals, and contractors. The Roving PHE Officer will support the PHE TL and PM in ensuring successful, quality, and timely implementation of the interventions. He/She will strive to work towards a holistic intervention cutting across different technical sectors (WASH, Education, Protection & Gender, Governance and EFSVL).

Position: Roving PHE Project Officer

Location: Roving (Pibor & Akobo-South Sudan)

Grade & Level: D Zone 2 National

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Number of post reporting:

Key Areas of Responsibilities and Accountabilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide WASH technical support to the project, field assessments, designing facilities, construction, and installation supervision, testing and commissioning of WASH facilities.
• Prepare technical drawings and BoQs for WASH facilities to ensure that installation and operations conform to the set technical standards.
• Prepare estimates, supply planning and monitoring WASH activity lines in the budget.
• Supervise and monitor implementation of the project activities closely with the local partners, local authorities, and selected contractors/suppliers.
• Integrate WASH in school activities within the established school hygiene clubs.
• Conduct assessment, mapping, repairs, and rehabilitation works for water systems targeted under the project.
• Conduct WASH in institutions related assessment and identify gaps to inform the interventions to be carried out.
• Work in close collaboration with other members of the Project team to ensure an integrated approach to meet the needs of a population (Education, EFSL, Protection, Gender, Advocacy).
• Produce realistic work plans, as well as procurement plans for all PHE and PHP activities ensuring that deadlines are in line with donor timeframes.
• Ensure that target Communities, community water structures, local authorities and partners are engaged and consulted during the entire project
• Ensure that all programme take gender, disabilities, and HIV issues fully into account. This includes the introduction of mechanisms to enable women and less abled people to participate in decision making around sanitation work.
• Ensure that all programme activities are in line with minimum requirement laid out in OGB Minimum requirements for PHE and PHP in emergencies and Sphere standards

Reporting, Communications & Coordination

• Provide regular verbal and written reports to the PHE TL and PM.
• Liaise closely with all other thematic focal points within the project (Education, Protection, Governance and Livelihood) to ensure a cohesive and integrated approach is achieved.
• Actively participate in the field level WASH coordination forums.
• Represent Oxfam in meetings, community consultations and other forums as directed by the Project manager.

  Staff Management

• Provide day to day management of contractors, casuals where necessary
• Assess PHE team capacity level and suggest areas of improvement to the WASH (PHE) TL who will support in devising clear and concise capacity training schedules accordingly.
• To provide additional support to other humanitarian programme as directed by WASH (PHE) TL, Programme Manager and Technical Coordinator. This may include capacity building and training in other programme Assistants and possible field visits on specific technical support and training to local partners.

Other

• Required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women’s rights
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles

Required Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge

• : At least 3 years’ experience in the field of WASH in Education and other related Institutions working with Humanitarian or Development Agencies
• Degree in Civil Engineering. Essential Skills and Competencies
• RELEVANT Undergraduate degree qualification in any WASH discipline such as Civil, Water or Environmental or Public Health engineering.
• At least 3 years of RELEVANT experience as a PHE Officer working in South Sudan and implementing hardware WASH activities.
• Good assessment, monitoring and evaluating and planning skills to enable programme design and delivery.
• Experience of monitoring budgets.
• Experience of training staff and developing staff and partner capacity
• Good knowledge of Sphere standards, Humanitarian Accountability Principles, and Humanitarian needs assessment.
• Ability to understand complex security situations and adjust operations accordingly.
• Ability and willingness to live and work in conflict and remote field locations under basic conditions.
• Strong attention to detail. The ability to present concise reports, sometimes at short notice, reflecting the problems and possible solutions for situations.
• Proven experience as a team player and demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams, responding flexibly, with speed and accurately to queries and issues
• Self-aware and able to assess own, team and other stakeholders’ abilities and limitations.
• High level of computer literacy especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Commitment to Oxfam’s principles and values of accountability, inclusiveness, and empowerment. This includes demonstrated experience of integrating gender and diversity issues into programme.
• Experience of management/supervisory responsibilities
• Good spoken and written English and Arabic language abilities an added value.

Desirable

• Familiar with and abide by the NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, the People in Aid Code, Oxfam International procedures, and other regulatory codes (e.g. Interaction Field Co-operation Protocol).
• Diplomacy, good interpersonal and organizational skills, together with the capacity to remain calm under pressure and not lose sight of strategic priorities.

Key Attributes

• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn all aspects of development work.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who encounter Oxfam are as safe as possible.

Organizational Values

• Accountability – Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions
• Empowerment – Our approach means that everyone involved with Oxfam, from our staff and supporters to people living in poverty, should feel they can make change happen
• Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences

Note to candidates: Shortlisted candidates will be assessed on our organizational values and attributes at the interview stage. The successful candidate(s) will be expected to adhere to our code of conduct. We encourage candidates to read and understand our code of conduct.