Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, May 07, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors. The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs .

Duties and responsibilities
• Ensure proper filing of all project documents in the shared drive and Provide leadership and management of a big WASH team consisting of Engineers, Sanitation specialist, and technicians both national and refugees. Assign duties, supervise, train and conduct performance management process with the respective WASH Officers and follow up related processes for all WASH staff.
• Ensure the effective and efficient operations of water infrastructure providing portable water to close to 200,000 people. This include solar-generator powered boreholes, an extensive network of pipeline/reticulation system, elevated steel tanks and several tap stands.
• Ensure water supply schedule agreed with refugee communities is respected at all times and consult with them before any change to the agreed upon schedule.
• Promptly communicate with the refugee leadership in the area should the schedule be threatened or disrupted for any reason.
• Employ strategies that will ensure significant improvement in household latrine coverage in Kakuma camps (1-4)
• Adopt strategies that will bring about significant improvement in the overall sanitary situation across Kakuma camps (1-4).
• Regular monitoring of sites/teams to spot check and address potential problems
• Regularly engage with camp leaders to provide them update on the water situation in Kakuma and Kalobeyei and in the Sanitation situation in Kakuma and receive their feedback for areas to improve.
• Foster innovation in WASH by adopting new technology or creating links/relationship with private sectors or social enterprises engaged in WASH services.
• Build capacity of local groups (CBOs, SHGs, etc.) to undertake roles or tasks currently being implemented by NRC teams.
• Demonstrate a phased-out approach for NRC’s gradual disengagement in routine activities and redefining a new role and increased engagement of others in the delivery of WASH services in Turkana West. These include local groups, county government, development actors, private sector and local water/sanitation service providers.

Personal qualities
• Managing resources to optimize results
• Handling insecure environments
• Empowering and building trust
• Managing performance and development

Qualifications
• At least four years of experience in managing large scale WASH intervention in humanitarian and/or development contexts.
• Experience in managing transition from emergency to long-term sustainable WASH interventions
• Bachelor degree in Water, Public Health or any other relevant discipline
• Keen interest in building capacity and empowering local groups and in innovative and sustainable ways of working.Results oriented Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Knowledge about own manager skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Skills and training in hydrology, ground water development, pipeline design, emergency water supply and participatory sanitation and hygiene promotion approaches, sanitation infrastructure innovative approaches.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work
• Works well under pressure and meet deadlines
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to resolve individual and group conflicts
• High level of computer literacy
• Possess cultural awareness and sensitivity

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Education Experience: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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