Purpose of the role
The WaSH Expert is:- directly responsible for the technical implementation of the project activities;
- the prime contact with government counterparts and the donor.
Responsibilities
Primary Duties- Ensures coordination with the governmental project partners and AICS for the definition of the project strategy;
- Shares the knowledge and skills related to the WASH sector within the technical work team;
- Create skills within target groups in the project area to enhance the managerial and technical skills of the local counterpart (government and community);
- Supports local counterparts (Zone and Woreda technicians) and community stakeholders in the definition of training, capacity building, awareness campaigns on sanitation practices;
- Supports local counterparts in the initial data collection, in the definition of the intervention areas and in the preparation of the technical drawings of the water infrastructures;
- Manages the inventory of materials for WASH activities and makes them available to the Donor upon request;
- Ensures that the activities are carried out in compliance with the Logical Framework and the indicators.
- Responds to COOPI's internal solicitations on the interests of the Donor and local partners;
- Ensures the necessary visibility of the interventions of this project in national and regional platforms and in sector clusters as well as on the ground.
- Ensures technical leadership and support to ensure the project's WASH impacts in terms of quality and accountability;
- Manages the WASH project team, coordinates with AICS and the local counterparts in the technical discussion tables;
- Mobilizes in coordination with the Country Administrator the project resources;
- Maintains and manages relations with the Donor, local counterparts, stakeholders and NGOs and Agencies operating in the South West Shewa area in relation to the WASH sector;
- Ensures coordination between the field and COOPI coordination office in Addis Ababa.
- Any other task necessary for the good and timely implementation of the projects, identified in agreement with AICS and COOPI.
Requirements
Essential- Experience in coordinating WaSH activities on the field in development and / or emergency contexts;
- Proven professional knowledge and / or training in WaSH;
- Knowledge of GIS (QGIS);
- High computers skills (Spreadsheet);
- Knowledge of 3D CAD;
- Experience in civil works design and supervision;
- Experience in hydraulic works (rural water supply);
- Experience in data collection with smart phone (KoBo or others);
- Experience in water scheme management;
- Experience in water schemes financial sustainability;
- Solid knowledge of issues transversal to the WASH sector (including Gender; Environment; Vulnerable Groups);
- Proficency in english language.
- Experience in ToR preparation;
- Pre-Kap, post-KAP, H&S activities organization;
- Analytical ability of needs, gaps and opportunities in relation to project activities;
- Proven experience of capacity building and facilitation of multi-stakeholder processes;
- Good written and oral knowledge of Italian.
