Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Assistant Engineer Job at Catholic Medical Mission Board’s

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Descriptions;

We are an international, faith-based NGO providing long-term, co-operative, medical and development aid to communities affected by poverty and unequal access to healthcare. For over a century, we have worked to strengthen and support communities through healthcare programs and initiatives, the distribution of medicines and medical supplies, and the placement of volunteers. As part of our new global strategic platform, we are focusing on women’s and children’s health. With partners, we are delivering sustainable health services in targeted communities within Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Support the program in facilitating the process of establishing smooth and fulfilling work relationships with host government offices and their implementing arms.
Support the Program in preparing detailed renovation plans including drawings, requirement estimates (BOQs), budget estimates and a monitoring and evaluation plan
Supervise ongoing constructions or renovations and ensure they meet quality standards
Support the timely start-up of planned WASH and construction undertakings in Kitui South
Assist and technically support the program in the design, implementation and oversight of all public health education of the overall WASH response.
Represent CMMB at various levels of WASH platforms including the WASH Cluster and its technical working groups when assigned by the supervisor.
Deputize the Community Health Officer and/or Program Officers during their absence.
Work closely with other CHAMPs functions – including RMNCH, logistics and finance, HR and administration – to ensure programmatic integrations, effectiveness, efficiency and compliance.
Support the program in drafting internal and external reports by collection and sharing basic primary data from field on regular basis.
Guide, train and support community water facilities management committees to discharge their duties
Support the program in Identifying infrastructural and IPC problems within health facility settings to come up with technical and financial propositions of how they can be fixed.
Identify WASH needs within target communities, including identification of water systems, analyzing
dysfunctionalities, and coming up with technical and financial proposition of how the systems can be restored
Support the program to prepare detailed procurement, supply, and spending plans for identified undertakings under your areas of assignment as needed.
Supervide and support contractors, skilled and unskilled labors and volunteers in closely and daily following up related interventions implementation to meet the anticipated quality standards.
Any additional tasks assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

Minimum Diploma in civil engineering, Water engineering or any relevant field of study.
At least 2-3 years of national work experience in NGO setting, working on emergency and development WASH or any other humanitarian project is strongly desired.
Fluent in local language and excellent in English.
You have excellent coordination and networking skills including liaison with stakeholders
You are comfortable working for a faith-based organization.
You believe in CMMB, where we’re going, and what we can do together to achieve Healthier Lives Worldwide