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CARITAS Switzerland (CACH) has been working in Ethiopia for more than 45 years. Currently CACH cooperates with four partners in Ethiopia. CACH has successfully been registered as an International Non-Government Organization in Ethiopia and has therefore become operational at project implementation level. CACH’s main working fields are Climate, Income, Migration as well as Humanitarian Aid Responses. CACH current working areas are in Oromia, SNNPR and Tigray. CACH supports and implements currently about ten projects in these regions. CACH supports and implements different projects in these regions.

Summary of Duties

The Project Officer (PO) is reporting to her/his supervisors in Negelle Borena Field Office and Addis Ababa Country Office. The jobholder will be the reference and the representative of the project on the field. The PO will be responsible for driving performance and results to achieve objectives. The PO will support the team to deliver timely project implementation, monitor project activities, and ensure quality in line with the policies, processes, and strategies of CACH. The PO must be ready to undertake frequent field trips to project sites.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Project coordination/management, Implementation and Reporting

• Management, implementation, supervision, and monitoring of Emergency WASH activities with focus on sanitation in his/her area of responsibility including the hardware component (e.g., construction and/or rehabilitation of sanitation infrastructures, hygiene promotion, etc.).

• Plan the activities on a weekly basis. Supervise their implementation daily, assuring the quality of the work. Coach the team under his responsibility when needed.

• Coordinate the WASH activities at field level with the partner organizations, other humanitarian organizations and local authorities including internal reporting and assessments.

• Provide technical input to Field Office and Country Office during project/programme formulation, proposal preparation and report writing.

• Support in preparation and design and BoQ of WASH infrastructures.

• Prepare, plan and implement the hygiene promotion activities.

• Follow-up the budget expenditure for WASH activities in line with internal procedures and in compliance with donor rules and regulations.

• Contribute actively to the development of assessment tools.

• Conduct the field surveys and ensure the collection of data concerning WASH activities, including good practices (Lessons learnt).

Administration and Logistics

• Coordinate with the finance and logistics department for smooth implementation of all the activities.

• Initiate and follow to the procurement orders for materials and equipment for the WASH activities in time, according to the logistics and financial procedures.

• Ensure community participation in all WASH activities. Work along with the health and hygiene promotion team in all the processes of selecting, designing, implementing and monitoring the water and/or sanitation systems.

• Represent CACH in front of external stakeholders for the WASH activities.

• Participate and represent CACH at the WASH co-ordination meetings in the area. Inform and co-ordinate the water and/or sanitation activities with the other agencies and actors.

• Regularly inform the Field Manager and the WASH Coordinator verbally and by written on the state and progress of the activities and the problems and/or solutions identified.

• Produce the regular reports required for the good follow-up of the WASH activities, according to the monitoring tools designed by the technical team.

• Organize and archive all the documents (contracts, reports, evaluations, etc.) associated with the WASH activities.

Communication

• Seek the support of local authorities (kebele, woreda and zone) in case of facing challenges during implementation.

• Liaise with other potential local actors, private sector, community institutions for collaboration and attainment of project goal.

• Actively attend and contribute to zone and woreda level NGO forums.

Required number: 1(One)

Job Requirements

About you

The ideal candidate represents the majority of the below mentioned areas:

• BSC in civil engineering or construction management.

• Minimum 4 years working on NGOs WASH projects is required.

• Experience in implementing community-based projects; ability to liaise activities with various actors, with different interest and in different places.

• Knowledge of Project Cycle Management (annual action plan and definition of the strategy, activities, proposal writing, logical framework, work plan, implementation, reporting, monitoring, and evaluation).

• Full command of the local working language and good knowledge English is mandatory.

• Good knowledge and experience of working in partner-managed projects.

• Ability to represent the organization, and to do assessments.

• Diplomacy, tact and negotiating skills; and ability to act as a part of a multi-cultural and multidisciplinary team.

• Female candidates are highly encouraged.

Competencies:

• Flexible and adaptable with proven capacity to respond rapidly and effectively to a changing environment.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and being held accountable for meeting ambitious targets.

• Leadership skills to work with autonomy while still being collaborative, prioritize tasks, and positively influence others to follow directives and meet deliverables.

• Problem-solver mentality, with the ability to adapt seamlessly to changing priorities and enforce regulations.

• Organized, high level of accuracy, and meticulous attention to detail.

• Ability to synthesize information from multiple sources; and

• Adaptable to changing priorities and deadlines seamlessly.

How to Apply

Duty stations will be Negelle Borena field office with frequent field visits to project sites.

Applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than two pages) as PDF with the subject line “HR-002-2023”. Both must be in the same language as this vacancy note. CV only applications will not be considered.

Deadline for application is February 15, 2023. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Female candidates are highly encouraged.

Application to be sent to: job_eth@caritas.ch and open the below link and fill the form as per the questions.

https://ee.humanitarianresponse.info/x/3Jnd2cf6