South Sudan: WASH Engineer Officer
Sep 22, 2014
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Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Our interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context. Our 3,300 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable development.
Country profile:
Capital Office : Juba
National Staff : 350
International Staff : 50
Areas : 4 (9 sub-areas)
On-going programmes : 12
Budget : 13.35M € (2013 – estimation 2014 – 20M€)
ACTED has been present in South Sudan since 2007, and is currently operating in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal, Warrap, Jonglei, Upper Nile, Lakes, and Central Equatoria states. ACTED focuses on emergency and relief works around water, sanitation and hygiene promotion; basic infrastructure; food security and livelihoods; and integrated camp management. All of these interventions continue to provide basic and life-saving assistance to vulnerable populations, specifically IDPs, refugees and host communities.
The Program Manager WASH will contribute to the development of his/her project, which is a constitutive part of the country strategy, and subsequently manage its implementation.
1. Ensure external representation of ACTED in relevant sectors
2. Project Cycle Management
3. Provide Relevant Technical Expertise
4. Oversee Program Staff and Security
5. Identify Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Qualifications
- University degree in Engineering or relevant WatSan specializations.
- At least 2 to 4 years work experience in a development, emergency or post-conflict setting, in WatSan interventions.
- Excellent written and oral English skills required
- Strong project management skills.
- Familiarity with different European and other international donor regulations.
- Organized and detail oriented, with an ability to multi-task.
- Must be able to function effectively in a fluid, loosely structured, but complex work environment and to set appropriate priorities and deal effectively with numerous simultaneous requirements.
- Must be able to work independently, with minimum supervision, within the context of a larger team.
- Willingness to live and work in an insecure environment and to travel regularly to program locations as security allows.
Conditions
- Salary defined by the ACTED salary grid; educational level, expertise, hardship, security, and performance are considered for pay bonus
- Additional monthly living allowance
- Free food and lodging provided at the organisation’s guesthouse
- Transportation costs covered, including additional return ticket + luggage allowance
- Provision of medical, life, and repatriation insurance + retirement package