Job Description

Job Title: WASH Assistant (Engineer)
No of positions: 1 Position
Deadline: Nov 24th, 2024
Duration: 6 Months 
Probationary Period: 3 months
Duty Station:  Alkhawkhah Dist. - Al-Hodeida Gov.

Taybah Foundation for Development (TFD):

Taybah Foundation for Development is a Yemeni development institution working in the areas of health and education. It was established in 1996 under the license of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor No. 25.  Taybah seeks to provide quality health and education services in partnership and cooperation with all concerned and interested parties in accordance with the development plans of local authorities.

Overall, Purpose

Working as an important member of a diverse team, who is committed to serving the world’s most vulnerable with practical and compassionate care, the WASH Assistant provides technical support, leadership, and strategic direction, plans, develops, monitors, and evaluates the assigned WASH project. This involves effectively managing and reporting on the projects in line with the objectives, time frame, and budget with a focus on WASH and Infrastructure system strengthening, training, and coordination.

Project Overview

TFD is responding to the humanitarian needs in Yemen through an integrated health, nutrition, and WASH response targeting vulnerable persons in selected districts. WASH activities form an integrated part of the approach addressing unsafe water and sanitation, poor hygiene, and diarrhea’s aggravating effect on malnutrition. WASH infrastructure at supported health facilities will be improved to reduce the risk of disease transmission. 

Duties and responsibilities

The project manager’s responsibilities will include (but are NOT limited to) the following:

• Following-up the field works in all sites according to BoQs, specifications, drawings and the agreed timeframe and contact with the TFD WASH Engineer accordingly.
• Provide technical and professional support to Water Management Committees (WMC) and on water, sanitation and hygiene matters.
• Participate in baseline assessments of community WASH infrastructure, including community water projects and sewage system.
• Develop BoQs and drawings for the WASH construction/rehabilitation activities and provide them in accurate and correct specifications.
• Analysis and recommend the WASH needs as per the TFD and cluster criteria/standards.
• Ensure the availability of accurate, complete and up-to-date information required for effective WASH program design, implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation at field level.
• Support to organize the various community level sanitation and hygiene campaign as well as manage all WASH supplies for distribution.
• Sending weekly/Monthly updates on a regular basis and corresponding with the line manager about the accomplishment of plans
• Play a significant role in contingency and emergency response by ensuring appropriate community involvement in the design and delivery of crucial WASH services and facilities and by contributing to hygiene promotion sessions, awareness campaigns, and the distribution of hygiene aids and kits.
• Support to design and conduct the district, school and health clinics level water, sanitation and hygiene related events.
• Support to organize WASH related training, orientation, workshop at the district level. .
• Facilitate the process of capturing, documenting and disseminating project experiences, achievements, good practice as lesson learnt, case studies and progress reports related to WASH to concerned stakeholders.
• Ensure gender equity and social inclusion in all aspects of WASH interventions.
• Contributing to the preparation of internal reports.
• Identify opportunities for field level integration with other sectors. 
• Accomplish the other necessary activities related to the office and program and tasks assigned by the Supervisor.
• Carry out all the responsibilities assigned to him by his direct manager

Organizational Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the organization’s values and ethical standards
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the organization
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
• Treats all people fairly without favoritism
• Fulfils all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Professionalism:

• Knowledge of the use of information management
• Demonstrated problem solving skills and ability to use sound judgment to ensure the effective and timely completion of complex tasks
• Ability to work under stress to meet deadlines
• Positive attitude with a mind-set to deliver development services in a professional manner

Communication and Computer Skills:

• Excellent inter-personal communication skills
• Excellent skills in report writing
• Good computer skills

Teamwork:

• Acting as a team player and facilitating team work
• Self-development and initiative taker
• Managing conflict
• Knowledge of Management and Learning
• Promotes a knowledge sharing and learning culture in the office
• Actively works towards continuing personal learning;

Education, Qualifications & Experience:

• University degree in civil engineering.
• Relevant technical background in engineering and experience in emergency response contexts in the WASH sector 
• At least one-year experience in WASH/Infrastructure Technical Engineering.
• Experience in designing and preparing BoQs.
• Understanding of gender, protection and human rights
• Solid skills in AutoCAD, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent social/diplomacy skills.
• INGO experience preferred

Languages:

• Good report writing skills 
• Fluency in Arabic language (written and spoken)

Work Conditions

The position will be based in the TFD Al-Khawkhah Office, with field trips outside the city/town, within target Governorates. The candidate will need to be flexible on time depending on the project's needs. Regular working hours will be 08:00 to 15:00, but may require flexibility as the work dictates.

Other

Taybah foundation for development is an employer that does not tolerate any form of sexual misconduct. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.