The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation, and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries.
IRC began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.
Position: Environmental Health Assistant
Qualifications:
- Degree/Diploma in Water Supply Technician, Construction, Water Engineering, or related field from universities or Technical and Vocational Training Centers and/or above
- Experience in Leading labor and material at construction sites.
- Experience in mobilizing the community to Facilitate labor and locally available construction materials during construction.
Educational Requirements:
- 2 years of experience for diploma holders or 0-year work experience for first degree.
- A minimum of six months of IRC Internship service is a plus.
- NGO experience is a plus.
Preferred experience & skills:
- Basic computer knowledge (word, excel)
- Basic English spoken and written.
- Good communication and social skills.
Under the direct supervision of the EH Officer the EH Assistant will be involved in site-level planning, construction/rehabilitation, and supervision of water supply and sanitation facilities. The position also requires accurate management of skilled and unskilled labor, suppliers, contractors, construction materials, equipment, and other resources under the program and reporting periodically to supervisors.
Major Responsibilities:
- Assist the EH officer in drawing up a detailed activity implementation plan, preparation of BOQ, and raising Purchase Requests for construction/rehabilitation of water supply and sanitation facilities.
- Assist the EH officer and work closely with the local community and local administration in setting up water supply and sanitation facilities and community mobilization.
- Inspect and ensure the required quantity and quality of construction materials are delivered to construction sites.
- Mobilize, coordinate, and handle labor, material, and equipment at the site level for the construction/rehabilitation of water supply and sanitation facilities.
- coordinate and provide the required artisan/technician skill at site level in rehabilitation and/or new construction of water supply facilities (including spring development and construction, hand-dug wells construction/rehabilitation, hand pump or rope pumps installation/repair, plumbing and construction of rooftop rainwater harvesting systems, expansion or connecting health facilities with the existing water supply system);
- Coordinate and provide the required artisan/technician skill in the construction of sanitation facilities (including emergency communal latrines, household latrines, slab production, and institutional latrines);
- Keep daily records of construction progress, and material and labor utilization and prepare and submit weekly & monthly progress reports to their supervisor.
- Supervise and collect the required information while supervising the project’s progress and the project output in the community.
- Prepare completion reports and as-built drawings of completed water supply and sanitation facilities and report it to their supervisor.
- Prepare scheme detail profile or data and keep recording the vital information such as GPS, discharge, distance from woreda town, well history, beneficiaries, other NGO working in the area, partners involvement, community participation in cash and kind)
- Support Capacity building assistants in scheme handover and community sensitization whenever required.
- Perform other tasks as assigned by his supervisor/s
Place of Work: Aleta Wondo – Ethiopia
Deadline: June 22, 2024
How to Apply:
Candidates who meet the above qualifications; please send your CV and application letter only through job careers.
Through Job link: Apply Here
Your application letter/cover letter must include the following information:
- Name of the position you have applied for
- Date of application
- Summary of your qualifications and experience
- Motivation/objective of why you have applied for the job
- Please include at least 3 references from current and former supervisors.
Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.