Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is an international, non-profitable, non-governmental humanitarian relief organization with its head quarter in Birmingham, UK. It enjoys consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and red Crescent Moments and NGOs in Disaster Relief. Islamic Relief has been working in Afghanistan for more than 23 years, providing emergency relief and implementing life-changing development projects for some of the most vulnerable people in the country. Islamic Relief set up our first Afghanistan office in 1999. Since then, IRA continued providing assistances in emergency relief, food security, livelihood, education, health, nutrition, shelter, orphan sponsorship, Ramadan and Qurbani programmes.

Job Summary

To ensure the quality and timely completion of all WASH intervention at the assigned program area, manage construction related activities through Survey for CPI structures, providing technical assistance to the team and associated vendors and communities. Also, coordinate with other team members and consortium members, national CSO’ and national/sub-national Government agencies to complete the tasks as per the desired results from all WaSH/IWRM/DRR project application and generate solid evidence and impacts of best practice applied in the project, which are replicable, scalable, and necessary to communicate to donor.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist WASH & Infrastructure Specialist in the design, planning and execution of all WaSH/IWRM related matters.
• Obtaining MoU’s from MRRD, MORR, MAIL, ANDMA etc based on the nature of project with close coordination of Access Coordinator and line management. 
• Plan and Prepare the Inception workshops and sharing its learning with line management.
• Asist PDQ/ Operation team/Procurement Committee in the procurement of technical items like construction material, plumbing, health & Hygiene etc.
• Baseline of WaSH interventions in the project targeted areas 
• Linking WaSH Intervention with health partners program activities and create synergies and impact. 
• Assist in the Identification of construction sites with relevant designing in the local context.
• Assist to Identify potential WaSH Intervention sites in consultation with govt: agencies, wash clusters, other sector partners and communities plus field team. 
• Designing integrated work plans in collaboration with teams from other departments/thematic areas.
• Suggest most relevant sites as per WaSH/WRM/DRR Project application mandate and focus repair of old govt: owned schemes in priority an taking technical approval from PRRD/MRRD
• Provide technical support in the Identification and hiring of the construction teams and labour while working in close collaboration procurement/supply chain department.
• With the support of field team, provide realistic construction estimates, designs and work plans and ensure full cooperation with admin team to fulfil the desired progress within the stipulated time.
• Ensure Pre, during and post Site records and pictures. 
• Assist in the overall supervision and technical support of WASH related activities
• Monitoring of the WASH activities with reports generation on regular basis
• Assures that proper safety standards and precautions are followed.
• Assist in the Preparation and maintains records for weekly and monthly reports.
• Recommends purchase of specialized equipment required for implementation of the WASH activities.
• Provide support to line manager in Coaching, Training and mentoring to WaSH/WRM team.
• Identify, Analyse, and resolve all technical issues in all files, projects and ensure efficient interpretation of all design drawings and maintain all Quality Control procedures and safety in projects.
• Prioritize Inclusion in all WASH field work and prepare all hardware WASH with accessibility to person with disability and older age.
• Ensure WaSH IEC material in compliance with health team IEC and, in accordance with Global WASH Standards and Three-star approaches in School WASH program. 
• Coordinate with survey team and prepare work schedule as per WASH project to ensure compliance with project drawings and specifications. 
• Analyse and prepare plans for material requisitions. 
• Design all work plans and identify and resolve all WASH related issues on site.
• Document all civil field activities and perform regular inspection to check progress of undergoing works. 
• Perform quality assurance inspection to verify the work is performed in compliance with the plans and specifications.
• Preparing correspondence to the Contractor and donor agency.
• Preparing weekly project status updates
• Performing other duties as required by the work and assigned by the WaSH/Shetler Specialist to full fill the IRW program needs 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

It is essential that the post holder shows a good understanding and sympathy with Islamic values and principles as well as commitment to Islamic Relief Worldwide vision, mission and core values.

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications (Bullet Points)

• BSC-Civil Engineering  
• Knowledge of WASH Intervention & practices
• materials, methods, and processes used in the construction with in-depth knowledge about good construction practices. 
• Hands on skills in the design of water supply and sanitation/ WRM/DRR schemes 
• MS Office, Auto CAD, MS Project, Water gem 
• Ability to plan, schedule and supervise the work of others.
• Ability to maintain records and prepare reports.
• Knowledge of cost analysis, scheduling.
• Knowledge of safety and security measures

Experience (Bullet Points)

• 5-10 years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience of planning and designing of WASH schemes
• Proven experience of working with and management of contractors

Key Personal Qualities (Bullet Points)

• Have good communication Skills, can effectively communicate with local communities.
• Can work in Stressed environment and have ability to meet deadlines.
• Have time management skills.

Desirable:

• Relevant experience of working with humanitarian/development sector/INGOs 
• Working knowledge of regional languages of Afghanistan.

Submission Guidelines: Interested and qualified national candidates should submit a cover letter explaining their motivation and updated CV to the following:

Senior Program Officer - WaSH | Jobs.af

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The closing date for accepting applications is 25 October 2024

Please clearly state the Vacancy Announcement number and title of the position you are applying for in the subject line. 

Please note that applications received after the closing date will not be considered and only short-listed candidates will be called for written test/interview.