| Job Location: | Nangarhar |
|---|---|
| Nationality: | National |
| Category: | Engineering Professional Services |
| Employment Type: | Full Time |
| Salary: | Assignment-based |
| Vacancy Number: | HRM-044 |
| No. Of Jobs: | 1 |
| City: | Jalalabad |
|---|---|
| Organization: | AWEC |
| Years of Experience: | 5 Years |
| Contract Duration: | 1 Month |
| Gender: | Male/Female |
| Education: | Bachelors |
| Close date: | 2025-09-02 |
Established in 1991 by a group of educated Afghan women in exile, the Afghan Women's Educational Center (AWEC) is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, nonpolitical, and nongovernmental organization dedicated to advocating for and raising awareness about the rights of women and children in Islam.
Our core activities focus on empowering women, eliminating violence, and increasing women's participation in both domestic and societal spheres.
With over three decades of experience, AWEC possesses a profound understanding of Afghanistan's socioeconomic, cultural, and political landscape. We are recognized as a leading organization that addresses the diverse needs of various communities, which are shaped by numerous social and economic factors.
Since 2002, AWEC has collaborated with women and communities to enhance access to education, health, and vocational services in Afghanistan. Our initiatives extend to livelihood improvement, protection, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), humanitarian aid, grant management, capacity building, social rehabilitation, cohesion, and justice. AWEC has successfully implemented projects in Logar, Faryab, Kapisa, Khost, Panjshir, Wardak, Kabul, Balkh, Herat, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Badakhshan, Parwan, Paktia, Paktika, Laghman, Nuristan, and Bamyan provinces, maintaining an active presence in Kabul, Balkh, Herat, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Badakhshan, Parwan, Paktia, Paktika, Laghman, Nuristan, and Bamyan.
Our vision in AWEC is “an inclusive and just society with sensitized and responsive public and private sector, where all women and children have access to opportunities to improve their quality of life in order to realize their full potential”.
AWEC has zero tolerance approach to the AWEC Code of Conduct including safeguarding, SH, and Fraud violations being committed by its staff, consultants, contractors, volunteers, interns, suppliers, vendors, sub-grantees/partners, implementing partners or any other associate.
AWEC is looking for a short-term Consultant WASH Design Engineer to provide technical expertise in conducting inclusive assessments, designing, drafting, and planning WASH-related infrastructure upgrades and facility improvements for three selected HCFs, ensuring quality, practicality, and sustainability.
The construction efforts under phase 2 – year 3 of the DAWAM project is planned for three Health Care Facilities (HCFs) across three districts in Nangarhar Province. To ensure high-quality, effective, and sustainable infrastructure interventions, we require a short-term consultant to conduct detailed assessments, surveys, and technical designs for each facility.
Scope of work:
1. On-Site Needs Assessment:
Visit each selected HCF to conduct comprehensive needs assessments.
2. Technical Survey and Analysis:
Perform detailed technical surveys, including precise measurements, condition assessments, and actionable recommendations.
3. Design and Technical Specifications:
Develop inclusive and contextually appropriate design drawings for WASH hard components and facility improvements, including but not limited to:
Wells
Toilets and latrines
Septic tanks
Wastewater management systems
Ash pits, sharps pits, and placenta pits
Incinerators
Waste collection points
Solar-powered systems
Ensure designs meet DAWAM project standards and align with relevant guidelines from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), MRRD, WHO, UNICEF, and the WASH/Sphere manuals.
4. Bill of Quantities (BoQ):
Prepare detailed BoQs for each facility, incorporating project budget constraints, volume sheets, and current market cost assessments.
5. Feedback Coordination and Revision:
Coordinate with stakeholders—including the Department of Public Health (DOPH), donors, and internal project teams—to incorporate feedback on design documents, drawings, and BoQs. Lead the revision process of the Donor and Government comments through to final approval.
6. Reporting and documentation:
Provide general narrative reports to cover assessment and completion with considering of related needs of Each HCFs.
Provide site soft and hard Drawings and whole package of the design (Site plane, each infrastructure plans, sections and details and etc…).
Provide specification for Quality control.
Provide BoQ and Volume sheet of each estimated item.
Provide survey and WASH infrastructure existing Photos.
Education and Experience:
A minimum of bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Water Supply Engineering.
A minimum of 5 years experience in WASH, prefferably as WASH Design Engineer.
Knowledge and Skills:
Skilled in GPS, AutoCAD, Water Gem, Water CAD, and other relevant technical software.
Competent in Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel.
Profeciency in English (oral and written).
Knowledge of hygiene, IPC, MHM, and health facility management.
Strong analytical and report writing skills.
Familiarity with the Afghan health system and local context preferred.
Excellent communication skills in English; Pashto/Dari an advantage.
Interested candidates are requested to send their applications along with their CVs to the attention of following link: https://forms.gle/9SDSdbjkoP4LDxX18
After submission your information. All eligible shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for test/ Interview.
“Being committed to diversity & equal employment opportunity we highly encourage females & people living with disabilities to apply, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, language, religious sect.”
