Oxfam GB Public Health Engineer Lead Jobs in Kenya
Key Responsibilities
Identifying gaps and opportunities in the WASH sector
Developing concept notes and proposals aligned with the country and Rights Resilience and Response approach, as related to improving water security – and in particular in close coordination with Oxfam experts on good governance and gender justice.
Building and maintaining strategic relationships with partners and authorities at national and county levels.
Contributing to strategic and operational planning.
Supporting partners in assessment, design (including BoQs), planning and implementation of civil works infrastructure including improving water quality, water storage, distribution, and sanitation
Providing technical guidance to partners in accordance with relevant national and international standards
Ensuring that all WASH activities incorporate gender and safe-programming best practice
Ensuring coordination with the public health promotion team, and other thematic/sectoral leads for effective programme integration and impact
Participating in multi-sectoral and multi-partner assessments and specific technical assessment/survey of a water/sanitation schemes where appropriate
Contributing to the development of an O&M market-based approach model by supporting with the reviews of technical details, costings, and contracting of appropriate service providers.
Contributing to the development of outcome-based financing models to improve alignment, accountability and impact.
Working closely with the partners to ensure that WASH projects/interventions are implemented in a quality, cost effective and efficient manner.
Providing technical support to partners to strengthen WASH programming capacities, including trainings on national and international WASH standards, and preparedness planning
Supporting networked approaches that bring together local partners with WASH capacity as a rapid response team in liaison with County steering groups and County water departments.
Person Specification
Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam needs to be able to:
Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, COURAGE, SOLIDARITY and EQUALITY (read more about these here)
Ensure you commit to our ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct).
Be committed to our feminist principles, and to applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and your work. Be ready to keep learning, with accountability to those who experience oppression as a result of their identities, such as their gender, race/ethnicity, disability, class, or LGBTQIA identity.”
Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.
Experience, Knowledge and Competencies
Self-Awareness:
Ability to develop a high degree of self-awareness around own strengths and weaknesses and impact on others.
Agility, Complexity and Ambiguity:
Ability to scan the environment, anticipate changes, are comfortable with lack of clarity and deal with a large number of elements interacting in diverse and unpredictable ways.
Essential Competencies
Degree in Engineering fields (Civil, Water, Environmental or other relevant fields)
At least 7 years’ experience in design and construction of a variety of Water and Sanitation facilities (urban and rural water solutions, latrines, sewage systems etc).
Experience in managing emergency WASH response programmes.
Experience working with public health teams and partners in designing and implementing comprehensive health and hygiene promotion programmes
A proven record of mentoring teams and partners on design, construction and operations and maintenance of Water & Sanitation interventions, assessment, and development of technical standards in WaSH and Water Quality Testing.
Experience in preparing project related reports/documents.
Sound IT skills, including Word, Excel and AutoCAD;
Excellent command of oral and written English
Desirable
Experience of working in Arid and Semi-Arid areas (ASALs) and urban informal settlements.
Flexible, adaptable, sense of humour, patience and most importantly, initiative.
Excellent facilitation and interpersonal skills
Analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines.
Methodical and thorough.
Cross cultural awareness and sensitive.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Oxfam GB Public Health Engineer Lead Jobs in Kenya
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