WATSAN Team Leader at Solidarites International (SI)

Solidarités International (SI) is a French humanitarian organisation operating for over 35 years who is committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and natural disasters. Our mission is to provide aid as quickly and as efficiently as possible to endangered populations by meeting their vital needs:  water, food and shelter.

SI has started activities in North-eastern Nigeria in August 2016 in the fields of Wash and is now intervening in 4 areas of the state for Wash and Shelter activities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: WATSAN Team Leader

Location: Maiduguri , Borno
Beginning of contract: 15th May, 2018.
Contract duration: 6 months (with possibility of extension)
Probation period: 2 months

Job Description

• The Watsan Team Leader will coordinate a team of Water and Sanitation foremen in order to set up the Water and Sanitation activities, ensuring that Solidarités International technical recommendations and procedures are followed.

Responsibilities

• Setting up the activities /control and supervision
• Plan the weekly activities for his/her team and have them approved by his/her Line manager:
  • Plan human resources needs (daily workers, workers...)
  • Plan tool and material needs (request from stock)
• Anticipate administrative issues (requests in advance)
• Anticipate logistics issues (transport, communication means...)
• Organize and carry out, with his/her team, tasks assigned by his/her Line manager
• Supervise and monitor each stage of activity. Ensure that standards and instructions given by his/her Line manager, as well as Solidarités procedures, are followed
• Respect schedules and deadlines agreed upon with his/her Line manager
• Report back any problems and constraints encountered during the course of the activities and suggest operational solutions

Logistics and Administration:

• When recruiting daily workers, follow procedures and directives outlined by his/her Line manager and the administrative service
• Train his/her team members to use and maintain the available tools correctly
• Track usage with monitoring tools provided
• Enforce safety procedures
• Ensure that safety procedures are followed by members of his/her team
• Monitor the quality and quantity of material delivered to working sites
• Ensure the receipt and storage of material and equipment necessary for his/her work to be carried out on site

Reporting / Communication:

• Take part in weekly program meetings and clusters on request
• Keep his/her monitoring tools and files archived in the Solidarités office, accessible to his/her Team Leader and/or line manager
• Draw up and submit a weekly task report (which should include progress made by the team) to his/her line manager
• Take part in the drafting of the monthly program pack
• Establish and maintain good relations with local participants and communities (populations) in the operational fields
• Listen to the populations and local participants in the field and report to his/her line manager any non-technical or safety-related issues which could affect the activities or safety of Solidarités International teams

Technical:

• Supervise efficiently the different work sites of the project and ensure that security rules are respected
• Before the implementation of any civil engineering structure, evaluate the technical specificities proposed by the team/the contractor and in/validate them.
• Propose new and implement new designs
• Provide BoQs and Technical drawing when needed.
• Link the hardware (civil engineering) and the software (Hygiene promotion, understanding of the needs and specificities of the community).

Personal Abilities

• Professional experience: 2 year of experience in similar position (NGO/Private or Public sector) and/or strong operational background
• Languages: English, Haussa, Kanuri (Shuwa and/or Fulani a strong plus).

Personal qualities:

• Detail oriented, follows protocol, reliable, honest, very good.

Technical competences:

• Knowledge of PHAST/CHAST/CLTS methodology. Ability to Draft and conduct KAP surveys
• Mastery of project cycle management: Ability to report efficiently (oral and written) and to plan and lead a working site
• Proficiency in at least one technical domain = Civil engineering / geology / hydrology.
• Ability to manage a team, daily workers and to deal with a wide range of stakeholders (contractans, authorities etc..)
• Microsoft Office (advanced Excel and Word skills), Autocad, Epanet,  Kobo Collect, ODK.

Salary and conditions
In accordance with SI’s Terms of Employment; for national staff in Nigeria.

Application Closing Date
4th May, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV's and suitability statement as a single attachment to: [email protected] The file must be named with the name and the surname of the candidate and the subject of the mail must be WATSAN Team leader– Maiduguri.

Note

• No paper application are accepted
• Shortlisting will start as soon as we start receiving applications and deadline might be changed without prior notice.
• Candidates from Maiduguri are encourage to apply