ALIGHT works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to refugees, displaced people and host communities – to better survive conflicts and crisis, and to rebuild lives of dignity, health, security, and self-sufficiency. ALIGHT presently works in and with partners in seventeen countries globally. ALIGHT has consistently operated in Rwanda since the year 1994, and today has a strong and committed team of over eight hundred personnel who include full-time staff, community mobilizers, and incentive workers– implementing programs in Primary Health Care, Reproductive Health, HIV and Nutrition; also Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Shelter and general Infrastructure, Livelihoods/Economic strengthening, and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Prevention/ Protection. Our work in Rwanda currently covers all the refugee locations and their kind Rwandan-host communities. And we are always looking to expand and, jointly with our partners, offer lasting impact with and for the communities we serve!
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VACANCY – WASH and Construction Coordinator
ALIGHT is looking for a qualified, self-driven, and committed individual to join its team full time as Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Construction Coordinator located at Kiziba Site – Karongi District, Rwanda
MARY PURPOSE:
The WASH and Construction Coordinator is responsible for the planning, implementation, and monitoring of all activities related to water resources, sanitation, waste management, hygiene promotion, construction, rehabilitation, and infrastructure maintenance. S/e is in charge of project work plans and budget to sustain the quality and safe drinking water, hygienic living and site conditions, access to sanitation facilities, and shelter for POCs. S/he also supervises rehabilitation, construction, and maintenance of public/shared WASH infrastructure and facilities within the camps, including roads, medical facilities, drainage, camp offices, and other such facilities/buildings
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES.
WASH:
- Responsible for safe water supply in the camp (water testing, treatment, and supply mechanisms)
- Maintenance of water system (water source, motor-pump, generator, distribution network, reservoirs, tap stands) in the camp including record keeping, observations of security measures, building capacity of refugee workers on best practices
- Monitor direct sanitation activities, including liquid and solid waste management, daily cleaning of latrines and chemical spraying of latrines and dwellings;
- Manage the direct implementation of all WASH-related activities in line with established work plans and resources
- Work closely with various partners, including refugee committees in the areas of water and sanitation, and hygiene
- Support national WASH, Environment & Construction Technical Advisor on developing technical drawings, blueprints, and BBQs for WASH-related construction activities;
- Contribute to WASH strategy development; project proposal and provide input on WASH needs and gaps as required
- Plan, coordinate and implement public health and engineering activities (hygiene promotion, water quality assurance, sanitation, solid waste, and vector control) in the refugee communities;
- Organize trainings and capacity building activities for refugee committees, casual laborers, as well as ALIGHT staff on hygiene and sanitation best practices;
- Lead training and hygiene promotion components to ensure public health activities are implemented;
- Supervise and monitor the construction, emptying, replacing, cleaning, and maintenance of latrines in the camp. This includes monitoring the number of WASH facilities in line with international standards
- Follow up on the emptying of garbage pits and sanitation areas by ALIGHT staff. This also includes carrying out sensitization activities on waste disposal and the usefulness of compostable waste;
- Organize and supervise construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation and maintenance of public showers, hand washing facilities, washstands, garbage pits, incinerators, and drainages;
- Organize and supervise communal work for cleaning of latrines, showers, washstands, garbage pits, water kiosks, and drainages;
- Advice on quality of all WASH activities, monitor regularly all ALIGHT implementation of WASH activities, assessing the adherence to the set standards
- Mobilize beneficiary communities to maintain the established/rehabilitated/protected water sources through the formation of and guidance to water user committees
- Initiate purchase requests for all WASH activities and ensure their implementation.
Construction
- Support national WASH, Environment & Construction Technical Advisor on the design of blueprints and BoQs for construction-related activities;
- Coordinate receiving and delivering supplies and materials to various work sites in the camp, in line with internal ALIGHT policies and procedures;
- Implement construction-related activities and oversee the progress of work sites for construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of shelters and public infrastructure in the camp;
- Certify works completed and ensure the safety of all infrastructures to prevent all possible hazard;
- Plan and supervise maintenance of access roads and Bridges to the camps and internal camp road network, to allow safe and easy vehicle access and mobility;
- Supervise construction workers at worksites to meet deadlines and follow technical guidelines;
- Responsible for requesting and safekeeping of construction and maintenance equipment/tools used at work sites.
Other significant administrative duties/Responsibilities;
- Organize and submit WASH/Shelter/Construction data for monthly, weekly, and quarterly reports
- Develop and follow work plans (with support of WASH/Construction Technical Advisor and Site Manager) for WASH and Construction activities;
- Coordinate (with support from the Site manager) with MINEMA, UNHCR, shelter committees, WASH committees, and other partners on WASH/Construction activities
- External representation: Act as focal person for WASH/Shelter related activities at the site, represent ALIGHT at coordination, donor visits, and other external meetings
- Support the Site’s Logistics Coordinator and Storekeeper in the control of all resources assigned to WASH/Construction and ensure proper monitoring, storage, and use
- Participate in the skills improvement, capacity building and the evaluation for WASH/Construction
- Perform administrative tasks related to WASH/Construction sector (maintaining databases, record keeping, report writing, making requisitions, etc
- Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor, or any other ALIGHT leadership team
QUALIFICATIONS;
We’re looking for the following education, technical skills, & knowledge:
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and /or Construction or a closely related field from an accredited university required;
- Minimum four (4) of direct and significant sustained experience working in similar role and focus, in complex construction, water sanitation and humanitarian settings;
- Significant background and experience in water resources, sanitation, and hygiene ( WASH) programming
- Demonstrated ability to write clearly, insightfully and persuasively in English, Kinyarwanda and meet regularly tight and demanding deadlines;
- Experience in managing and working with a multicultural staff and familiarity with working procedures in camp environments;
- Strong participatory leadership and interpersonal skills;
- Ability to motivate and counsel staff working in a refugee camp environment;
Key Behaviors & Abilities
- Analytical thinking, process management and attention to detail;
- Collaborative, result-oriented management style;
- Ability and willingness to live and work in a remote, low-resource setting;
- Strong ethical standards and high level of integrity;
Interested and qualified candidates should submit 1page Cover letter, and an updated CV (maximum three pages) and names, title, and contacts of three professional referees, to include most current employer/supervisor (all in/as one document) – via email only to: RWJobs@wearealight.org with the POSITION applied for clearly indicated in the subject line. The deadline for submission of applications is June 18th, 2020 at 16:00hrs. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Alight is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status. Alight complies with all applicable laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
