Senior Water Supply Specialist/Civil Engineer

Gambella water and energy bureau intended to recruit qualified professional through OWNP-CWA-II program.

General Duties

The role of the Senior Water Supply Engineer /civil engineer working under the OWNP CWA Phase II is to support & facilitate the effective implementation of the Water Supply, Hygiene & Sanitation Program. Since responsibility for program implementation of WaSH is decentralized to the Regional, Woreda and Town levels, the role for the CWA Phase II PMU primarily involves providing the support required by these lower tiers to carry out their functions, as well as to help facilitate and strengthen communications between the different tiers. As such, under the WASH program the role of The Senior Water Supply Engineer will be to support the National PMU in communicating with Regional PMUs, Woreda WASH Team and Town Water Utilities and providing them with the directions, information, systems and skills.

The Senior Water Supply Engineer will work within the Water Supply and Sanitation Program Management Unit that is responsible for managing and coordinating CWA Phase II project at MOWE. The Water supply and sanitation Program Management Unit Coordinator would affirm that work plans drawn by the Senior Water Supply Engineering order to discharge their contracted duties are logically compatible with their respective job descriptions and would monitor that the planned services are delivered by the expert in a manner and in line with the objective of the project/program.

On the basis of the role described above, the specific areas of responsibility of the Senior Water Supply Engineer include, but are not limited to:

• The Senior Water Supply Engineer will report to the Regional PMU Coordinator ,
• Contribute to the overall Technical aspects of the rural and urban WSS project, including: planning, Implementation, follow up and monitoring of the contract effectiveness with respect to program Guide line, manuals & standards. Participate in the production or updating of the necessary manuals and guidelines;
• Support the regions, woredas and towns in the study and design of water supply projects
• Prepare training documents, training plans and deliver trainings in priority areas ;
• Identify the woredas and towns program gaps and management deficits and provides them with the technical assistance or the capacity development they require;
• Frequent field visit (60% of the assignment duration) and follows up the Program activities at all stages: pre design stage, design stage, construction tendering stage, construction stage, completion & handover stage & maintenance (liability) period
• Production of contract management & Supervision manual for the consumption of Regions, Woredas and town, particularly for contract administrator and construction supervisor;
• Assist the Regions /WWTs/Town Water Boards & Utilities in tender advertisement, analysis & award ,evaluation, contract negotiation and Contract Signing and implementation;
• Follow up and assist the Regions, Woredas and towns on overall program management starting from ToR and RFP preparation, negotiation and agreement up to end of contract implementation and final acceptance of the project includes follow up of payment modality and payment certificate review etc.;
• Produce and submit monthly, bi-monthly and back to office report to the CWA Phase II-PMU and; Performs other related and relevant assignments.

Program Planning and Management

• Prepare the Regional PMUs annual plan and budget for the Regional CWA Phase II project;
• prepare and consolidation of quarterly progress reports
• Prepare an annual work plan for his support to the MOWE, CWA Phase II PMU, and support the Regions in the preparation of their own PMU work plans and budgets;
• Promote learning between woredas and between towns by sharing information, progress reports and best practices;
• Foster integration under the sanitation projects by supporting efforts to integrate water supply, and sanitation interventions and coordinate planning across sectors;
• Provide technical backup support to all planning and management activities of the NWSC and NWTT,
• Update data on WaSH physical and financial performance, including number of user communities and beneficiaries vs planned activities considering integration of sanitation performance.
• Timely track allocated budget, received, used and liquidated to get additional funding.

Sector Training and Capacity Building

• Work extensively with Regional, Woreda and Town implementing agencies to ensure they have the
• necessary skills and trainings to perform their duties;
• Produce or update the necessary technical training materials and manuals for use by implementing agencies (e.g. Cost-effective designs, operation and maintenance, etc.);
• Produce or update the necessary program management training materials and manuals for use by implementing agencies (e.g. Procurement process, contract management, etc.);
• Provide technical backup support and training to WWT/Town Water Boards/Utilities (urban) during the early phase of project support (up to the first phase of construction);

Duration of the Assignment: The assignment will be for one year with possibility of extension based on evaluation of performance

Number of positions: 1(0ne)

Qualification

The Specialist to be hired shall have experience in Design, construction supervision, assessment, analysis and development of Manuals and strategies of public services with a high credit to experiences in water supply and sanitation. Specialist shall have MSc or above in water supply and Sanitary Engineering with 8 years or above experience in the water supply and sanitation sub-sector with a high credit to experiences in Design construction, assessment, analysis and development of Manuals and strategies for the sub-sector. The specialist shall have strong capability of communication on the subject matter, and capacity to offer trainings.

Specialist will be contracted: Working within the team of the water supply and sanitation directorate, the specialist will have responsibilities in all water supply and sanitation works. The Specialists will be contracted and supervised by the PMU. Operationally will collaborate and work closely with the Federal, Regional Water Bureaus, WWTs, and Urban Water Boards and Utilities.

Clients Input for the Service

The client will:

• Avail to the specialist all necessary data and document available
• Facilitate to the specialist to have access to data and documents available in the governments WaSH institutions.
• Provide office facilities (space, table, and chair)
• Provide transportation for field visits
• Facilitate and organize stakeholders workshop

Reporting

• The specialist reports to the PMU
• Submits reports of the field visits, workshops and meeting results (minutes) within agreed time frame
• Reports monthly, quarterly, and yearly project status