Water Engineer/ Governance Assistant at Save the Children
- Company: Save the Children
- Location: Uganda
- State: UG
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Engineering Jobs in Uganda
Job Description
JOB DETAILS:
About us For over 90 years, Save the Children International has been making a difference in children’s lives in more than 120 countries. We are the world’s largest independent child rights organization, underpinned by a vision in a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Save the Children International is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behavior towards children both in their private and professional lives.
In Uganda, we implement programmes in five thematic areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Child Poverty, Health and Nutrition in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in 30 districts in the North, Rwenzori, Northeastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of 450 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential.
Experience And Skills Essential:
- A bachelor’s qualification in a discipline related to public health, social sciences, development studies or law. Experience could substitute for a formal qualification, but not vice versa.
- At least 3+ years of direct experience in integrated WASH programming, (preferably in a community setting in Karamoja sub region).
- Implementation of Community based management plus model using HPMAs/UA/POs as Area service providers
- Experience in Building capacity of water boards and water service providers
- WASH professional with experience in Water quality surveillance, Community Led Total Sanitation, WASH marketing, or community health work
- Ability to ride a motorcycle
Desirable
- Strong organizational skills, including the ability to meet deadlines and priorities work.
- Strong communication and coordination skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a complex, multi-intervention health development program in collaboration with national health ministries and international partners.
- Demonstrated experience managing staff and budgets across a large geographic area
- Specific experience in Software and hardware activities. CLTS, sanitation marketing, Water quality testing
- Prior experience working in Karamoja sub-region highly desired.
- Prior experience working with USAID funded projects highly desired.
- Prior experience working with HPMAs, district local government and water service committees
- Willingness to be based in the Karamoja sub-region, with frequent travel to communities.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to work effectively with a diverse team of staff HQ and field based partners and counterparts.
- Commitment to producing high quality program deliverables on time and under budget.
- Excellent writing skills.
- English fluency (verbal and written) required.
- Qualified Ugandan nationals and international candidates are encouraged to apply.
Method of Application
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Closing Date : 10th July 2020