Location: Pulka, Borno State Job Family: Programme Technical Level: E1 Reports to: Program Manager Staff reporting to this post: None Budget Responsibility: Nil Salary: National Oxfam Purpose
To work with others to overcome poverty, stress and suffering
Team Purpose
To implement Oxfam’s Public Health Engineering humanitarian response in order to meet urgent public health needs for Oxfam’s beneficiaries.
Job Purpose
To deliver Public Health Engineering humanitarian response in North Eastern Nigeria.
Key Responsibilities
With support and supervision, join in supporting the assessment of emergency needs when required and collect and record basic needs assessment data from communities
As a part of rapid repairing team, plan and implement hand-pump, borehole and water supply system and pipe net work repairing activities as directed by the {PHE Officer and TL.
Train community hand-pump mechanics technicians, VLOM, and care & maintenance
Support PHE Officers in BoQ for repairs and rehabilitation of hand-pumps, water points and other plumbing and pipe works.
Ensure that all construction work, such as latrines, showers, washing slabs, water works meet Oxfam standards and assist in ensuring that contractors and community members work to the required timescale and qualities.
With guidance from the PHE Officer, implement the WASH response intervention that may include: water treatment, water quality testing, borehole construction and renovation, construction of semi-permanent and emergency latrines, solid waste management, drainage construction, construction of hand washing facilities, and other relevant activities
Always work to a pre-planned and agreed work plan. Where a work plan does not exist, be proactive in creating a work plan prior undertaking activities. With supervision, collect and record basic monitoring data, sometimes directly from programme beneficiaries, using forms provided by the PHE Officer
To conduct daily quality and quantity checks and record all work in the appropriate forms provided by the PHE Officer.
To report verbally and in writing to the PHE Officer as requested.
With the guidance of the PHE Officer, ensure that health and safety monitoring is incorporated into all public health engineering activities, including water works repairing
Maintain a good relationship with the community.
Advise the PHE Officer of progress, constraints and any other issues that may impact on work plans
Ensure all work is carried out in a way that is sensitive to community needs and gender issues. In particular, to promote the full and equal participation of women in all aspects of the work.
Skills and Competence
Proven experience in integrated water, sanitation and hygiene promotion projects
Experience and experts in India Mark 2-3 hand pumps, plumbing works and water committees, care & maintenance
Good listening skills.
Ability to work under pressure, to be flexible in work areas and to be responsive to changing needs.
Sensitive to the needs and priorities of disadvantaged people.
Gender sensitive.
Willingness to learn Oxfam procedures and to be flexible in tasks undertaken.
Shows enthusiasm for own and team work.
Other:
This job profile is not incorporated in the employment contract. It is intended as a guide and should not be viewed as an inflexible specification as it may be varied from time to time in the light of strategic developments and following discussion with the post holder.
The post holder will be expected to work to agreed objectives, which should facilitate achievement of the responsibilities in accordance with the performance review process.
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