Team Lead Water, Sanitation & Shelter at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS is a global leader in agricultural livelihoods programming, and promotes resilience building in impoverished, disaster-affected, and climate change-impacted areas around the world.  CRS re-established presence in Nigeria in 2000 and currently works in 32 of Nigeria’s 36 states, focusing on agriculture and livelihoods, health, and emergency programming.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Water, Sanitation & Shelter Team Leader

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Department: Programs / Emergency
Band: E-1
Reports To: Program Manager -  WASH & Shelter
             
Project Background

• Since the crisis in Northeast Nigeria escalated in 2013, the food security situation has continued to worsen. Emerging data of June 2016 has revealed that the severity of the food and nutritional crisis is well beyond emergency thresholds in Borno State.  The Federal Government has declared a food and nutritional crisis in Borno, where over 750,000 people are severely food insecure; including 180,000 in Maiduguri’s outskirts, 120,000 camp residents and approximately 275,000 IDPs in newly reopened areas. A growing number of people are in urgent need of food assistance, and alarming rates of acute malnutrition have been reported. 
• The re-opening of Local Government Areas (LGAs), many which have been inaccessible for an extended period of time, has led to the identification of new IDP locations in Borno State, while ongoing conflict between the military and Boko Haram has resulted in the influx of more IDPs into Maiduguri metropolis and the establishment of several spontaneous camps. The number of IDPs in both Maiduguri, Jere and other LGAs continue to increase – with the current reports indicating a total of 1.6 million IDPs in Borno State alone. 
• In this emergency context, IDP households are among the worst affected populations as displacement has resulted in the loss and destruction of key assets and the interruption of livelihoods. Furthermore, in Maiduguri center, the majority of IDPs families have found refuge with host families, with whom they share already scarce natural resources such as shelter and water. As per CRS’ needs assessments, these communities are in immediate need of food, WASH, emergency shelter, NFIs save lives and restore dignity. CRS has also identified agriculture and livelihoods as a key need and gap in the ongoing humanitarian response.
• In order to effectively respond to the crisis, CRS Borno’s emergency and early recovery programs are focused on food security, NFI, WASH and shelter, for both IDPs and host families. Where possible, CRS will seek to maximize project impact, efficiency and effectiveness by adopting market based approaches – through e-vouchers and the RedRose OneSytem platform – privileging integrated programming and empowering targeted communities through participatory approaches.

Job Summary

• The Water, Sanitation & Shelter Team Leader will lead on project implementation together with the Hygiene Promotion Team Leader.
• He/she will line manage a team of Field Engineers and will be responsible for building their capacity as needed. 
• He/she with be responsible for both technical quality and compliance with project management standards as part of the day-to-day operations as part of CRS’ Water, Sanitation & Shelter activities.

Key Responsibilities Program Quality and Management

• In coordination with the Program Manager and Procurement Officer and as per CRS standard procedures identify and assess contractors, construction suppliers, vendors of WASH and Shelter NFI’s, prepare contracts and documentation for works.
• Lead all assessments for WASH and Shelter together with the Hygiene Promotion Team Leader.
• Supports Hygiene Promotion Team Leader as necessary to analyze data from WASH & Shelter Base Line Surveys before launching an intervention.
• Monitor regularly Field Engineers to ensure that quality of contractors’ work is achieved in specified time.
• In close coordination with the Hygiene Promotion Team Leader develop designs and BOQ for latrines, bathing areas, drainages and shelters. Ensuring that these are sound from a qualitative, quantitative and culturally appropriate point of view and follows SPHERE standards.
• Liaise with drilling contractors and contracts together with the WASH/Shelter PM and ensure that any potential drilling activities are approved by RUWSSA and based on hydrogeological and geophysical surveys.
• Lead on management of contractors and support Field Engineers to push for high-quality implementation.
• Liaise with CRS Procurement and Logistics to ensure that material procurement is delivered according to program needs to sites.
• Keep regular contact with Bulamas and Land owners ensuring that all construction activities have been approved and appropriate agreements are in place.
• Plan all construction activities in close coordination with the Hygiene Promotion Team Leader and manage works to schedule.
• Ensure Field Engineers engages both hosts and IDP’s in consultation, mobilization and construction activities where these are community based.
• Encourage contractors to employ skilled and unskilled workers.
• Support WASH & Shelter PM to prepare plans, proposals, and budgets for project extensions and new construction projects.
• Ensure that Field Engineers monitor that community workers and contractors adheres to Health and Safety standards during construction activities.
• Ensures that use of appropriate project management tools to plan, review and track progress on projects implementation as well as on the utilization of project resources.
• Develop and maintain a procurement plan. Develop BOQs and prepare procurement documentation.
• Ensure the development and implementation strong M&E systems using appropriate CRS tools and resources to maximize project impact on beneficiaries.
• Monitor project development and identify deviation from approved project plans and implement corrective measures when necessary to ensure that the partners meet the project objectives.

Capacity Building:

• Build the capacity of Water, Sanitation & Shelter Field Engineers as needed.
• Build the capacity of the Hygiene Promotion Team Leaders and Hygiene Promotion Officers on Shelter and building safe technics.

Programmatic Reporting:

• Ensure timely and quality preparation of project narrative reports as per defined by WASH & Shelter PM, present in an organized and orderly manner tracking of activities, indicators, baseline data and evaluation reports.  
• Advise senior management about issues affecting project implementation, or key local issues affecting future grants/projects developments.

Representation, Coordination, and Communication:

• Represent CRS at WASH Cluster and CCCM/Shelter Cluster as per request of WASH & Shelter PM.
• Liaise with CRS partners, INGO’s working in the areas of WASH and Shelter, Ministry of Health as per request by WASH & Shelter PM
• Liaise with key non-government organizations (NGOs) and national, provincial, and local government, SEMA (State Emergency Management Agency), technical committee meetings AS per request by WASH & Shelter PM
• Organize regular meetings with Field Engineers to follow activities.
• Together with the Hygiene Promotion Team Leader organize weekly update meetings for Field Engineers and Hygiene Promotion Officers.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervise all Water, Sanitation & Shelter Field Engineers
• Ensure timely and quality adherence to CRS Performance Management System for all staff under his/her supervision. 
• Prepare employee job descriptions, performance plans and performance appraisals for project staff as requested by WASH & Shelter PM

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering, Hydrogeology or Construction Engineering
• Minimum 4 years’ experience working with INGOs in the field of WASH and implementation experience of water supply, sanitation, construction or infrastructure projects.
• Experience with Shelter programs will be taken an added value
• Strong experience managing teams
• Proven strong ability to provide technical assistance and expert advice to staff in infrastructure and related fields.
• Experience in project management, planning, supervision, quality assurance and reporting.
• Required Language Skills: English Fluency, Hausa and Kanuri is an added value.

CRS Emergency Competencies
Each CRS staff member working in emergencies is expected to have the following competencies to fulfill his or her responsibilities and to achieve the desired results:

• Communicates strategically under pressure
• Manages stress and complexity
• Actively promotes safety and security
• Manages and implements high-quality emergency programs
• Proven organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficient use of MS Windows and MS Office programs (particularly Excel).
• Highly organized with strong time management capabilities.
• Self-starter with ability to work independently and creatively.
• Enthusiasm in working as a member of a team and willingness to learn.
• Ability to embrace the challenge of working under pressure.

Required Travel:

• Over 80% travel around CRS sites.

Application Closing Date
6th April, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should download the "Application Form Below" and send with a detailed 3-page resume in a single file word document to: [email protected]

Click here to download Application Form (MS Word)

Note:

• Candidates should state the position and advert code as the subject of their email e.g. Team Lead - Water, Sanitation & Shelter - TLWS210317.
• Applications will be treated on a rolling basis and candidates are advised to apply promptly.
• CRS is an equal - opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, etc. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.
• CRS recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.