WASH Technicians at the International Medical Corps (IMC)

International Medical Corps (IMC) is a global, humanitarian, non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training, relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, non-political, non-sectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations.

IMC has been operating in Nigeria since November 2013. It currently has its country office in Abuja and field offices in Kano, Sokoto and Maiduguri where it is implementing emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects, building capacity of local health systems and structures, ensuring the provision of quality, accessible Nutrition and Health Care for Children under five years of age.

IMC is therefore looking for a suitable candidate to fill the position below to be based in its Maiduguri office. This position is subject to funding by the donor:

Job Title: WASH Technician

Location: Borno

Job Summary

• The WASH Technician will be responsible for providing support to the WASH team on the hardware components of the WASH program including construction and drilling/rehabilitation of water points especially in the areas of BOQ development, following and day to day supervision of field works to ensure contractors are delivering quality infrastructures including but not limited to latrines, water points..

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with WASH Officer to conduct continual review of the designs and functionality of the water supply systems (and other water points) to ensure efficient operation as well as reliability and safe water distribution.
• Act as the main technical personal in the development of BoQs for all WASH works on the various projects including but not limited to latrines construction, water points drilling and rehabilitation.
• Work with the WASH Officer to design templates, construction contracts for WASH related works, and a system for monitoring the progress of works and performance of hired contractor.
• Provide rigorous supervision of WASH hardware works in the various communities and projects ( latrines construction, water points rehabilitation)
• Provide technical supervision to contractors undertaking various IMC works in the communities and ensure delivered work is up to stand as required by IMC
• Review technical reports from the various contractors and provide recommendations to the WASH Officer as to whether the delivered infrastructures meet the required standards and quality by IMC
• Provide technical inputs in assessments for new project areas
• Provide technical inputs in the production of IMC regular reports both internally and externally: Weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc.
• Provide technical input/ verification in the quality and quantity of materials received from suppliers before it is received by the logistics.
• Liaise with contractors on the quantity and quality of materials to be requested form logistic and makes the request on time for prompt delivery to site.
• Be involved in capacity building of Water Management and Sanitation committees especially with regards to routine maintenance techniques.
• Provide updates to WASH Officer on state of IMC Water and Sanitation infrastructure by working closely with the trained WATSAN committees in the communities on regular basis.

Qualification and Experience

• Degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Civil Engineering with a minimum of 2 years experience in a similar position
• Must be well knowledgeable in Water and Sanitation implementation ( construction, water points drilling and rehabilitation)
• Must be fluent in English and Hausa language
• Experience and skills in supervising WASH contractual work strongly preferred
• Willing to work and live in insecure environment with rapidly changing security situation ( Maiduguri)

Applications Closing Date
9th February, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications and CV's to: [email protected]

Note

• Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted.
• All applications should be addressed to the Human Resource Officer, International Medical Corps via the email above
• Candidates Must state the position that they are applying for as the subject of their email, otherwise applications will not be considered.
• Application letter and curriculum vitae should be in a single Microsoft Word Document.