Construction Engineer, NOA, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh #559198 (For Bangladeshi Nationals Only)

Contract

This is a NO-1 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. More about NO-1 contracts.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

With UNICEF Bangladesh you are at the center of the change you want to see.

In one of the largest UNICEF Country Offices in the world, you will be working with dynamic colleagues who have helped deliver remarkable results for children: Net enrolment in primary education rose from 61 per cent in 1987 to 98 per cent in 2019. Stunting fell from 42 per cent in 2013 to 28 per cent in 2019. Fully vaccinated children increased from 52 per cent in 2001 to 84 per cent in 2019.

Join us as we go the next mile for the nearly 60 million children in Bangladesh, including half a million Rohingya refugee children.

In a country undergoing rapid economic and demographic transition, be part of tackling malnutrition and stagnant wasting. Help protect children from child marriage, child labour and violence. Support the country to invest more in health and education, and to extend safe water to the children who are furthest left behind.

For every child, support.

How can you make a difference?

Under the direct supervision of the Education Specialist and under the guidance of the Education Manager in Cox’s Bazar Field Office, the Engineer will be responsible for providing technical support, quality assurance and oversight functions.

This includes to Implementing Partners (IPs) for ensuring the targeted number of Learning Centres (LCs), Multi-Purpose Centres (MPCs) and Community Based Learning Facilities (CBLF) are repaired, maintained and constructed within specified timeframe, cost, quality, scope and risk as defined in Programme Cooperation Agreements (PCAs) and Programme Documents (PDs) and government standards for host community and for the refugee response. Moreover, the Engineer should ensure the practices and activities of partner’s engineers meet required standards, with frequent visits to the sites, performing regular monitoring visits to assess the quality of the LCs being built or rehabilitated by the partner’s contractors and technicians, as well as report preparation including making recommendations.

The Engineer is also expected to be conversant with Comprehensive School Safety (CSS) standards and develop a Disaster Risk Response/Management (DRR/M) and Preparedness infrastructure plan considering the manmade and natural hazards.

The Engineer will majorly support the oversight, quality assurance, capacity building and coordination aspect of the construction and maintenance elements of the Education in Emergencies work and in the host community. This includes (but not limited to): identifying problems related to building works; structure design and Bill of Quantities (BoQ)s; making recommendations for corrective actions; drafting correspondence to parties concerned as required; supervision and follow-up of contracted works, preparing reports and developing and updating the maintenance schedules and completion of payment on satisfactory work completion.

While performing the above mentioned tasks the engineer should be closely coordinating and communicating with the UNICEF’s education team based in Cox’s Bazar and participates in education team meetings, planning events and workshops.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

• Strengthen the capacity of implementing partners to follow construction SOPs and implement Environmental Social Management Plan (ESMP).
• Ensure the maintenance, repair and renovation of Learning Facilities in the refugee camps including Learning Centers, Multi-Purpose Centers, Community-Based Learning Facilities, Training Centers and warehouses.
• Support the renovation and repair of Government Primary Schools in Cox’s Bazar district.
• Lead renovation related activities in Bhasan Char in close coordination with government authorities, Education Sector and other coordination platforms.
• Support construction activities for other UNICEF sections including for the extension of the UNICEF Field Office in Cox’s Bazar.
• Manage a third-party organisation to support the monitoring of repair/reconstruction works (or do the actual repair and reconstruction work).

For details please see attached TOR: ToR -Construction Engineer NOA TA CXB.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

- A university degree is required in in civil engineering, construction engineering, architecture or other relevant area.

- A minimum of 1 year of relevant experience at the national and/or international levels, in project monitoring, site supervision, quality assurance and/or other directly related technical fields is required. Understanding of development and humanitarian work. Emergency or camp-based experience is an advantage.

- Fluency in English and Bangla is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others. the 8th competency (Nurtures, leads and manages people) for supervisory role)

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

*UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

*Internal candidates may be given preference over external candidates. The term "Internal" refers to all staff members with fixed term, continuing or permanent appointments.

*Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

*The complete vacancy announcements can be reviewed via UNICEF Careers website at https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/listing/