Wash Officer Bangladesh Cox's Bazar Ukhiya (Bangladeshi National)

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 5 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 5 (NRC) contracts.

Our Ideal Candidate

The role of the WASH Officer, field-based position is to support and ensure quality through the regular visit, coordinator with different stakeholders, sharing the challenges with senior management and support as per need of Shelter & WASH program.

Key Task and Responsibilities

• Provide general administrative and operational support to the Shelter & WASH /Emergency response programme.
• Administers the project’s activities including raising purchase requisitions, preparation of payment vouchers, completion certificate and maintaining the project’s archive.
• Support WASH/shelter Assistant, Incentive worker responsible for providing direction on Shelter & WASH intervention in camp and host communities.
• Assists in reviewing procurement contracts and related documents, analyze contents and findings, and provides recommendations on variations or changes.
• Regular visit the project area (water and sanitation facilities) to assess quality and assist with monitoring activities, support technical staffs to prepare BOQ, follow up the construction work.
• Tracks the results of the projects implementation and reports findings and/or breaches to the line manager.
• Ensures that camp authorities, communities and leaders are involved and informed about the activities of the projects, in coordination with the field teams.
• Update operational plans into weekly, monthly, and quarterly implementation plans and ensure that all plans are documented, regularly updated, and properly tracked.
• Carries out any other related WASH/Shelter activities relevant to the role, as requested by the line Manager,
• Support team with information, dissemination, sharing and conduct assessment, FGD, KII as per needs required by the project and under the guidance of line manager.

Key Education and Skills Requirements

• 02 years of releted working experience Cox’s Bazar camp context
• Bachelors/Diploma/Degree in Civil Engineering/Urban & Regional Planning/Development Studies/Social science or equivalent.
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
• Knowledge and experience in GPS and mapping
• Excellent computer proficiency
• Oral proficiency in the Chittagonian dialect
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Additional Information

We welcome applications from qualified and interested candidates, particularly local candidates, from the Cox’s Bazar area. Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply. Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline.

Contract period: 12 months (extendable)

Expected Start Date: 01-January-2024

Duty Station: Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar Salary and Benefits: Competitive salary and allowances as per NRC’s salary scale, Life and medical insurance, maternity leaves and allowances, festival bonus, annual and others leave, etc.