Wash Engineer At Turkana Pastoralist Development Organization (Tupado)

KEY COMPETENCEBachelor's degree in environmental, Civil, Public Health Engineering.Demonstrated experience in managing WASH grants is preferred (Minimum four years' experience implementing and managing).Experience working on Bill of Quantities and design for water and sanitation facilities, particularly in ASAL communities.Be able to work under pressure as may be required.Be a team player.Be self-driven and able to work within tight deadlines.Detail-oriented, dependable, and productive.Excellent oral and written communication skills1-3 years of experience in managing humanitarian programs involving rural communities to promote humanitarian response.ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESThe purpose of this position is:To provide support in developing, planning, implementing, and monitoring the WASH project and supervising, conducting designs, studies, and reviewing water resources, sanitation, and hygiene development activities.The WASH Engineer is responsible for the overall WASH project operations.Other Roles and Responsibilities:Implement WASH activities, including solarization of boreholes, repair of water infrastructure, and promoting good hygiene practices.Conduct WASH rapid needs/market assessments to confirm the price and availability of keyWASH items and identify beneficiary priority needs and hygiene behavior.Support community health volunteers to conduct hygiene promotion at the community levels (campaigns, public demonstrations on masks, water purification aqua tab use)Support in the distribution of WASH NFIs to all the targeted HHssuch as aqua tabs, soap,20- litre jerrycans, and 100-liter storage containers.In collaboration with County/Sub County public health office, support in identification and training of community health volunteers on key infection prevention and control (IPC) measures using MOH-approved packages.Represent organization and project during quarterly coordination meetings with county/subcounty WASH working groups.Support in conducting project baseline, post distribution, and endline assessments.Assist in the preparation of the specifications and documentation for the procurement of keyWASH-related supplies in coordination with the TUPADO procurement team.Prepare project monthly, quarterly, and annual technical reports, and assist in WASH project proposal developments and end of the project evaluations.Develop design plans, working drawings, technical specifications, bill of quantities as per approved standards by the Ministry of Water.Undertake other duties as required.Female Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.