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Job Overview:
The Senior Environmental Health Manager reports to Field Coordinator and is responsible for technical oversight & support of water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion projects, and building the capacity of EH staff in Gambella field offices to implement EH projects.
Major Responsibilities:
Project implementation:
- Ensure that EH projects in Gambella field office are implemented in a timely and professional manner, according to goal, objectives, and indicators and in line with sphere/UNHCR standards and donor requirements and beneficiary needs.
- Ensure proper data collection for internal and donor reporting. Collected data shall be accessible to EH-Addis team to comment and review as required. Documentation of EH activities and experience at field office level shall be archived in chronological order to easily track progressive achievements of IRC work.
- Conduct needs assessments, project review assessments, and post-project impact assessments as needed and directed.
- Coordinate with Senior Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Manager, EH coordinator, MEAL Coordinator and other technical unit members to ensure targeted support and effective, quality programming.
Monitoring & evaluation:
- Maintain a regular system of project progress monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
- Ensure standard IRC WASH SOPs are effectively and consistently implemented in IRC projects and ensure program quality in two project sites.
- Conduct supportive regular technical project monitoring visits to project sites.
- Strive to increase program quality through all stages of implementation and aspects of WASH program. Develop and maintain systems to measure impact and quality in assigned projects.
Capacity building:
- Monitor ongoing capacity EH team/team members, identify gaps and plan capacity building activities (online trainings, job swap, experience sharing visits, e.t.c.) to improve overall team capacity.
- Mentor and support EH managers to increase their ability to perform effectively in budget management and project implementation.
- Coordinate with specific field level technical leads (Health Manager , WPE Manager, MEAL officer, Education manager and other sector leads ) to meaningfully integrate other sectoral needs of the clients with WASH services )
- Support the EH field staff in designing & organizing training/workshops for members of the refugee, IDPs and host communities.
Proposals:
- Supervise/conduct needs assessments in the sector of water and sanitation, hygiene and health promotion when required.
- Actively participate in drafting preparation of proposals, especially log frame, technical description, and budget development.
Human Resources / Staffing:
- Review existing EH staffing organogram in the field office, identify staffing needs that match # of projects in the fiscal year and lead recruitment as required.
- Manage EH staff performance in close consultation with field Coordinator/Camp manager as per procedures and guideline of IRC performance review guidelines.
- Strive to improve and maintain overall team atmosphere and foster team-building relationships- take immediate proactive measures when gaps in teamwork are observed.
Logistics /Finance:
- Review budget utilization status of active grants in the field offices using IRC’s available budget tracking tools (Excel, Integra, PBI) and ensure proper utilization of budget and ensure budget use compliance in line with donor flexibility rule. Share budget utilization review report to field Coordinator on monthly basis.
- Liaise with IRC human resource, supply chain and Finance Departments to ensure smooth operational support is provided to field staff.
- Raise and flag delays in operation, implementation, incidents to senior Environmental Health Coordinator and other concerned sectoral focal and follow up on actions.
- Develop and maintain tools to monitor project progress, financial commitments, and expenditures against physical targets and budget plans.
- Maintain budget plans & monitor spending for allocated EH budgets.
Partnership
- Collaborate with partners on project design, review and provide feedback to partners on program reports and monitoring outcomes,
- Review & reflect on project performance, pro-actively anticipate and resolve any issues impacting partnership performance,
Reporting:
- Provide timely trip reports and/or monthly grant progress reports to Senior EH Coordinator.
- Ensure and coordinate timely production of monthly reports by EH staff based on qualitative and quantitative indicators of project status.
- Complete donor reports and share to EH coordinator meeting deadlines .
Others:
- Any other duty as assigned by senior Field Coordinator and EH coordinator.
Safeguarding Responsibilities: –
- Promote and actively participate in initiatives and efforts to build team engagement, inclusion and cohesion in IRC [team/office]
- Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies
Job Requirements:
Education:
- University degree (Masters degree level preferred) in civil, water resource engineering, environmental or public health or other related field.
Work Experience and Skills:
- A Minimum of Three/ Four years of working experience in EH, preferably in a humanitarian setting (refugee camps, rural development, or emergency response)
- Experience of supervising staff and interaction with international staff and partners and donors.
- Experience in engineering design applications including AutoCAD, EPANET ,
- Proven management, project planning, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
- Competent in Windows, MS office programs, email and database experience.
Language Skills:
- Fluency in English (written and speaking)
IRC is an equal employment opportunity employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.
IRC strives to build a diverse and inclusive team at all levels who as individuals, and as a group, embody our culture statement creating a working environment characterized by critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity for us to achieve our aspirations as a team and deliver the best possible services to our clients.
Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols, and other supportive benefits and allowances
Standard of Professional Conduct: The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
