In view of the the further development of its activities the BTC is currently looking for a (m/f):
International Technical Assistant: Senior Water Engineer – MOZAMBIQUE
Ref.: MOZ/11/024-1
Location: Maputo, Mozambique Duration of the contract: 60 months Probable starting date: as soon as possible Monthly salary package: between 5.299,56 euro and 7.500,22 euro (this includes the gross monthly salary and the expat benefits: hardship allowance and expat allowance). The salary is calculated, depending on the composition of the family and the number of years of relevant experience.
Project: In 2010, it was estimated that a population of 350,000, spread over 30 districts, may be considered as food insecure in Mozambique. Food insecurity is resulting from a weak agriculture production combined with environmental factors (e.g. climate change with drought and floods), weak local economic development, and difficult access to markets. Tackling the problem of food insecurity is an integral part of the Mozambican poverty reduction strategy (PARP II). In the coming years, Belgium will increase the access to and control over water supply and sanitation in 6 districts of the Gaza Province in order to support the Food and Nutritional Security. This project will increase the access to drinking water supply and sanitation facilities, enable access to complementary productive water facilities and support the agencies at provincial, district and local level to assume their responsibilities in planning and managing water supply and sanitation. This intervention will also accompany water users and service providers in managing water and sanitation infrastructure in an effective and sustainable manner.
Function:
The ITA will, in close collaboration with the National Project Director: - Analyse capacity building needs (training, IT, R&D); - Strengthen the institutional capacity at district and provincial levels; - Network with other partners in the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS), in decentralised planning and finance, and with the Technical Secretariat for Food Security and Nutrition (SETSAN); - Assure the quality of planning and reporting documents for the steering committee; - Assure administrative and financial management of the project funds (responsibility according to direct and co-management modalities); - Support the development of RWSS plans and monitoring at district and provincial level; - Monitor the technical issues of the project activities, and more specifically: - quality standards for boreholes and equipment; - technical specifications of tender documents; - proper maintenance of the equipments. - Assure the overall quality control of the project activities; - Assure the timely publication of quarterly progress reports and annual reports, as well as the final reports; - Assure the implementation and vulgarization of the lessons learned (technical part of the program activities); - Conduct regular field visits.
Profile:
- A MA in water engineering or hydro-geology, or equivalent through experience;
- Thorough experience in the water sector engineering and water resources management in rural areas;
- At least 10 years of experience in planning, design and supervision of works in water supply and sanitation;
- At least 5 years of experience in working with national governments and international organisations, of which partly in sub Sahara Africa;
- A proven capacity for project management and coaching;
- Team spirit and communication skills with colleagues and project partners of different social levels;
- An analytical mind and a good technical writing and reporting capacity;
- Knowledge of common IT-applications, GIS-software;
- Fluent in English and working knowledge of French or Dutch;
- A good command of Portuguese will constitute an important asset;
- Demonstrated interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills;
- Cooperative and networking attitude and experience of working in multi-disciplinary team settings;
- Sensitive to relevant cross cutting issues of the Belgian co-operation (environment, gender, HIV/AIDS).
Interested?
Please apply no later than September 16th 2012, through our website www.btcctb.org. Use our Standard CV and a letter of motivation to apply. You can find the model of our Standard CV on the Jobs page of our website. If you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to contact us at +32 (0)2/505 18 65.
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