Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like saving lives, governance and peace building, education, land rights and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

We are an international confederation of 19 organizations (affiliates) working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

All our work is led by three core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness. To read more about our values please click here

The Role:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide WASH technical support to the project, field assessments, designing facilities, construction, and installation supervision, testing and commissioning of WASH facilities.
• Prepare technical drawings and BoQs for WASH facilities to ensure that installation and operations conform to the set technical standards.
• Prepare estimates, supply planning and monitoring WASH activity lines in the budget.
• Supervise and monitor implementation of the project activities closely with the local partners, local authorities, and selected contractors/suppliers.
• Integrate WASH in school activities within the established school hygiene clubs
• Conduct assessment, mapping, repairs, and rehabilitation works for water systems targeted under the project
• Conduct WASH in institutions related assessment and identify gaps to inform the interventions to be carried out
• Ensure that empowering approaches to working with the communities and counterparts are incorporated in the programme and clear visions for exit strategies planned from onset.
• Work in close collaboration with other members of the Project team to ensure an integrated approach to meet the needs of a population (Education, EFSL, Protection, Gender, Advocacy, Governance).
• Produce realistic work plans, as well as procurement plans for all PHE and PHP activities ensuring that deadlines are in line with donor timeframes. 
• Ensure that target Communities, community water structures, local authorities and partners are engaged and consulted during the entire project
• Ensure that all programmes take gender, disabilities, and HIV issues fully into account. This includes the introduction of mechanisms to enable women and less abled people to participate in decision making around sanitation work.
• Ensure that all programme activities are in line with minimum requirement laid out in OGB Minimum requirements for PHE and PHP in emergencies and Sphere standards
• Ensure minimum standards of technical quality in all engineering activities. Ensure all interventions are technically appropriate, realistic and budget sound.
• Check on quality of material, deliverables, constructions and take actions to correct failures and mistakes.

Reporting, Communications & Coordination

• Write reports regularly on plan and progress of activities, issues and challenges at field, and attend local level coordination meetings.
• Liaise closely with all other thematic focal points within the project (Education, Potection, Governance and Livelihood) to ensure a cohesive and integrated approach is achieved.
• Actively participate in the field level WASH coordination forums.
• Represent Oxfam in meetings, community consultations and other forums as directed by the Project manager.

Staff Management

• Provide day to day management of contractors, casuals where necessary
• Assess PHE team capacity level and suggest areas of improvement to the WASH PM who will support in devising clear and concise capacity training schedules accordingly.
• To provide additional support to other humanitarian programmes as directed by  Programme Manager.  This may include capacity building and training in other programme Assistants and possible field visits on specific technical support and training to local partners.

Oxfam  is looking for 

• RELEVANT Undergraduate degree qualification in any WASH discipline such as Civil, Water or Environmental or Public Health engineering.
• At least 3 years of RELEVANT experience as a Water and Sanitation Engineer working in South Sudan with significant understanding of building materials, construction and integrated water sanitation and hygiene promotion programme for IDPs camps, urban and rural situation.
• Good assessment, monitoring and evaluating and planning skills to enable programme design and delivery.
• Experience of monitoring budgets.
• Experience of training staff and developing staff and partner capacity
• Good knowledge of Sphere standards, Humanitarian Accountability Principles, and Humanitarian needs assessment.
• Ability to understand complex security situations and adjust operations accordingly.
• Ability and willingness to live and work in conflict and remote field locations under basic conditions.
• Strong attention to detail. The ability to present concise reports, sometimes at short notice, reflecting the problems and possible solutions for situations.
• Proven experience as a team player and demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams, responding flexibly, with speed and accurately to queries and issues
• Diplomacy, good interpersonal and organizational skills, together with the capacity to remain calm under pressure and not lose sight of strategic priorities.
• Self-aware and able to assess own, team and other stakeholders’ abilities and limitations.
• High level of computer literacy especially Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s principles and values of accountability, inclusiveness, and empowerment.  This includes demonstrated experience of integrating gender and diversity issues into programmes.
• Good knowledge of written and spoken English.
• Experience of management/supervisory responsibilities
• Familiar with and abide by the NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, the People in Aid Code, Oxfam International procedures, and other regulatory codes (e.g. Interaction Field Co-operation Protocol).
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.
• Knowledge of local languages is an added value.

What we are looking for: 

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits. 

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more. 

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.  

https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/internal/vacancy/24222/description

https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/24222/description

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.