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Job Purpose:  Under the supervision of and in regular consultation with the Area Program Manager, and technical oversight from the WASH Team Leader, he/she will support WASH  activities of target communities in line with the program objectives, and program implementation, ensuring increased local capacity to prevent and respond to humanitarian crisis in Jonglei.  As a member of the WASH, team, the PHE Officer will monitor and report on all project activities in support of OXFAM’s work serving the poor and vulnerable. Your thorough and service-oriented approach will ensure that the project consistently applies best practices and constantly works towards improving the impact of its benefits to those we serve.

Position:  PHE Officer

Location:  Juba

Grade & Level:  D Zone 2 National

Contract Type:  Fixed Term

Number of post reporting:  

Required Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge

• 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
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• Conduct WASH in institutions related assessment and identify gaps to inform the interventions to be carried out
• 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).
• 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

Reporting, Communications & Coordination

• Provide regular verbal and written reports to the PHE TL
• Liaise closely with all other thematic focal points within the project (Education, Protection, 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 (PHE) TL who will support in devising clear and concise capacity training schedules accordingly.
• To provide additional support to other humanitarian programmes as directed by WASH (PHE) TL, Programme Manager and Technical Coordinator. This may include capacity building and training in other programme Assistants and possible field visits on specific technical support and training to local partners.

Essential

NB: This position is open to only South Sudanese Nationals and Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidate will be contacted.

Interested Applicants should send soft copies of their CVs and Cover letters and copies of academic certificates responding to the Required Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge  to our External Oxfam Link on https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/drr--governance-officer-int10821/22925/description/   And to our Internal Oxfam Link on https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/internal/vacancy/drr--governance-officer-int10821/22925/description/

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Oxfam is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those that are suitable to work within our values are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of screening checks.