DEPARTMENT PURPOSE:
The department aims to contribute to the reduction of the severity of humanitarian crises in Kenya. It seeks to provide immediate lifesaving, life-sustaining, and dignity-upholding assistance in response to food and water insecurity, disease outbreak, communal conflict and protection risks driven by climate induced disasters and exacerbated by inequalities. And it contributes to addressing the structural drivers of vulnerability and encourage equitable investments in recovery and resilience, linking together Oxfam’s work on sustainable access to water, social protection and sustainable livelihoods, gender justice, tax justice and accountable governance, and natural resource management.
It does this by supporting local organisations lead programmes that adapt, anticipate and respond to shocks, by working with partners to strengthen communities’ resilience, and by encouraging duty bearers’ commitment to people’s rights by preparing for, and responding to, disasters in a timely, efficient and effective manner.
TEAM PURPOSE:
The WASH team’s focus is to improve Public Health outcomes in emergencies through increased access to safe, adequate water and inclusive Public Health related information for the prevention of diseases. The team supports partners in the design and implementation of WASH interventions, pilots innovative and scalable programme approaches, strengthens partnerships, coalitions and networks, and supports partners to develop technical capacities to deliver high quality WASH programmes.
JOB PURPOSE:
The Public Health Engineer Lead (PHE-L) contributes to the overall delivery of both the Oxfam Country Strategy and the Humanitarian Strategy. The PHE-L heads the PHE team in providing technical support to partners in the design and delivery of WASH programmes, in both urban and rural areas, in lockstep with the public health promotion team, and in coordination with other thematic leads for effective programme integration. The PHE-L is responsible for: working with partners in programme design and ensuring quality implementation of civil works on time and within budget; the strategic development of innovative approaches to ensuring quality, sustainable water, such as through operations and maintenance, or water outcome financing; the development of WASH related proposals to grow income; the development of knowledge and learning to influence the technical sector; and the strengthening of partner capacities in WASH.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)
Strategic Development - 20%
Technical Leadership - 40%
Partnership Management and capacity building - 30%
Knowledge Management and M&E - 10%
Others
Person specification
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Essential competencies (Knowledge /experience)
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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.
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