CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: Oxfam GB
Country: Liberia
Closing date: 31 Jan 2015

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Vacancy Notice

Are you passionate about working with an international organization in Liberia in a relief context? If you are then Oxfam Liberia has exciting opportunity for you to fill.

JOB TITLE: Water, Sanitation & Health (WASH) Technical Advisor

DIVISION / DEPARTMENT / LOCATION: International / Liberia WASH Consortium / Liberia / Monrovia

JOB FAMILY: Programme Technical

SALARY: £22, 421 - £31,945

LEVEL: C2, National Plus

OXFAM PURPOSE: To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering

TEAM PURPOSE: The Liberia WASH consortium mission is that Liberia’s most unserved and underserved communities have equitable access to and sustainable use of safe water, practice key sanitation and hygiene behaviours.

JOB PURPOSE: To provide technical leadership, coordination and advice to the Liberia WASH Consortium (LWC) board, members and partners for the development and delivery of the consortium programmes; to lead the technical capacity building of members, partners and relevant government ministries; and to lead the implementation of the monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) framework of LWC.

Background

Under the leadership of Oxfam GB, the Liberia WASH Consortium (LWC) is comprised of six INGOS (ACF, Concern Worldwide, PSI, Tearfund, WaterAid and Oxfam GB) working in the WaSH sector since 2007. The Consortium strategy (2013-2017) has 3 strategic pillars:

1. Advocacy and Knowledge Management:

Learning and research available and used by key stakeholders in the WASH sector for better evidence-based WASH policy and programming

1. Capacity Development:

Improved systems and structures at community, district, county and national levels to plan, deliver and monitor sustainable WASH activities - including WASH in schools

1. Service delivery:

Targeted population have equitable and sustainable access to improved water and sanitation services and practice safe hygiene

LWC also has a developing Ebola recovery strategy:

• Building upon the approaches and consolidating gains of current Public Health WASH response by the members of the consortium to ensure sustainability of these gains1
• Linking WASH EVD response, recovery and longer term work and following on the 3 pillars of the LWC 5-year development strategy: Direct Service delivery, building local capacity in WASH (including preparedness and contingency Planning) and advocacy.

Current LWC programs are currently funded by Irish Aid, European Union and Department for International Development.

REPORTING LINES:

Postholder reports to: Liberia WASH Consortium Coordinator

Staff reporting to this post: MEAL Officer

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: none

DIMENSIONS:

Under the direction of the Liberia WASH Consortium (LWC) Coordinator and LWC Board, lead on:

1. Develop and maintain strong relationships management with LWC members, partners and the wider WASH technical sector in Liberia
2. WASH Technical coordination, harmonisation and leadership amongst members and partners of

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the consortium

1. Coordinating the Technical Working Group and representing the LWC at technical WASH sector meetings and workshops.
2. Monitoring & Evaluation of projects and programs according to action plans and quality standards
3. Strengthening learning, information sharing and accountability within the LWC

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

WaSH Technical: To provide technical advice and leadership to the LWC members and board Coordinate the LWC Technical Working Group, made up of each member technical lead, and the pods to ensure regular meetings, actions according to the ToR, documentation, follow up on actions Along with the Technical Working Group, develop, implement and monitor harmonised approaches, guidelines and minimum standards for the LWC programs Ensure a high standard of WASH program implementation in both rural and urban locations, according to WASH consortium and national minimum standards & guidelines Ensure gender, inclusion and equity is well integrated into consortium programs Ensure WASH interventions meet global WASH good practice and standards Lead LWC coordination with the wider Liberia WASH sector, including government departments, municipalities and WASH actors, on technical standards, guidelines, planning and monitoring Represent the Consortium in external technical WASH sector meetings or workshops and feedback recommendations, actions and decisions Lead on technical implementation aspects of the development of proposals, donor engagement and fundraising Input into LWC strategy, annual planning and reporting within Oxfam and LWC systems Create linkages between programming and advocacy objectives

Monitoring & Evaluation: Lead the development and implementation of program MEAL standards and activities Monitor the standards and quality of WASH programs agreed by the consortium and feedback to program managers and technical working group on compliance Lead the annual peer learning review for all LWC members Lead high quality baseline, impact assessment and evaluation activities for consortium programs Lead on use of existing digital technology for survey, reporting and mapping of data from Consortium programs Along with the MEAL officer, develop and monitor activity plans and implementation progress against them. Along with the MEAL officer, lead on reporting formats and report consolidation Ensure compliance of programs with donor and government reporting and monitoring systems Ensure compliance with Oxfam project management and monitoring system (OPAL) Strengthen beneficiary accountability and learning mechanisms within the consortium Engage with learning in the wider global WASH sector, including representation at external learning events Maintain the management and sharing of information amongst Consortium members using the dropbox and other technologies

SKILLS AND COMPETENCE:

WaSH Technical: Relevant Qualification in a related WASH discipline / Environmental Health/ Public Health At least 5 years experience in designing and monitoring quality standards of water, sanitation

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and hygiene programmes in a post conflict or recovery context Experience in design and implementation of hygiene and sanitation promotion programs, which centre on behaviour change communication. Experience in low cost rural and urban water supply systems Experience coordinating and advising different organisations who are not directly line managed Experience in building strong relationships with local partners and government and skills to develop the capacity of staff or local partners Knowledge on where to find relevant global WASH sector good practice and standards

Monitoring and Evaluation: Experience in designing and implementing MEAL frameworks Strong technical competence in carrying out assessments and in quantitative and qualitative monitoring and evaluation methods Specific experience of developing accountability and learning tools Excellent written and spoken communication skills and particularly the ability to present complex information in a succinct, precise and digestible form. Experience in knowledge and data management

General Strong communication and coordination skills Excellent facilitation and interpersonal skills with strong examples of leading program design processes Ability to unite and support 6 NGOs and partners within the consortium Strong analytical and problem solving skills Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadline Flexibility to work on a number of activities and prioritise them according to consortium requirements Excellent written and spoken English with demonstrable experience of writing proposals and reports for a variety of audiences including government, donors and INGOs Ability to represent organisations at a senior level and leverage influence Understanding and commitment of the importance of gender and inclusion in WASH programme delivery Experience of working in a post-conflict/recovery programme Experience of working in West Africa (or elsewhere under similar conditions) would be an advantage. Sound IT skills, including Word, Excel and digital technology and excellent command of oral and written English Empathy with consortium goals and challenges

OTHER:

To be confirm by line manager

Date of issue: 05/ 01/2015

How to apply:

To apply for this position, submit application and detailed CV to Oxfam Liberia Programme at liberiaOGBrecruitment@oxfam.org.uk. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Closing date: Saturday, 31st January 2015 at 17:00 GMT. We are committed to diversity & gender equality within our organisation.