CARE seeks a world of hope, inclusion, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live in dignity and security. CARE places a particular emphasis on women and girls, their dignity, and empowerment to lead their communities out of poverty. In 2020, CARE worked in 104 countries, reaching 90 million people through more than 1,300 programs, with an annual budget of $650 million. Every single one of those 90 million people has a story of resilience, community, strength, and hope—all things that bind us together, across every corner of the globe.

In Sierra Leone, CARE staff and partners work tirelessly to save lives and address the root causes of poverty and social injustice through advocacy, partnerships, system strengthening, and programming in impact areas of Gender Equality, Empowering Women and Girls, Humanitarian Assistance, Rights to Food, Nutrition, and Water, Right to Health, Women’s Economic Justice and Climate Justice.

Opportunity

CARE Sierra Leone is seeking a talented visionary to assume the role of a WASH and infrastructure Manager to help build resilience to climatic challenges by promoting climate and environmentally appropriate management of ecosystems that reduce adequate and sustainable supply to clean water. Also, S/he will be responsible for ensuring that the Health project activities program works in accordance with CARE regulations, norms, and standards in order to ensure high program quality.

The person in this role will mentor and coach the WASH Officers in all technical aspects supporting the WASH activities for effective emergency response including WASH facilities for communities and Health care facilities. S/he will lead the establishment of a strong Monitoring and Evaluation System and will assist the program team (WASH Officers) to ensure high-quality implementation is put in place.

This role will report directly to the project Heath Project Director, with dotted lines to the Assistant Country Director for Programs.

The key responsibilities of the WASH Manager:

• Ensure professional standards of work are maintained and projects are completed to time and budget: To complete post-excavation analysis and reporting on projects undertaken in a timely manner to the highest professional standard. To help develop methods of project initiation, execution, and delivery.
• Implementation of activities: Provide technical guidance and supervision of all WASH and infrastructure interventions and ensure quality control in all stages of the construction works. Ensure lessons learned are documented, shared, and reflected in project planning and decision-making including documentation of significant change stories.
• Compliance agreement with CARE standard : Develop a compliance monitoring plan such as checklists to track compliance in close consultation with the project Director to Deliver program quality standard implementation. Support monitoring of staff and communities’ compliance to safeguarding principles on protection against sexual harassment exploitation and abuse (PHSEA) at all levels.

To be successful in this role you will:

Possess experience and education in Project : You must have a bachelor’s degree in engineering , or other related discipline experience, bringing with you at least 3 years of experience as a WASH Manager or similar experiences and a thorough knowledge of project practices.

Have communication and reporting skills needed to deliver and conduct both oral and written training sessions for small, medium, and large-sized groups. Be able to tell the story and know when it’s applicable to convert data to conversation.

Be a problem solver and critical thinker. You must be able to clearly identify and define the different levels of problem-solving and resolution. Think holistically with a vision and use your analytics and reporting skills.

Be a leader with influence. Demonstrated leadership, coaching, and negotiation skills with internal and external partners with the ability to be a team player.

Know your systems . Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel and Word and good skills at using Engineering tools and software applications (PeopleSoft experience will be preferred).

Competencies.

Integrity and Accountability

Commitment

Diversity and Respect

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