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Medair is an international humanitarian organization established in 1988. Medair has been operating in Afghanistan since 1996 with programs mainly in the Health, Water & Sanitation, and Livelihoods sectors with significant reconstruction activities in remote areas. Current projects are Water & Sanitation, Food Security, & Disaster Risk Reduction.

An Integrated Emergency Response: Medair aims to respond to high levels of food insecurity, malnutrition, and morbidity in Tirinkot district.  The project intends to improve and extend WASH services including water supply infrastructure and hygiene practices to improve outcomes for vulnerable families.

An Integrated Emergency Response: Medair aims to respond to high levels of food insecurity, malnutrition, and morbidity in Uruzgan, which has been significantly affected by drought and conflict conditions. Building upon Medair’s decades of experience in the Central Highlands and Kandahar, the project intends to improve and extend utilisation of lifesaving preventive and curative nutrition and health services by mothers, PLWs and children U5; to increase access to clean water, to reduce vulnerability to water-related and other preventable diseases, and to improve and increase food security for the most vulnerable families through food voucher distributions.

OVERALL PURPOSE

The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) & Food Security (FS) Project Manager provides for overall management of WASH and FS portfolio. Responsibilities include ensuring that project is implemented as designed and planned in WASH (60% time) and Food Security (primarily through Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) (40% time), managing WASH/FS project staff, coordinating with other partners to assess emergencies, contributing to design of new WASH/FS interventions, preparing project reporting as well as planning and supporting the development of new project proposals.

Technical responsibilities

1. Support agreed quality monitoring activities to meet relevant guidelines and standards, in coordination with WASH and FS Advisor
2. •     Coordinate contracts for sub-contracted WASH work (in liaison with WASH Advisor and logistics) and follow-up with day-to-day management/supervision of contract implementation
3. •     Contribute towards continual improvement of processes and implementation of WASH and FS activities, including standard operating procedures.

General responsibilities

• Be responsible for the implementation, management, supervision, and support of the assigned WASH & FS activities in line with the project plan and time frame of the relevant project proposal(s)
• Provide inputs into the integration of beneficiary participation and AAP in the project activities.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of activities for internal and external reports (e.g., monthly, quarterly, and final reports).
• Input into the development of the country strategy, new projects and/or donor proposals

General Duties and Responsibilities.

• Ensure project is implemented according to agreed standards and practices for WASH and FS/ Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA).

• Oversee implementation of beneficiary selection processes and cash distributions according to standards and plans, in coordination with relevant colleagues for security management, financial management, and technical advisor.

• Ensure that appropriate indicators are collected, and evaluation assessments conducted against project monitoring plans, in coordination with MEAL Manager

• Coordinate sectoral needs assessment activities and contribute to planning and implementation

 Information management

• Ensure data collection is conducted according to project plans and uploaded or provided in a timely manner.

• Contribute to database management and data security.

• Contribute to ongoing refinement of data tools as necessary.

• Facilitate and support training of staff to ensure proper use of data management collection devices and tools.

    Staff Management

• Line-manage staff of the assigned project(s), including day-to-day management, recruitment, development and training, performance reviews, etc.

• Facilitate regular meetings to assist information sharing between project staff, to ensure all staff members are aware of project objectives and current work plans and to provide the opportunity for feedback.

• Provide coaching & supervision to staff to develop their leadership skills and implementation of project activities.

    Communication and Coordination

• Develop appropriate, regular, transparent, and supportive communication structures with the assigned team, Medair in-country and Global Support Office advisors to ensure good partnerships.

• Participate in coordination meetings, representing Medair and feeding back to staff and field managers on relevant issues.

• Liaise with the WASH and FS Advisor for project updates, reporting and for all technical support on project implementation.

      Logistics

• Develop and maintain procurement plans based on project logframe and activities.

• In close coordination with Logistics, ensure clear communication with the logistics team on issues relating to procurement, financial service providers, transportation of cargo and supplies. Monitor stock levels, expiry dates, and submit stock and purchase requests with accurate specification. Ensure an accurate record of all assets and stock at warehouse.

• Ensure the ordered items are to the standards and specification before final delivery to the field warehouse, including coordinating quality checks as required.

    Financial management

• Manage the budget for the assigned project(s) and ensure all expenses are according to budget and meet the Medair standards about financial management, including accountability and good governance.

• Conduct regular financial checks to enable forecast of under or over-spend on project; raise these occurrences to Project Coordinator, technical advisor, and other senior management as necessary

• Support the team where needed in the selection, the set-up and management of cash assistance modalities for the project, in alignment with sector standards of the concerned financial service providers.

• Supervise the management of field team budget and cash, including the payment of casual labour payments within the agreed salary/incentive scales.

• Manage submission of all finance, stock, and purchase requests to field, and manage procurement, warehousing, and transport at field sites

• Ensure cash requests are submitted to the PC in a timely manner, and cash needs forecasts are passed onto the PC. Ensure that receipts and field expense reports are returned consistently and are in good order.

   Security Management

• Contribute to development of security assessments for new locations before field team’s travel. Monitor local dynamics in intervention locations and escalate concerns which may be indicators of insecurity.

• Ensure the WASH and CVA teams adhere to SOPs, and understand updated security protocols and information before any travel or field activities are undertaken

Vocational qualification

• University degree in a field relevant to WASH (e.g. civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, environmental engineering, public health, water and sanitation engineering, hydrogeology/hydrology.
• Additional studies (master’s degree, or professional short courses) in water engineering, environmental/ public health, or related to agriculture will be an added advantage.

Relevant Work Experiences

• 5 years post-qualification professional experience in a relevant field as a manager
• Emergency WASH, Food security and/or CVA experience in conflict context

Language Skills

• Fluency in Pashto, with good English (spoken and written) for verbal and written communication.
• Dari is highly desirable

IT Skills

• Experience in AutoCAD, SketchUp and other WASH related software.
• Experience developing, working with ODK and other data management systems

Motivation

• Supporting staff teams to achieve the best project outcomes.
• Self-motivated, energetic, smart working, and self-driven.

Team building

• Desire to contribute to the team and foster unity.
• Diplomatic and able to organise teams to deliver.
• Willing to support other teams within Medair.
• Experience managing large teams.
• Experience mentoring and developing staff capacity.

Adaptability

• Good time management.
• Capacity to work under pressure and on tight deadlines.
• Open minded, self-controlled, self-learner and flexible
• Previous experience working with large multi donors

Technical Expertise

• Technical experience with WASH infrastructure (e.g. hydraulic design borehole installation, hand pump repair,).
• Understanding and appreciation of the links between the hardware (water, sanitation facilities) and Health and Hygiene Promotion.
• Experience with distributions (NFI or cash, with preference for cash-based activities)
• Experience with CVA assessment and monitoring standard indicators.

Management & Leadership

• Leadership and project management skills
• Committed to consultative leadership.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to prioritise tasks appropriately.
• Able to enforce policies.
• Able to oversee varied tasks at the same time.
• Organised data and information management.
• Desire to be stretched, professionally & personally.
• Experience of leadership in managing big teams
• Advanced planning, assessment, and analytical skills

Work Conditions

• Kandahar based position with frequent Field visits to sub-bases. 

Interested applicants should apply and forward their applications through the online JOB APPLICATION FORM which could be found under the submission email. The link should be copied, pasted and opened in a new page.

Note: Please indicate the position tittle and vacancy number in your application letter. Applications received after the closing date or without the exact position title and vacancy number will not be given consideration. After submitting the online application, if some applicants do not immediately receive an automatic email from Medair, they shouldn't worry about their submission. When you open the link. please use the dropdown menu and choose the tittle of the position.

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