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NGO Vacancy Announcement – HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation

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HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation would like to invites competent and interested candidates for the following positions.

Position 1: Partnership Capacity Building and Development Officer (Only for Somali Language Speakers)

Salary: CHF 700

Workplace: Addis Ababa with frequent field travel to Somali Region project implementing areas, Addis Ababa

Duties and Responsibilities

Partnership and Capacity Strengthening

• Conduct intuitional capacity assessment in terms of scaling up rural transport infrastructure and identify existing strength, needs, and gaps in individual skills and organizational systems.
• Coordinate trailbridge need assessment to provide government partners and other stakeholders with the information they need to priorize rural access in plans and budgets in collaboration with Infrastructure development officer.
• Closely work and collaborate with partners and organizations and promotes effective linkages among multiple government, civil society and private sector actors.
• Identifying government partners and private sector training and capacity development needs, and facilitate planning, organizing and overseeing appropriate training.
• Support and conduct capacity development of target community, government, private actors and community organization based on identified need, gaps and project plan.
• Promote internal learning and synergy as well as joint resources mobilization among actors towards the attainment of shared development results.
• Work closely with TVET and universities in developing appropriate human resource development training for the RTI sector.
• Undertake analytical work and provide technical guidance in the area of community mobilization and capacity building in the area of rural transport infrastructure focusing on and advice on how to ensure sustainability of benefits of trail bridges and foot trail networks.
• Conduct continues follow up to ensure trail bridge and trail network improvement skills, tools and resources are adapted and become normal operating procedures.

Project Implementation

• Contribute to development of standards, guidelines and processes which support the ongoing quality of capacity development approaches across the project outcomes and outputs.
• Support and advise the project and government partners to facilitate the implementation of Woreda development plans and design of sustainable strategies for operation and maintenance of resulting road infrastructures (trail brides and foot trail networks).
• Support establishment/strengthening of regional, zonal and Woreda level networks in the development and implementation of trail bridges and foot trail infrastructures.
• Provide technical inputs to the RTI planning process to ensure that plans are realistic and take due account of the social development constraints and criteria to delivery of infrastructure.
• Prepare annual operation plan, report and update for partnership and capacity development component of the project.
• Ensure implementation of the project proceed according to approved work plan and correction are taken timely.

Quality Assurance, Documentation, and Reporting

• Contribute to organizational and sector-wide learning through good quality input for lessons learned, best practices, and evaluations etc. for all the components of the program for training, mobilization and IEC materials.
• Identify and anticipate potential risks and problems in a timely manner and advise the project on the implementation of mitigation measures and solutions.
• Work harmoniously with local government partners and other project team members to ensure projects are being delivered timely and effectively.
• Ensure that all projects regularly update and submit progress to intermediate milestones and set targets throughout the project cycle.

Qualifications include:

Education: BA in Social Work, Sociology, Social Work, community development, Development Studies, management, or related social science field to rural access.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years work experience and of which 2 years NGO related work experience in partnership and capacity development, facilitation of community mobilization and institutional capacity development.
• Solid knowledge about capacity building approaches and working modalities.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating trainings and workshops.
• Relevant experience working within a partnership agreement and/or a network including regional institutions.
• Understanding and knowledge of the Ethiopian Road Sector Development Program, working guidelines, standards, and specifications.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Flexible, capable of working independently, high integrity, and hard-working.
• Fluent in spoken and written English is required.
• Fluency in spoken and written Somali Language is mandatory.

Position 2: Infrastructure Development Officer (only for Somali Language Speakers)

Salary: CHF 700

Workplace: Addis Ababa with frequent field travel to Somali Region

Duties and Responsibilities

Capacity Development and Technical support to key stakeholders

• Coordinate trailbridge need assessment to provide government partners and other stakeholders with the information they need to priorize rural access in plans and budgets in collaboration with partnership and capacity development officer
• Promote inclusion of trail bridge and trail improvement in government development plan
• Closely work with universities for design improvement, innovation and inclusion of trail bridge technology in education curriculum
• Advise and support on the design, BoQ, and other specifications of trail bridge and trail improvement in accordance with the design requirements, the partner’s internal rules, as well as regulations and policies, including applicable design manuals.
• Support government partners in all rural transport infrastructure engineering and related activities, including project design, preparation implementation and supervision, and co-ordination with other stakeholders as well as other donors and development partners.
• Provide inputs in the review of tender preparation and evaluation reports and support the evaluation of technical and financial proposals for contracts relating to project implementation.
• Develop capacity of the local teams, including regional, Zonal and Woreda level government stakeholders as well as project teams, working on the RTI planning, design and implementation.
• Collaborate with government technical teams in reviewing the operations performance of consultants and contractors, preparing completion reports, etc., so as to ensure that the lessons drawn from the implementation of past operations are taken into account in new project sites.
• Support and advise the government technical team to ensure quality and compliance with standards set by Ethiopian Road Authority/ERA.
• Undertake analytical work and provide technical guidance in the area of rural transport infrastructure focusing on and advice on how to ensure sustainability of benefits of trail bridges and foot trail networks.

Project Implementation

• Develop realistic Work plan for all engineering related aspect of the project in collaboration with project staff and partners.
• Ensure implementation of the project proceed according to approved work plan and correction are taken timely.
• Support the management of works, in accordance with its rules, regulations and procedures, including its works contracts, as well as in the completion of the project in accordance with the deadlines.
• Support procurement in accordance with procurement and construction strategies; And its rules, regulations and policies.
• Work harmoniously with rural communities, local government partners and other EETCRE team members to ensure projects are being delivered timely and effectively.
• Support the project team and government technical personnel to oversee and manage the construction of trail bridges and foot trail networks.

Quality assurance and Knowledge management

• Actively participate in designs and check designs of suspended and suspension bridges independently and design safety Lines for suspension and suspended bridges;
• Support the assessment of prospective bridge sites for technical approval (process survey, evaluate aerial imagery, preliminary design alternatives);
• Identify and anticipate potential risks and problems in a timely manner and advise the project on the implementation of mitigation measures and solutions while defining the intermediate steps required to carry out the project;
• Continuous monitoring and analysis of delivery data in the dashboard system;
• Coordinate quality control of project / program documents and deliverables;
• Prepare report, case story and document lessons;
• Coordinate and participate different study planned in the project;
• Closely work with staff, regional government, and university for web base data management development and functionalization.

Required Education

BSc degree in Civil engineering, Construction Technology and Management, Public Works engineering and related field of studies.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years relevant and progressive professional experience, especially in the field of rural roads construction planning, budgeting, design, contract management, construction supervision and monitoring.
• Quality control and quality assurance of suspension bridges and foot path networks.
• Good understanding of rural infrastructures in general and survey, design and execution of Trail Bridge and foot trail networks in particular.
• Good knowledge of monitoring and quality control. Capable to disseminate and transfer know-how. Good knowledge of physical progress reporting.
• Experience of working in an INGO and/or donor-funded road projects is advantageous.
• Understanding and knowledge of the Ethiopian Road Sector Development Program, working guidelines, standards and specifications.

Skills and competencies required

• Proficiency in AutoCAD and Competences in the use of Microsoft Office applications (MS-Project, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); knowledge of SAP is a plus.
• Understanding on issues related to local state building, gender, equity and poverty and working in conflict. Capable of working with multicultural team.
• Excellent command of English language, writing, reporting and communication skills.
• Knowledge and skill of GIS related software is an asset.
• Flexible, capable of working independently, high integrity, and hard-working.
• Fluent in spoken and written skill in Somali Language is mandatory.

Deadline: June 24, 2023

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by sending their application and updated CV through: HumanResources.ETH@helvetas.org

HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Ethiopia is an equal opportunity employer.

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