County WASH Engineer – Turkana WASH Hub at Artemis Outsourcing Limited

Our client in the NGO sector is currently seekingto engage a County WASH Engineer to be based at the county.

Job location                                         : Turkana County

Reporting To                                        : UNICEF WASH Specialist (Sanitation & Hygiene)/Chief of WASH

Background

Monitoring and evaluation seek to increase accountability, inform decision-making and contribute to learning on the best ways to achieve WASH objectives. County WASH Hub to encompass all WASH activities and improve coordination in the WASH sector in general. County sanitation Hubs are already set up. The Monitoring and Evaluation Units within Sanitation Hubs have been a critical component as they provide technical support to all actors at County level. Upgrading of these sanitation hubs to WASH hubs at county level, will ensure that the Monitoring & Evaluation units will be responsible for conducting training on the monitoring of water supply related interventions, providing update on current progress, enhancing coordination among partners, leveraging funds, etc.

Justification and Purpose of the position

The purpose of this position is to provide support to the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit at the County Ministry of Water Services to strengthen monitoring and evaluation of County level activities on water supply initiative. In addition, there is need to strengthen the partnership and knowledge sharing for synergistic effort by various partners to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all. The technical extender will receive overall supervision from the County Director of Water who will be working closely with M&E consultant based at the WASH hub in the Ministry of Health in Nairobi with technical guidance from the WASH Specialist, UNICEF Lodwar Zonal Office.

Key Tasks

1.  Support the county in ensuring progressive realization of the human right to water towards universal access.
2. Support the county in maintaining a directory of all agencies involved in WASH in the County
3. Engage with other partners and share their WASH experiences through documentation and dissemination of key good practices and lessons learned in integrated water resources management in the county.
4. Support the county in conducting quarterly and ad hoc WaSH forum as per the Turkana County WASH Forum Terms of Reference (TOR).
5. Support the County Department of Water Services, WRUAs, WUAs, and water committees on effective engagement with the private sector to ensure effective and coordinated community and stakeholder participation and adoption of innovative market-based approaches to integrated water resources management.
6.  Enhance WASH partnership linkages through existing and innovative forums such as stakeholders’ meetings; water committees, and county WASH forum.
7. Support in capacity building and updating of water supply information through the Continuous Database Updating System (CODUSYS).
8. Regular update of system to capture real time functionality of various water resources and ensure data collected is uploaded into the system for analysis, reporting, and evidence-based interventions.
9. Generate monthly report with specific actions identified for accelerating sustainable water resource management then sharin the report with the County Director of Water services and the national coordinating teams.
10. Ensure the County has access to various policy and technical documents on WaSH for reference and utilization during implementation
11. Provide technical support for the County and facilitate development of related technical water supply standards and guidelines
12. Support the County Water Services Department to raise the profile of water resource management as a critical area necessary for the county’s socio-economic development to ensure prioritization of these in the County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) and annual development plans.
13.  Any other work related to M&E assigned by the County Director of Water Services
14. Ensure secretariat of Wash coordination forums

Deliverables

1. CODUSYS fully updated with respect to physical progress in the field.
2. Weekly and Monthly update with analysis of progress based on the data in the CODUSYS and reports received from the water officers.
3. Report of follow-up meetings and agreed actions carried out with partners based on partnership table. Minutes and report of stakeholders/review meeting shared within two days of the meeting. (WASH)
4. Monthly report on follows up actions on stakeholders’ and review/ reflection meetings on water supply.
5. All training materials reports shared to the National Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MOWSI).
6. Quarterly Human-Interest Stories and good photographs of beneficiaries shared and for internal and external use (WASH)
7. Monthly progress report on post intervention sustainability actions.
8. Monthly implementation plan for all partners prepared and shared with the national ministry.
9. Monthly WASH Forum coordination minutes
10. Quality assurance and reporting about water supply infrastructure and services in the county.

Key Qualification:

1. Applicants must be first degree holders in Civil/ Water Engineering, Public Health, Environmental Health, or related discipline.
2. At least 4 years of implementing M&E related to water, sanitation and hygiene or projects of related areas especially in water supply
3. Computer skills and reporting experience
4. Good knowledge of WASH coordination especially within rural Kenya context and familiarity with Sanitation and Hygiene programming
5. Good communication skills and a team player