Netherlands Development Organization Latest Job Recruitment In Zambia

URBAN SANITATION & HYGIENE ENGINEER

SNV is a not-for-profit international development organisation. Founded in the Netherlands 50 years ago, we have built a long-term, local presence in 39 of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. SNV is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. Our global team of local and international advisors works with local partners to equip communities, businesses and organisations with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic services – empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and guide their own development.

In Zambia, SNV works together with local partners to provide technical expertise in three sectors: Agriculture; Renewable Energy and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). For the WASH sector, SNV is focused on increasing access to safely managed sanitation and in sustaining positive changes in hygiene behaviour, by providing scalable, market-driven solutions tailored to rural and urban contexts. Access to safe water and sanitation is a human right, and governments are the duty bearers of progressive realization of this right in their jurisdiction. With the SDG 6, governments have expressed their ambition and commitment to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water as well as adequate and equitable sanitation services by 2030. SNV contributes to the capacity, performance and accountability of local and national governments to realize this ambition in their areas, increasing the number of people having access and using safe water and sanitation services, and also strengthening service delivery systems capable to respond to the demands of the future. We bring together different stakeholders, from the public sector, the private sector and civil society, to develop tailored answers for their situation.

SNV’s Urban Sanitation and Hygiene for Health and Development (USHHD) project

Part of SNV’s programmes focuses on urban sanitation, responding to the accelerated unplanned growth
of cities and towns, and the limited attention to human waste management. The programme called Urban Sanitation and Hygiene for Health and Development has been developed for medium towns and cities, with predominantly on-site facilities. Urban sanitation and hygiene for health and development is a multi-country programme that works with municipal governments to develop inclusive, safe and sustainable city-wide sanitation services. The programme comprises of five components viz: (i) WASH governance, (ii) Investment and finance, (iii) Behavioural change communication, (iv) Safe and affordable services and (v) Treatment, disposal and reuse. We engage the private sector, civil society organizations, users and local authorities to improve public health and development opportunities in their city.

Brief Zambia context

According to JMP 2015, the urban sanitation coverage in Zambia stood at 56%. However even where there is access, the quality of service is often inadequate. The incidence of OD reported at 1%, even though coverage is 56% meaning the remainder using unimproved or shared facilities. Anecdotal evidence suggests, however, that the incidence of open defecation is much higher than 1% in the many informal settlements that have become developed around urban centres (there are, for instance, places where ‘flying toilets’ are used. Access to sewerage in urban areas generally is low, ranging from just over 40% in the service area of Mulonga and Nkana Water and Sewerage Company (WSC) in the Copperbelt to 15% in Lusaka and Southern regions and less than 5% in the Western, Northern and North-Western regions (National Urban Sanitation Strategy, 2014). As a result, the great majority of urban residents use on-site sanitation systems and the management of faecal sludge is a growing challenge.
These circumstances suggest that the urban sanitation challenges lies primarily in improving the quality of existing sanitation infrastructure and services – particularly faecal sludge management – rather than promoting the first-time use of toilets.

Urban Sanitation & Hygiene Engineer Position Summary

The purpose of the position is to ensure the timely and appropriate design, implementation and monitoring of the activities across the five components of the USHHDP but mainly in the Safe and affordable services and the Treatment, disposal and reuse components. The specific scope of work within the project is the following:

• Advocate for city-wide sanitation and hygiene with city authorities in close alignment with national Government stakeholders, policies and programmes
• Ensure continuous communication, engagement and involvement of relevant city authorities on the activities of the USHHD project
• Deliver the Safe and affordable services component activities
• Deliver the Treatment, disposal and reuse component activities,
• Provide support in delivery of activities in the governance, behaviour change and finance and investment components as required
• Provide support in data collection and research for the Governance component (legal scans, stakeholder analysis, WASH status, existing Government plans and funding streams and current service provision)
• Provide support in preparation and facilitation of meetings/training with Government stakeholders

The Urban Sanitation Engineer’s key responsibilities are the following:

• Lead the implementation of Treatment, disposal and reuse and Safe and affordable services component activities, ensuring its adequate planning, budgeting and timely delivery in coordination with all the relevant stakeholders
• Contribute to final design of the Treatment, disposal and reuse component activities, ensuring its relevance and suitability both for the project’s objectives and the local priorities, conditions and constraints
• Contribute to final design of the Safe and affordable services component activities, ensuring its relevance and suitability both for the project’s objectives and the local priorities, conditions and constraints
• Provide high quality, evidence-based advisory services on Treatment, disposal and reuse
• Provide high quality, evidence-based advisory services on Safe and affordable services for relevant city authorities
• Support exchanges with city authorities and support a good communication flow between the Local and National Government, and the USHHD project team
• Monitor the results of the Safe and affordable services and Treatment, disposal and reuse components activities and provide critical input to adjust/improve the outcomes whenever relevant
• Actively contribute to the USHHD project’s evaluation and learning component
• Ensure the USHHD’s project visibility and profiling in line with SNV’s and partners branding guidelines
• Comply with SNV’s administrative and financial procedures for project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Comply with SNV’s Code of Conduct

Candidate profile

a) Advanced degree Civil / environmental, public/environmental health or any in a related field;
b) At least 5 years of experience working in the sanitation sector. Knowledge on Fecal Sludge Management is a plus.
c) Demonstrated knowledge of the Zambian urban sanitation sector, particularly of relevant government stakeholders at local and national levels, existing policies, regulations and programmes,
d) Experience in timely managing, delivering and monitoring urban sanitation related activities, including supervising research, facilitating meetings and preparing/delivering trainings and workshops
e) Experience in contributing and/or using research results to design development interventions and to influence policy/decision-making is a plus
f) Knowledge and skills in project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
g) Experience working government agencies at national, provincial, and local levels;
h) Advanced communication and negotiation skills with different types of stakeholders
i) Ability to work independently and with the team
j) Good organizing skills and interpersonal skills
k) Initiative and creative in solving problems
l) Good command of local languages with a good command of spoken and written English
m) Good computer skills (Ms. Word, Ms. Excel, Ms. Power Point, Internet and Outlook)

Duty station: Lusaka with regular travelling to Central and Northern provinces.

Contract duration: 2-year contract with the possibility of extension.

How to apply

Applicants should submit an application letter (With Subject-Engineer Urban Sanitation) addressed to the Country Operations Manager with full updated CV, pay rate history for the last three years, three professional references including their email addresses and day contact phone numbers.
Applications indicating the position applied for should be submitted to [email protected] and copy to [email protected] not later than Wednesday 4th October 2017. Please do not attach any academic and professional certificates. For online applications submit through https://www.smartrecruiters.com/account/sign-in Kindly visit our website: www.snvworld.org/zambia

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