Senior WASH Officer

General Description of the Programme:

GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in Northwest Aleppo both through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, and provision of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) through support to Water units, as well as emergency support to recently displaced households.

In 2021, GOAL has ongoing projects to meet the WASH needs in camps and communities in Northwest Syria.  Water supply, sanitation, environmental health and hygiene promotion activities will be organized with councils, camp management and residents and aim to enable basic services to continue and reach minimum standards as defined by SPHERE.

Job purpose:

Reporting to the WASH Coordinator, the Senior WASH Officer is part of GAOL WASH team based in Gaziantep, Turkey.

The role will focus on providing support for technical operations within Syria ensuring the implementation of effective and sustainable technical solutions to address the system constraints, updating and improving the WASH department trackers related to Purchase requests (PRs), Cash flow, Activities tracker and other relevant database, leading on assessments, support proposals writing, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) development. The position holder will work closely with the WASH Coordinator to ensure seamless sector coordination and oversight of field activities, in addition to producing regular reports as required.

This role will be based in Gaziantep, Turkey, with occasional travel to Syria field offices (Azaz and Idleb).

Duties, objectives and competencies

Technical Support and Assessments

·        Provide technical support to GOAL’s WASH team to complete detailed assessments of water and Sanitation infrastructure in camps and communities.

·        Design technical assessment tools and support the team in Syria to implement assessments.

·        Ensure that agreed donor targets are met and that all variances or required programme changes are appropriately documented and communicated to the WASH Coordinator in a timely fashion.

·        Support the WASH coordinator in managing the field team by participating in regular meetings and communication with the field team.

·        Submit weekly and Monthly WASH reports and provide high level input on quarterly and final reports as required.

 Programme Development

·        Contribute to development of GOAL Syria’s WASH program response strategy.

·        Input into proposal and budget development processes

·        Work closely with WASH Coordinator, WASH advisor and the WASH field managers to find innovated and sustainable solutions for issues related to the program implementation.

Financial, Logistics, HR and Administration

·        Coordinate with procurement and other support units to ensure work is being done on time with the best quality.

·        Work with the procurement team to develop procurement plans and ensure timely implementation of WASH projects.

·        Coordinate between the WASH Field team and Turkey Procurement team to ensure optimal contract management performance.

·        Under the supervision of the WASH Coordinator, plan for HR needs and ensure that recruitment is in line with accepted GOAL procedures.

·        Ensure that correct donor compliance procedures are followed by GOAL and partners.

 Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)

·        Work with GOAL’s MEAL team to ensure timely and effective monitoring and evaluation of project activities and impact, and on the design and implementation of assessments.

·        Provide feedback on WASH PDMs submitted by the MEAL Team.

·        Coordinate with TPM companies and provide feedback to their tools and reports.

·        Behaviour change: Support MEAL team and hygiene promotion team in analysing the results of behaviour changes assessments.

·        Support hygiene promotion team in designing sessions and messages with focus on behaviour change of the community.

·        Work with GOAL’s MIS (Management Information System) team to provide inputs and support with data collection and management.

 Other Responsibilities

·        Represent GOAL externally as required.

·        Ensure adherence to GOAL’s Code of Conduct and Child Protection Policy and standards of integrity, as well as uphold GOAL’s whistleblowing mechanisms.

·        Ensure adherence to the financial guidelines according to GOAL Financial procedures.

·        Ensure donor compliance with all donor requirements, including timely quality reporting, as applicable to the project.

·        Any other tasks as requested by the line manager.

Requirements (essential)

·        Turkish Citizenship

·        University degree in a relevant field, (Civil, electrical, mechanical engineering or public health).

·        At least four years of experience of WASH activities oversight.

·        Demonstrable experience in working on water infrastructure projects including water networks, pumping systems, tank construction, sewage system, and Solar systems.

·        Excellent organization and creative thinking skills.

·        Excellent report writing and analytical skills.

·        Good computer skills including Microsoft office applications and other programs needed to design assessment tools.

·        Fluency in Arabic and English language skills (spoken and written)

Requirements (desired)

Experience in partnership engagement and management.
·        Proven experience with Engineering software for water and sewage systems design,  (Such as: CAD – ETABS – Solar systems design software …. etc.).

·        Experience in Environmental health sub-sector.

Interested? Then apply for this position via clicking on the “apply now” button and fill out the application form. All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in English. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Application deadline is 07 July 2024.

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Accountability within GOAL

Alongside our safeguarding policy, GOAL is an equal opportunities employer and has a set of integrity policies. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability:

Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, Code of Conduct, health and safety, data protection and confidentiality, do no harm principles and unacceptable behaviour protocols.
Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming
Report any concerns about inappropriate behaviour of a GOAL staff or partner.
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