Water Aid Ethiopia Urban Wastewater Management Consultant Jobs

Water Aid Ethiopia Urban Wastewater Management Consultant Jobs

Job Id: 213763

Category: Consultancy and Training
Location: Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa
Career Level: Senior Level (5+ years experience)
Employment Type: Contract
Salary:

Job Description

Job Background:

The Urban Wastewater Management Consultant will be based in the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Water Development Commission as a member of sanitation infrastructure development, study and design, supervision Directorate.

The Consultant will be supervised by the water development commission operationally and will collaborate and work closely with the Regional Water Bureaus and Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Service Enterprises. He/she will also liaise with WAE, technical service director on delivering of the assignment.

Objective of the Assignment:

The main objective of the assignment is to provide technical support to the sanitation infrastructure development, study and design, supervision Directorate at water development commission to for the implementation of waste water systems with following specific objectives:

1. Effectively plan, coordinate, manage and implement urban sanitation projects,

2. Develop working methodologies and establish operational procedures, manuals

3. Establish monitoring and reporting systems

On the basis of the objective of the assignment described above, the specific areas of responsibility for the individual consultant include, but are not limited to:

Support in assessment of current situation of wastewater management systems, and review relevant documents

Support the Ministry to develop, revise and recommend appropriate/suitable institutional setup and structure of wastewater management at Federal, Region and at different categories of town/cities Water and Sewerage Utilities

Support PMU to prepare guidelines, manuals and standards which support the development and monitoring of wastewater management systems.

Prepare proposals for sanitation service projects fund arrangements;

Prepare complete cycle physical and financial plan for implementations of all projects;

Prepare periodic progress reports describing the physical and financial progress of the project, highlighting impediments to the quality and progress of the works and remedial actions, to be submitted to Government and donors. The progress report shall also include the progress on implementation of loan and grants;

Prepare training materials, plan, organize and deliver trainings in all aspects of wastewater management required and update training materials as appropriate;

Assess appropriate systems and technologies for wastewater management practices with respective categories of towns;

Support the Team in Technical appraisal of projects and updating preliminary design;

Conduct studies, detailed engineering designs, design reports of wastewater management and treatment system of urban projects at preliminary and final stage etc where required

Support the Team in technical matters such as reviewing and approving surveys, studies, preliminary and final designs, construction drawings and estimates, approving contractor’s works, review of variations, extra items and claims;

Give capacity-building inputs - based on field experience to regions and their respective urban Wastewater management service stockholders;

Carrying out construction supervision and monitoring, resolving claims, preparing solutions and modifications if required;

Assist in all aspects of procurement including tender document review, bid evaluation and selection of contractor or consultants;

Monitor and evaluate progress by Regional Bureaus and Urban Water Supply and sewerage service enterprises through field visits and reports;

Contribute to the implementation of urban wastewater management strategy at all level.

Work extensively in the field giving all necessary on the job training and support to towns and Regions;

Frequent field visit (70% of the assignment duration) to Regions and Towns/Cities to follow up and give all necessary supports.

Outputs:

On the basis of these responsibilities the outputs for the consultant are described below.

Planning and Management:

Number and kind of support given to Regions and Water & Sewerage Utilities

Well established Sewerage units/ Teams in Region water bureaus & town Water & Sewerage Utilities

Generic working guidelines or manuals for Wastewater management

Sector Training and Capacity Building

Develop/update/adopt training guidelines and manuals

Provide raining for Regions and Towns

Coaching support provided to Water and Sewerage Utilities

Program Monitoring and Reporting

Reports such as back office & bi-monthly submitted

Regional program monitoring, evaluation, and reporting system in place and all regional actors trained on the same.

Number of visits to Regions and Towns to support in area of Urban Wastewater management

Job Requirements

Qualification:

Experience in Design, construction supervision, assessment, analysis and development of Manuals and strategies of public services with a high credit to experiences in water supply and wastewater management.

Shall have MSc or above in water supply and Sanitary Engineering with 10 years or above experience in the water supply and sanitation sub-sector with a high credit to experiences in design, construction, assessment, analysis and development of manuals and strategies for the sub-sector.

Required to have strong communication capacity on the subject matter, and capacity to offer trainings.

How to Apply

Application procedure:

Applicants are required to send their application letter and CV via ethiojobs.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Women applicants are highly encouraged to apply.

Water Aid Ethiopia Urban Wastewater Management Consultant Jobs