Job Overview

The WASH Technical Assistant works with the Education Technical Officer, the area Education PM, and the WASH Coordinator and Shelter Coordinators to ensure the quality of NRC’s education programme in the respective province which will be implemented through local partners. He/she will also be responsible to regularly monitor the progress of the project construction activities, provide technical direction to Implementing Partners (IPs) and improve their technical capacity to ensure quality implementation of NRC’s education projects.

For more details about the Job Description  and NRC’s Grade Structure please click on: Job Description and  NRC Grade Structure

Caution: This role is national, only candidates from Afghanistan can be considered.

Generic responsibilities:

• Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines.
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
• Ensure proper filing of documents.
• Identify and respond to capacity-building needs and provide systematic training to NRC’s and local partners’ staff.
• Support evidence-based learning for program development.
• Liaison and collaborate with the local partner and relevant local authorities and stakeholders.
• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and asses new and better ways to assist.
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy.

Specific responsibilities:

• Participating in the SAE (Sectorial Assessment on Education) and class rehabilitation assessments with IP to support them on the preparation useful data for selection of eligible schools under the SIP (School Improvement Plan).
• Review and provide technical inputs on the construction works BoQs (Bill of Quantities) designs which prepared by the IP’s (implementor partner) provincial engineers.
• Regular  field visits to provide supportive supervision to local partners and ensure that works are carried out to a high quality and in accordance with MoE engineering standards and NRC’s SOPs, guidelines, and standards.
• Provide technical support to Implementing Partners (IPs) and improve their capacity to ensure quality implementation of NRC’s education projects.
• Provide feedback sessions and capacity development sessions for IP’s staff regarding preparing of BoQs, designing, progress report of construction works and expenses report of the construction activities.
• Observation that NRC’s procedural tools, SOPs and guidelines are understood and properly used by the Implementing Partners team staff.
• Check and ensure all construction materials are meet the requirements/standards and in line with the BoQ specifications and the prepared expense report by SMCs and IP are in line with the SIP cash/Cash grant SOP
• Follow up and ensure the construction works implementing according to the work plan.
• Coordination and collaboration with IP and PED engineering team and ensure the technical feedback of PED considered during the project implementation.
• Advocacy for program/beneficiaries through the development of case studies/success stories
• Introduce the technical tools to IPs staff and ensure that procedural tools are used properly by the local partners.
• Any other relevant task assigned by the line managers.

Generic professional competencies for this position:

• University degree in Civil Engineering (Construction, Designing, Survey) or any other relevant field
• Minimum of 2 years experience in infrastructure, preferably building construction in the humanitarian context.
• Experience supervision on the field site construction.
• Experience working in emergency settings.
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Good in English, both written and verbal.

Context-related skills: knowledge and experience:

• Should have geographical experience.
• Knowledge of the local languages – Dari, Pashto and Uzbeki
• Experience in capacity building and training of staff
• Experience of coordination and advocacy work
• Familiarity with the geographical context of Faryab province/North area.
• Political and cultural awareness and experience of working where insecurity is an issue.
• Strong analytical thinking skills (qualitative and qualitative)

Behavioural competencies:

• Handling insecure environments
• Strategic thinking
• Empowering and building trust
• Initiate action and change
• Analyzing

We Offer:

• Monthly Salary based on NRC Afghanistan Salary Scale.
• Top up Credit card on monthly basis.
• NRC will cover staff plus four (4) depended for medical insurance.
• Leave and Holidays accordingly Afghanistan Labor Law.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements