Team Leader, WATSAN at Solidarités International (SI)
Employment Nigeria
04-Nov-2017
BORNO ,
NGO
Solidarités International (SI) a French humanitarian organisation committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and natural disasters.
POSITION : WATSAN Team Leader
Objectives
The WATSAN Team Leader will coordinate a team of Water and Sanitation officer in order to set up the Water and Sanitation activities, ensuring that Solidarités International technical recommendations and procedures are followed.
Main Task
- Anticipate logistics issues (transport, communication means...)
- Organize and carry out, with his/her team, tasks assigned by his/her Line manager
- Supervise and monitor each stage of activity. Ensure that standards and instructions given by his/her Line manager, as well as Solidarités procedures, are followed.
- Setting up the activities /control and supervision
- Plan the weekly activities for his/her team and have them approved by his/her Line manager:
- Plan human resources needs (daily workers, workers...)
- Plan tool and material needs (request from stock)
- Anticipate administrative issues (requests in advance)
- Respect schedules and deadlines agreed upon with his/her Line manager
- Report back any problems and constraints encountered during the course of the activities and suggest operational solutions.
Logistics and Administration:
- Monitor the quality and quantity of material delivered to working sites
- Ensure the receipt and storage of material and equipment necessary for his/her work to be carried out on site.
- Reporting / communication
- Take part in weekly program meetings and clusters on request
- Keep his/her monitoring tools and files archived in the Solidarités office, accessible to his/her Team Leader and/or line manager
- Draw up and submit a weekly task report (which should include progress made by the team) to his/her line manager
- Take part in the drafting of the monthly program pack
- Establish and maintain good relations with local participants and communities (populations) in the operational fields
- Listen to the populations and local participants in the field and report to his/her line manager any non-technical or safety-related issues which could affect the activities or safety of Solidarités International teams.
- When recruiting daily workers, follow procedures and directives outlined by his/her Line manager and the administrative service
- Train his/her team members to use and maintain the available tools correctly
- Track usage with monitoring tools provided
- Enforce safety procedures
- Ensure that safety procedures are followed by members of his/her team
Requirements
Personal abilities :
- 1 year of experience in similar position (NGO/Private or Public sector)
- English, (Haussa, Kanuri a plus)
- Reliable, honest, very good organization, resistance to stress, good interpersonal skills (communication), team player, capacity to delegate and to manage, initiative and autonomy, capacity of prioritsation of tasks.
Technical Competences :
- Bsc./HND in Water and Sanitation or Environmental or Public Health Engineering/Water Resources Development or in one of the Civil Engineering disciplines of Water Supply and/or Hydrology) or Sanitation/Hygiene Engineering.
- Good knowledge of the project cycle, project implementation, project follow-up.
- Microsoft Office ( Excel and Word skills), GIS and drawing software (autocad)
- Management related skills
How To Apply
Candidates should submit their CV's and suitability statement as a single attachment to: job.applications@solidarites-nigeria.org The subject of the email should be the Position Title/ Location and the CV/Suitability Statement should be saved in the applicant’s full name.
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