Technical Officers (7 positions) - SHORT TERM POSITIONS

UPDATE 16TH OF FEBRUARY 2025: APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSED. LATE APPLICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

NOTE:

Before submitting your job application, please read carefully all instructions and requirements that are provided in the general recruitment info page and on this job advertisement.

The application form and CV template to be used to apply for this position are provided at the end of this job advertisement. Applications and CVs that are done in any other formats or that are submitted through other channels, will not be considered in the recruitment.

The application period is open until 23.59 NPT on Saturday the 15th of February 2025. Late applications will not be considered.

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Duration: 6 months (February to end of July 2025), with possibility to extension 

Duty Station: One of the project’s working municipalities as below. 

Supervisor: Technical Adviser/WASH and Water Specialist/Deputy Team Leader 

Accountable to: Deputy Team Leader

Job description:

The Local Adaptation to Climate Change (LACC) Project works for land use planning and management, integrated water and forest resources management, environmental conservation and management, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Sudurpaschim and Karnali provinces.

Technical Officers are short term positions that are hired to support local communities, user committees, and municipality WASH and Environment Units in technical planning, implementation and monitoring of water, sanitation, and irrigation schemes and related plans by utilizing the approaches and guidelines practiced in RVWRMP and RWSSP-WN projects. Technical Officer duties include, but are not limited to, the preparation of technical survey, design and estimates, Water Safety Plans (WSPs), trainings and reports.

Working municipalities:

Will be assigned to work in one of the following with frequent travel to others in the same cluster:

Academic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or Diploma in Civil Engineering or pre-diploma or equivalent

Language requirements:

Good reporting skills in English and Nepali

Experience and skills:

• Minimum 2 years for bachelor’s in civil engineering, 5 years for Diploma in Civil Engineering or 10 years for pre-diploma or equivalent of experience in community-based water supply scheme, irrigation schemes and accessible public/school/ institutional toilets survey, design, implementation and conducting technical (VMW, WSP, bioengineering, irrigation and other civil structures) trainings at community level

• Proven experience to prepare design-survey-estimates working with the local governments, users committee and their community

• Ability to support users’ committees in planning, implementing and finalizing their investment schemes, including preparation of Measurement Book

• Earlier experience with RVWRMP and/or RWSSP-WN projects is a minimum requirement. Applicant must have proven experience of the approaches and guidelines (such as GEDSI, CCA and DRR) practiced by RVWRMP or RWSSP-WN.

• Experience in other WASH projects with similar nature (already familiar with the guidelines, contribution patterns and other practices such as GEDSI, CCA and DRR) and experience working in Sudurpaschim and Karnali will be an asset

• Good command in water supply design software handling, accessible toilet design and AutoCAD drawings. Experience in the solar/electric lift water supply scheme is an asset.

• Good computer skills (MS office and AutoCAD) 

• Good social and team working skills 

Key duties:

TECHNICAL FACILITATION

• Support (Rural) Municipality WASH and Environment Unit in preparation of technical survey, design and estimates according to technical standards and RVWRMP III contribution pattern

• Conduct technical training at community level as trainer and support (Rural) Municipality WASH Unit to manage and report those trainings

• Enhance capacity of technical persons of (Rural) Municipality WASH Unit and other municipality technical staff by joint action on survey, design, supervision, monitoring and evaluation of water supply and sanitation schemes

• Train and support as needed the teams preparing Water Safety Plans (WSPs) especially for the technical aspects

• Ensure timely completion of quality construction according to BOQ and standard designs

• Ensure GEDSI aspects are taken into consideration in all activities

  
  

MONITORING

• Facilitate scheme monitoring as per the Step-by-Step guidelines

• Participate in (Rural) Municipality WASH Unit meetings to align personal workplan with the other priorities

• Monitor the preparation and quality of WSPs and other local plans as requested by (Rural) Municipality WASH Unit

  
  

OTHERS

• Report to Supervisor on a monthly or event basis

• Any other duties towards the achievement of project objectives assigned by the supervisor

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APPLICATION MATERIALS

Application form:

All applications for this position must be submitted by using the Google Form application that is provided in this section. Each applicant is allowed to submit only one application per position.

Before submitting your application, fill all sections carefully and attach your CV in a section specified in the application form. Please remember to submit your application after all sections are filled.

Application form: https://forms.gle/GsAZkgVHuGEQBX7r8

CV template:

Each candidate have to attach their CV in the application by using a specific CV template that is provided below. After modifying the CV, the candidate has to submit the CV in a PDF format in their application in a section specified in the Google Form.

The same template is provided in docx, odt and rtf formats and the applicant can choose to fill either of these. The same template is also provided in the general recruitment information page.

Please name the modified CV by replacing your last name and first name in the file name as per following: "CV_your last name.your first name".