Senior Community Development Officer – WASH Career Jobs – Whave

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Organisation: Whave
Duty Station:  Uganda
About US:
Whave
is a Ugandan social enterprise working with communities, government, and civil
society organisations to find and demonstrate solutions to poverty and
environmental issues. Our team includes both local and international experts
with professional capabilities ranging from engineering to social science.
About Whave Project:
Whave
is implementing a Safe Water Security Programme in Northern Karamoja. The
programme develops a self-sustaining rural water service through a localized
results-based financing and public-private partnership. Our approach includes
rehabilitation of water sources, regular monitoring through a comprehensive set
of indicators, operation and maintenance services for reliability assurance and
hygiene and sanitation promotion. The aim is to improve health and productivity
of local communities through a reliable supply of clean water and improved
hygiene.
Job Summary: The Senior Community Development Officer will
offer support in the implementation of Whave’s project in Northern Karamoja to
improve access to safe water in rural areas. The role will involve a lot of
interaction with local communities so good Ngakaramojong is highly preferable,
while Ateso is also acceptable. The main tasks of the Senior Community
Development Officer will be to manage the team of Community Development
Officers in the field to achieve the organisations targets and objectives.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Provide management and guidance to the team
    of Community Development Officers
  • The incumbent will provide guidance on
    community level strategy and procedures
  • Work closely with local officials from the
    district and sub-counties
  • In charge of establishing / reactivating
    water and sanitation committees including providing relevant training
  • Making agreements to provide preventive
    maintenance services for water sources
  • Overseeing technical work by local
    technicians
  • In charge of improving community sanitation
    and hygiene, particularly in the safe water chain
  • Develop and implement secure saving options
    for by-law water user fees
  • The Senior Community Development Officer is
    also expected to provide administrative support in addition to the above
    duties.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal applicants must hold a Degree level
    qualification in a relevant field
  • A minimum of five years’ experience and
    understanding in community development preferably in WASH
  • Adequate communication and interpersonal
    skills
  • High level communication and interpersonal
    skills
  • Ability to meet targets and deadlines
  • Good Ngakaramojong preferably, or Ateso
  • Computer literacy skills i.e. proficiency in Excel
    and Word
  • Ability to ride a motorbike
  • Ability to live in Kaabong
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their updated CVs and
covering letters to recruitment@whave.org. Please describe why this post
interests you and why you think you can achieve good results in your covering
letter.
Deadline: 31st May 2016
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