District / Shelter Engineer

Date Posted: Aug 05, 2024

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Location:

Ghowr
Type:

Contract
Shift:

Rotating Days
Career Level:

Experienced Professional
Positions:

4
Vacancy number:

District / Shelter Engineer -1085-Ghor
Experience:

3 Year
Gender:

Male
Salary:

Af
Degree:

Bachelors
Apply Before:

Aug 13, 2024

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Job Description

District/Shelter Engineer is one of the senior technical staff in the field for implementation of shelter interventions. District/Shelter Engineer will be responsible for the assessment of the building as well as responsible for giving technical guidance and supervisions to the technicians/masons, social mobilizers, volunteers as well as community people and beneficiaries. Apart from this, District /Shelter Engineer will plan and take lead in the safe shelter awareness raising campaign as well as work in the mobilization of other technical and social staffs

Job Responsibilities:

Conduct damage assessments and needs assessments related to Shelter.
Asses the HHs whose shelter is damages due to natural disasters, using the cluster standards tool
Prepare beneficiaries agreement with beneficiaries for construction of shelters.
Design/amend community appropriate shelters and provide technical supervision and guidance.
Assist the community in the preparation of bill of quantities as well as in the calculation of the associated costs.
Follow the standard procedure for construction of shelters.
Supervise and monitor the construction of shelters and provide necessary feedback to beneficiaries for the quality construction.
Ensure that beneficiaries receive the cash for constructing their own shelter based on the progress percentage.
Perform market assessments related to shelter and NFI’s items.
Ensure safety measures are in place at the construction sites.
Ensure that activities are planned successfully according to relevant quality standards and work in close collaboration with the Emergency Shelter and NFI Cluster.
Provide relevant technical expertise/guidance to ensure that technical quality and standards are maintained during project implementation.
Ensure age, gender and diversity approach to Shelter & Settlement is consistently applied through community and rights based participatory methods.
Work proactively to ensure that the projects are responsive and relevant to community needs.
Ensure a sustainable and environmentally friendly approach to Shelter.
Providing monthly and progress reports of the intervention to the Shelter Coordinator.
Mobilizing the mason/technician and social mobilizer for the Shelter construction.
Assist in tender processes and contract administration for construction services (evaluation, design, engineering, site supervision and/or management, construction works) in accordance with organization and Donor standard procedures and existing regulations in country.
Responsible to provide any additional supports if required/assigned.

Job Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, or equivalent

Training certificates in Engineering software are strong assets for the role.

Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience, including applied experience in shelter project
Work experience with international / national organization.

Ability to work well with a range of stakeholders, including project -affected peoples, government officials, international and Donors

Skills Required

Management

Submission Guideline:

If you have the expertise to take on this exciting opportunity, please apply online by sending your CV and motivation cover letter to jobs.kabul@actionaid.org up to August 13, 2024. Please clearly indicate District / Shelter Engineer -1085-Ghor in the subject of your email, otherwise, your application will not be considered.

ActionAid Afghanistan welcomes applications from all sections of the community and promotes diversity. Although all applications will be considered on their individual merit, suitably qualified women candidates are especially encouraged to apply.

Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short-listed applicants. Should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. ActionAid Afghanistan will not consider unsolicited candidates from recruitment agencies. We reserve the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time.

ActionAid is an equal opportunity employer.

Submission Email:

jobs.kabul@actionaid.org

Submission Email:

jobs.kabul@actionaid.org

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