Watershed Management Specialist
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- Job Description:
- GITEC-IGIP Consulting Group provides consulting services to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) Sustainable Land Management Programme (SLMP) for the Ethio-German Sustainable Land Management Project, Phase III (SLM-III), working in Amhara, Oromia and Tigray Regional States (Regions) of Ethiopia.For the past six and half years GITEC IGIP Consulting Group has been working with MoA as Implementation Support Consultant (IC) for the above KfW financed Project in thematic areas such as Financial Management and Watershed Management, Quality Assurance of community infrastructures, Livelihood activities, etc.Now GITEC would like to recruit an expert for the following period-based position that would qualify for the requirements stipulated below:SCOPE OF WORKThe Watershed Management Specialist (WMS) will be responsible for technical assistance to SLM III supported woredas. His/her duty post will be located in Metu.Working under the overall guidance of the Chief Technical Adviser/Deputy Chief Technical Adviser (CTA/DCTA) and under the supervision of the Addis Ababa-based Senior Soil and Water Conservation/Agricultural Engineering Specialist (SWC-S), the WMS will be responsible to provide technical support and advice to the respective Zone, Woreda and Kebele/community level institutions that are in charge of planning and implementing watershed development and management. The WMS will work and coordinate closely with the Regional Financial Management Specialist (FMS) and the Yayu EcoREgion (YER) Project Accountant (PA). He/she will also coordinate as appropriate with the Coordinator of the Regional Program Coordination Unit (RPCU), Woreda Officials, Focal Persons (FPs), Community Facilitators (CFs), and communities.The WMS will support technical aspects of watershed management with an emphasis on landscape scale rehabilitation and conservation. This will include support to preparation and consolidation of annual work plans and budgets as well as planning, design, specification, oversight of physical watershed development and management measures, mapping and measurement, and other aspects of M&E. The emphasis is on landscape scale biological and physical soil and water conservation measures with special focus on the preservation of the Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere Reserve. Overall tasks include community infrastructures, relevant capacity-building aspects, documentation, reporting, data collection (spatial and hydrological), following a watershed management approach. In particular the WMS is tasked with ensuring and certifying that work done using KfW funds is carried out to accepted standards, as outlined in the Community Based Participatory Watershed Development Guidelines (CBPWDG), and within approved cost norms and budgets. The WMS will spend up to 60% of their available time in the field, primarily working at project-suppored woredas and sites where they will work together with Woreda Experts and communities.SPECIFIC TASKSThe WMS will work under the general direction of the CTA/DCTA and, in particular, the SWC-S. He/she will work in close coordination with the Regional FMS (and the PA in YER), and with other members of the GITEC technical team as may be appropriate from time to time. The WMS will ensure close cooperation at all times with the Coordinator of the Regional Programme Coordination Unit (RPCU) and his teams at Region, Zone and Woreda levels. In particular the WMS will:
- Familiarize fully with key project documents and, where relevant, their annexes, including: Separate Agreement, Harmonized Logical Framework, PIM, CBPWDG, M&E guidelines, Environmental and Social Management Framework, IC directives and guidelines, annual and periodic work plans at Region, woreda and MWS levels;
- Participate in Multi Year and Annual Planning processes and together with the FMS/PA/Senior SWC-S/Planning & GIS Specialist/Agro-Ecological Livelihood Development Expert assist in the development and final approval of periodic and annual watershed development plans; paying particular attention to ensuring that activities are planned and costed in line with available budgets, prevailing cost norms and unit costs. The WMS will assist in drafting, budgeting, consolidation and approval processes for woreda/micro watershed development plans at woreda and regional level, including the detailed planning of physical measures (e.g. gully control, access roads) requiring a degree of engineering input;
- Contribute to identification of landscape scale conservation and rehabilitation measures in project-supported watersheds; in particular assist and encourage woredas in site identification, selection of appropriate technologies especially for Soil and Water Conservation measures (physical and biological) but also study, design and supervision of water, irrigation and road structures;
- Under the guidance of the Senior Soil and Water Conservation/Agricultural Engineering Specialist, the WMS will monitor and supervise civil works (access roads, hand dug wells, spring development etc.) ensuring adequate site selection, site specific specification, certifying adequate quality, follow up and guidance of the undergoing mapping and measurement activities, and acceptance handover of works while routinely updating and maintaining an IC database of site visits;
- Provide technical advice, promoting and supporting the application of SLMP Environmental and Social Management Framework guidelines, assisting in Environmental Screening and Impact Assessments of sub-projects, ensuring compliance with national SLMP standards;
- Provide technical support for watershed development and management approaches, and their integration into the local context. Support development and strengthening of local-level NRM governance institutions; contribute to training and capacity building of experts and communities both in the integration of natural resource management into the landscape and, together with the FMS, in technical aspects of procurement and contracting;
- Manage and train field teams in data collection (spatial and hydrological).These include gathering dry season stream flow data and spatial information on project activity sites to databases and applications or web-based tools;
- Assist in routine monitoring of outputs and activities, including activities (physical measures) which do not require engineering inputs. Monitor SWC activities during and after construction to ensure implementation conform to CBWDG design specifications and guidance. While routinely updating and maintaining an IC database of site visits;
- Contribute to periodic reporting on technical matters; especially, physical achievements reports; review reports of woredas, and kebele level institutions, certifying compliance with mandated reporting requirements;
- Ensure close cooperation, communication and joint planning and reporting together with the Regional FMS/PA; including joint planning and scheduling of vehicle use, monitoring and routine reporting of physical and financial implementation and achievements;
- Prepare and submit in timely manner and in accordance with IC formats internal weekly work plans/reports and monthly timesheets, invoices and reports;
- Undertake any additional associated tasks or activities that may reasonably be required from time to time by the CTA/DCTA.
DELIVERABLES- Consolidated Regional Periodic/Annual Work Plans and budgets;
- Assurance of adequate technical standards (site specific design, specification, ESMF measures, costing, contracting, implementation) and documentation of physical/biological SWC measures and other civil works;
- Periodic progress and financial/physical achievement reports, M&E reports and other technical reports as may be required from time to time;
- Routinely updated database of site visits and the project’s physical achievements (SWC measures, infrastructure etc.);
- Periodic training sessions facilitated (technical and procurement) and mentoring of woreda staff and communities;
Period: From April/May 2024 – October 2024Number of Experts needed: One - Job Requirements:
- QUALIFICATION
- Masters Degree in Agricultural Engineering, Natural Resource Management (NRM) or related fields
- Minimum of five years’ experience at a practical level of NRM, biological and physical soil and water conservation methods, sustainable land management, small-scale rural infrastructure design and construction and other related tasks;
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team;
- Excellent organizational and time management skills required to meet deadlines;
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills required to train / coach staff and deliver presentations;
- Proficiency in local languages and Microsoft Office applications is essential
- Proficiency and expereince with GIS tools and techniques, and in data handling is highly desirable
- Experience in/with Value Chain Development is an advantage
Reporting language, is English.
- Posted:
- 03.20.2024
- Deadline:
- 03.30.2024
- Job Category:
- Agriculture
- Employment:
- Location:
- Metu with frequent travels to the Project-Supported Woredas
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