Water Engineering Specialist

• Contribute to the implementation of Ayuda en Acción Ethiopia’s country strategy and priorities in line with country and donor priorities.
• Responsible for the water scheme rehabilitation (ellas/traditional water wells and community pond) interventions, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards as per the approved project plan.
• Provide technical guidance and support in the design, construction, and maintenance of water infrastructure, including ponds and ellas (water well)
• Stay updated on emerging trends, technologies, and best practices in water engineering and incorporate them into project designs and methodologies
• Involve in the development of project concept notes and proposals and identify innovative approaches to addressing priority needs and interests of target populations.
• Facilitate and participate in pond and water wells feasibility study in collaboration with zonal government relevant offices to design rehabilitation works.
• Oversee implementation of the pond and water wells rehabilitation, technically support the water committee, jointly develop the BOQ with government water offices, take part in the procurement of construction materials and selections of contractors/local masons, taking measurement, approve the payment, and regular reporting. 
• Constantly monitor the operational environment and assess risks that can affect project implementation.
• Conduct training sessions and workshops for staff and community members on water management techniques, conservation practices, and infrastructure maintenance.
• Build the capacity of local stakeholders to actively participate in water-related initiatives and decision-making processes.
• Identify potential risks and challenges associated with water engineering project and propose mitigation strategies to address them.
• Produce quality report as per Ayuda en Acción Ethiopia, government, donor, and other stakeholders’ requirements. 
• Document and submit lessons learned, good practices and methodologies to the respective supervisor and project coordinator. 
• Ensure that interventions under responsibility demonstrate equitable impact to women, men, girls and boys.

Project monitoring, evaluation and coordination 

• Participate in coordination, monitoring and follow-up on periodic plans as established by the project and area offices planning.
• Work with the area teams, and support coordination between emergency, durable solutions, resilience building and development programming, promoting the nexus approach to programming.
• Regularly monitor the scheme rehabilitation activities, budget expenditure and the implementation of projects’ procurement plans, and propose corrective actions in case of deviation to the Area Managers. 
• Contribute gender, age, and disability disaggregated data collection with regards to the rehabilitation of water schemes for the project reviews, evaluations, and reporting.
• Take part in joint project reviews with implementing partners, government and community representatives, and other stakeholders.
• Work with area teams to ensure that accountability mechanisms are put in place, are functional and accessible for diverse groups and individuals.

Perform additional tasks requested by the immediate supervisor.

• Minimum BSc/BA in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water engineering, or other relevant studies. MSc/MA in similar fields is desired.
• 6 years of professional experience with at least 4 years working with NGO with a focus on WASH and water construction work.
• Experience of managing construction of water schemes including water wells, boreholes, shallow wells, and ponds. 

•  Very good verbal and written English