Avis de recrutement : Oxfam recrute un(e) AResponsable de la promotion de la santé publique (PHE) en Turquie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Job Purpose

The PHE Officer will lead the PHE Assistants at field level in planning and managing the day-to-day quality, gender-sensitive community-centred activities in the field and ensuring the activities are implemented as per plans and guidelines for the programme in Hatay or Maras provinces. They will monitor progress and ensure quality of PHP activities as well as integration with PHE and other teams.

Dimensions

  • Managing / supervising resources within PHE staff activities including PHE assistants and assets
  • Assist in developing engineering designs, technical specifications and estimate bill of quantity
  • To ensure that all facility design take gender and disability issues fully into account
  • Diverse and complex problem-solving, requiring professional knowledge, field experience and an understanding of emergency and humanitarian work.
  • Advice and decision-making often given over distance with limited information and in a dynamic context
  • Collect technical data and contribute to quality project reports enabling progress and indicator tracking in terms of both quality and quantity
  • Work patterns are not routine and often high pressure
  • Makes complex technical information accessible and usable by non-specialist
  • Creates opportunities to develop work within a framework plan
  • Knowledge required includes broad understanding of and their relevance to own specialism
  • Communication with internal staff, also with some external contacts / target audiences to support operational work.
  • Involve communities into planned activities. Influence staff, partner and volunteers in Oxfam and develop effective networks with external bodies

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage and lead a team of PHEs for the implementation engineering works.
  • Conduct rapid WaSH assessment in conjunction with the relevant PHP, protection and EFSVL team member(s) and or adjust an assessment according to the changing context.
  • Prepare Bills of Quantities, design drawings and schedules of work as part of planning, implementing and supervising the installation and good quality of referred works and report immediately any changes required in design and cost beyond the scope of approved budget
  • Monitor and support the performance of contractors undertaking work on behalf of the project.
  • Support logistics and finance team to ensure timely delivery of supplies planned under all the projects
  • Coordinate and engage with other stakeholders such as local leadership, district authorities, etc.
  • Support on Monitoring & Evaluation to assess and evaluate the impact of the project on beneficiaries and surrounding environs.
  • Work closely with members of other teams especially PHP and EFSVL, Protection, Gender, etc and other relevant agencies on the ground.

Assessment and programme/activity design:

  • Lead and or participate in rapid needs assessment in Oxfam KEDV’s targeted and potential new areas of emergency intervention as directed by the line manager
  • Participate and where appropriate join in multi-sectoral assessment team and specific technical assessment/survey of a water/sanitation schemes.
  • To liaise closely with the Public Health Propotion Team throughout the planning, design and implementation stages of the Public Health Engineering Programme.
  • To promote the inclusion of cross-cutting issues within programming, including gender & protection and community engagement.

Coordination and representation:

  • Provide technical coordination of field teams to ensure coherent and consistent programming.
  • Convene regular coordination meetings with WASH actors to discuss key issues, record key progress and report upwards
  • Support TL on coordinating with MEAL team to ensure key information management documents – including 4Ws, gap analyses, trackers and contingency stock lists are kept up to date by Oxfam KEDV and other WASH agencies on a regular basis

Implementation:

  • Implement PHE activities
  • Use PHE materials in Oxfam KEDV warehouse and in pipeline wisely and appropriately.
  • Select, design and construction of most appropriate water systems, using ground and surface water options.
  • Prepare BoQ, drawing for all PHE activities and requisition for contracting with clear budget and implementation plan.
  • To assist in the selection, design and implementation of the most appropriate form of sanitation approach, in consultation with the beneficiaries, which includes excreta and refuse disposal, vector control and drainage. Methods may apply materials support in conjunction with social mobilisation and community participation
  • To liaise closely with the Public Health Promotion Team throughout the planning, design and implementation stages of the Public Health Engineering Programme. Hygiene promotion is a vital element of such public health engineering programmes
  • To promote the inclusion of cross cutting issues within programming, including gender & protection and community engagement.

Staff management and Capacity building

  • Recruit and supervise public health engineer assistants needed. This may involve the writing of job profiles, work schedules, objective setting and appraisals.
  • Manage staff reporting to the position and objectively manage performance and conduct appraisal and capacity building both partners and Oxfam KEDV staff.
  • Build the capacity of Oxfam staff, volunteers (CHPs) and partners through practical mentoring, on the job coaching and hands on.
  • Ensure that all designated WASH staff (Oxfam KEDV and partners) are aware of and abide with key internal and external protocols and principles (e.g. Red Cross Code of Conduct, People in Aid, Oxfam KEDV’s Code of Conduct) and refugees key principals.

Reporting and communication

  • Contribute to donor reporting, budgeting and new proposals when required;
  • Supervise others to monitor and report against key WASH and health indicators;
  • Support on the regular program reporting adhering to Oxfam KEDV reporting formats at intervals to be decided by the line manager;
  • Document meeting minutes for any community meetings or partner meetings;
  • Document and disseminate good practice examples from programme deployment.

Skills and Competence:

  • Degree in Engineering fields (Civil, Water, Agriculture, Environmental or other relevant);
  • At least 3 years of hand on experience of working in humanitarian water and sanitation programme;
  • Experience in the design and implementation of water infrastructure, in the development of tender dossiers and in the practical supervision of construction / installation work;
  • Experience with the drilling of boreholes and the construction of water storage tanks;
  • Knowledge of Sphere standards and indicators pertaining to water and sanitation;
  • Ability to engage proactively with project communities to ensure their full participation, with an emphasis on ensuring the participation of women in the design, implementation and management of WaSH activities;
  • Quality in programme reporting;
  • Demonstrated experience of managing a team;
  • Experience in supporting partner-based projects;
  • Demonstrated experience of integrating gender and protection into emergency WaSH response programmes and longer-term strategies;
  • Ability to work well under pressure and in respond to changing needs;
  • Diplomacy, tact and negotiation skills;
  • Excellent communication and cross-cultural management skills;
  • Excellent command of Turkish;
  • Good written and spoken English.

Please send your CV and a cover letter to [email protected] and indicate the name of the position in the subject line.

Closing date : April 12th, 2023