Technician for Water Supply and Sanitation Projects

IPADE Vietnam is looking for 1 full-time professional to ensure technical assistance in the Implementation, further Monitoring, and Evaluation of its Water and Sanitation Project with Environmental approach in Lao Cai province in 2012.

Tasks:
- Support the IMPLEMENTATION process of IPADE´s WATER and SANITATION project with environmental approach:
- Analysis of projects’ technical and financial viability and sustainability, regarding mainly the technical and social matters of water supply and sanitation systems projected with the local governments, having in consideration the relation with the environment when supplying water, good hygiene, sanitation and environmental practices in the working area.
- Collaborate with the partner for the design, support and implementation of training activities about the water management groups at communal level.  
- Collaborate with the partner and the consultants for the design, support and implementation of PHAST activities in the villages.
- If necessary perform tasks for project management, such us: re-designing and writing activities; update the logical framework matrix; update the work plan and the budget, according to AECID norms and regulation and IPADE´s strategy and philosophy.

Ensure the quality control, MONITORING and EVALUATION of IPADE´s WATER and SANITATION project with environmental approach:
- Ensure a technical and operative support of IPADE’s partner (local governmental agency).
- Follow-up and monitoring of activities and results in the field through frequent visits to the tow communes in Lao Cai province.
- Follow-up of the water systems rehabilitation and construction in the rural communes, fluent communication with the companies encharged to solve the arisen dificulties and problems.
- Support, collaborate and follow up the PHAST implementation.
- Analysis of project’s budgetary performance and active support to the Financial Officer of IPADE in the financial justification, according to the AECID´s regulation.
- Translation from Vietnamese to English and from English to Vietnamese of reports and communications between IPADE and its local partners if necessary.
- Write and submit to IPADE Coordinator the report of the Water supply and Sanitation project in Vietnam.

Relation with the local governments and to represent IPADE when meeting and working with them, especially PCERWASS, at provincial, district and communal level.

Coordination with IPADE staff:
- Participate; coordinate, collaborate with the personnel in IPADE.
- Support the companions of work when necessary.
- Explain to the IPADE Coordinator the arisen problems in the execution and the solution’s proposals regarding the responsibilities of the job.
- Work to maintain a good working atmosphere.
- Support and work together with the Technical Assistances which will be contracted by IPADE to ensure the quality and sustainability of the project.

Hierarchic and functional relations:
- The direct responsible will be the IPADE Coordinator, who will do the follow up and supervision of the Water and Sanitation Technician in all the tasks of planning and accompaniment of the activities in execution, and whom the Technician of Water and Sanitation will inform about the work that he/she realizes.
- The Water and Sanitation Technician reports to IPADE Coordinator.
- The Water and Sanitation Technician doesn´t have any IPADE´s worker in charge.

Location: HANOI, at IPADE office in Tay Ho district.
Frequent visits to the area of intervention in two communes of Lao Cai district (Lao Cai province).  
Duration: from 1st April 2012 until 31st March 2013 (a probation period will be considered).

Requirements:
- Vietnamese national
- University Degree. Engineer of Hydraulic Engineering or some other education related to water and sanitation would be an asset
- Knowledge of water resources management with good environmental practices criteria and knowledge of Operation, Maintenance and Management (OMM) of rural water systems. Experience as trainer in construction, management and maintenance of rural water supply and sanitation systems would be an asset
- Knowledge and experience in PHAST implementation
- Experience of work in mountain ethnic minority areas of Vietnam
- Knowledge and experience in communication and community social work, especially in ethnic minority areas of Vietnam
- Willingness to travel frequently to project implementation areas in remote villages of Northern Vietnam and stay for periods of some days or weeks during the implementation, monitoring or evaluation of the activities
- Interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills
- Good knowledge of English, both spoken and written
- Proven computer skills (MS Office). Any technical software related to design of water supply and sanitation systems would be an asset
- Master degree or equivalent in rural development, cooperation, with good understanding of economic, gender, and social development in rural areas, would be an asset
- Knowledge and experience of gender approach in water supply and sanitation projects would be an asset
- Experience of monitoring and evaluation of cooperation programs in Vietnam would be an asset
- Good capacity of management and planning of the work
- Experience and interest in working in NGO for Development

Offers:
Labor Contract from 1st April 2012 until 31st March 2013 (a probation period will be considered).

Please send detailed CV in English until the 10th of March to:
IPADE Vietnam - So 10D, Ngo 11, Pho Tay Ho, Ha Noi
Or by e-mail to: [email protected]

Only a short list of applicants shall be contacted for interview