FH / Kenya (Food for the Hungry, Kenya) a Christian relieve and development agency seeks to fill the following vacant position:

Post Title: WASH Project Officer


Duty Station: Wider Marsabit Area

Duration: 6 months

No of Positions: 3


Job Purpose

To provide technical expertise on water and sanitation in Marsabit in order to deliver appropriate, sustainable and environmentally friendly water and sanitation interventions that meets the needs of the beneficiaries.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Selecting, modifying or designing appropriate water and sanitation infrastructure, and suitable community based maintenance and repair systems
• Designing and ensuring the effective promotion of appropriate hygiene and sanitation messages
• Developing a water and sanitation implementation and monitoring plan in a participatory manner with communities targeted
• Preparing reports in line with the reporting schedule and to donor requirements.
• Participate in designing and implementing surveys and assessments related to the field of water and sanitation when needed
• Mobilization of community groups & training on HHWTS & hygiene promotion activities,
• To assist the MoPHS through the DPHO and other relevant WASH Officers at County and district level in the formation of operational networking groups at community level on Health HWTS,
• Developing proposals and budgets for water and sanitation projects in collaboration with the project team and partners
• Representing WASH Sector coordination meetings at County and district level

• A minimum of 3 years experience in rural and/or peri-urban water and sanitation projects in developing countries and/or countries in transition.
• Experience of water supply systems: network, gravity flow, drinking water quality and treatment etc.
• Installation of ground water source development, wells and boreholes.
• Project appraisals and management.
• Project Monitoring and evaluation plus impact assessment
• Experience of working with host governments and their agents, INGOs and national NGOs an advantage
• Developing of new projects, writing proposals and responding to donor requirements

• Degree/National diploma related to Public Health, Water and Sanitary Engineering or Civil Engineering
• Technical competencies water designs and sanitation programs and sound financial skills. (e.g.budgeting)
• Problem Solving skills, Strategic thinking and management
• Ability to work both independently, initiative, works with minimal supervision and a team player.
• Good communications skills and computer literate (MS Word, Excel, internet)
• High Technical standards of report writing ability and proposal writing.
• Strong co-ordination and negotiation skills with stakeholders
• Fluency in English (written and spoken)