Water and Habitat Project Manager
 International Committee of the Red Cross
 Location: Bijapur, Chhattisgarh
 Last Date: November 19, 2010  

 

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The ICRC Regional Delegation in Delhi is currently looking for an enthusiastic professional to join its Water & Habitat department under the following position: 

Position: Water and Habitat Project Manager  

Location: Bijapur, Chhattisgarh

ICRC Grade: 5

Starting date: Preferably by December 1^st week, 2010 

General Information 

This new position covers the WatHab activities implemented in Chhattisgarh State Sub-Delegation where ICRC had recently and for the first time in India creates an opportunity to develop its assistance activities. The current orientations consider targeting rural populations of Bijapur which have been isolated from the mainstream Indian citizens. WatHab program are currently being shaped up to provide direct water supply assistance to the resident population, both in terms of quantity and quality, as well as provisioning a support to ICRC health department (intervention in health and orthopedic centers). 

The Project Manager should be able to manage a team of professionals at field & office, providing necessary guidance and input to run the project efficiently and achieve the expected outcome. S/he is supposed to assess the water and hygiene situation of the local population through a public health approach and shape up adequate answers. S/he is expected to show environmental and socio-technical skills, negotiate with local authorities and institutions regarding project implementation, supervise the execution of the projects and handle all aspects of their logistic and administration. 

The position reports to the Chhattisgarh WatHab Program Manager 

Qualifications / knowledge / experience

·         The WatHab Project Manager should be a bachelor in Civil Engineering/ MSW / MA in Sociology from a reputed organization and to present a proven track record of 2 to 4 years in the fields of rural water supply, hygiene, and project management

·         Good written and oral communication skills in English and Hindi. Mastering a local language would be considered a strong asset

·         S/he is expected to be familiar with the Southern districts of Chhattisgarh State, interested in developing her/his knowledge of the India Central States’ context and strongly committed to provide relevant assistance to vulnerable populations

·         Good negotiation skills. Ability to develop and maintain a constant dialogue at her/his level of responsibilities

·         Good computer literacy (MS Office, Internet etc.) is essential

·         Compassionate to the rural communities, strong field orientation

·         This position implies field movements in difficult conditions, and possibly overnight stays at village level

·         Being part of a team, showing abilities to interact, coordinate and be genuinely interested to other fields of activities of ICRC 

Duties and responsibilities linked to the position 

Context understanding and integration

·         Maintain an up to date contextual knowledge of the areas where the project is implemented

·         Establish and maintain close links with local stakeholders (IRCS, communities, traditional, administrative, and technical authorities, NGOs…)

·         Assess and monitor public health conditions of population and its access to water and hygiene facilities 

Operational management of WatHab program

·         Develop an in-depth knowledge of the project planning documents

·         Implement the project in an integrated manner with other ICRC operational departments in terms of schedule, resource allocation, shared objectives, etc.

·         Provide relevant socio technical inputs and contribute to the definition of the implementation modalities

·         Monitor the operation of relevance and adequacy with respect to the context of  evolution

·         Provide constructive criticism on program strength and weaknesses

·         Respond proactively to lessons learned 

Logistic, financial & administrative management of WatHab program

·         Identify the needs in resources and provide a project procurement planning to her/his supervisor

·         Contribute to and follow-up material orders

·         Supervise sub-contracted work

·         Monitor project expenditures at regular intervals

·         Provide the monthly project fund requests to the WatHab Program Manager 

Human Resources management

·         Conduct half yearly team members’ performance appraisal

·         Organize and coordinate the WatHab project team's schedule

·         Reinforce WatHab teams members' capacities 

Representation & coordination

·         Represent the institution ICRC at any time and act accordingly

·         Present ICRC identity to all her/his interlocutors

·         Actively participate to internal operational meetings conducted at local level and share WatHab findings and lessons learned with direct manager and other ICRC’ departments staff

·         Develop and maintain a close collaboration with logistic and administrative departments at local level to anticipate and solve operational difficulties

·         Conduct regular meetings with her/his interlocutors 

Institutional and internal reporting

·         Contribute at project level to the scheduled and ad hoc institutional, contextual, and socio technical reports, according to the need and direction of her/his supervisor

·         Facilitation in preparation case studies, documents for publication at project level

·         Preparation and submission of operation plan and work accomplishment report on a monthly basis 

Applications should specifically cover qualifications and particulars of present and past assignments. Present emoluments and expected salary should be specified in the application.

Only short listed candidates will be called for an interview in Raipur / Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh.

Please send your application including motivation letter and curriculum vitae to the HR Department: icrc.humanresources@gmail.com  by 19^th November 2010, with the mention "Application for the Post of Water and Habitat Project Manager for Bijapur, Chhattisgarh".