Turkey: WASH Programme Officer

General Description of the Programme:

GOAL has had a presence in Turkey since 2013 and has been contributing to the migrant response since 2016 with a focus on responding to needs in health service delivery, social safety nets and the protection of protection of vulnerable and marginalised migrants in southern Turkey.

GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict affected communities. GOAL is working directly in Idleb Governorate, and in Aleppo, Latakia and Hama in collaboration with local partners, delivering integrated food security, WASH and emergency response programming along with cash-based interventions to highly vulnerable populations. In 2018, GOAL will embark on an ambitious 25-month programme to meet the WASH needs of over 550,000 people in GOAL’s Area of Operation (AoO). The programme will have three main components; Utility Operations, Improved Governance and Accountability and Emergency Response.

‘Utility Operations’ speaks to the support and inputs the organisation will provide to appropriate Water Provision Authorities to support the functionality of Water Units and Water Stations. This will include the establishment of an e-voucher system for fuel provision, an incentive programme to increase to promote cost recovery and the provision of increased water availability at household level and the establishment of an Infrastructure Stabilisation Fund for community driven identification and prioritisation of rehabilitation works at station and network level. In terms of improved Governance and Accountability, GOAL with work with Water Authorities to expand their remit beyond technical oversight through a meaningful capacity building programme that looks to improving financial management and the implementation of cost recovery systems. Finally, GOAL will integrate WASH interventions into its emergency response programme through targeted hygiene promotion and hygiene kit provision. The interventions proposed will be implemented by a multi-disciplinary team comprised of engineers, behaviour change agents and M&E staff.

General Description of the Role:

The WASH Programme Officer will be based in GOAL’s office in Antakya supporting the WASH Antakya Team in managing the WASH program, especially in the technical areas on programming and documentation. This might include but not limited to providing support to procurement, MEAL, reporting and HR processes.

This position will also support the Antakya WASH team in administrative tasks, including timesheets for Water Units, entering information on GOALs monitoring databases and other administrative tasks.

Duties, objectives and competencies

• Support the WASH manager in the coordination with Procurement department and tracking all procurement related to WASH.
• Support internal WASH reporting, including support to the Grants Department as needed.
• Coordinate with MEAL and HR department when needed.
• Support the Antakya WASH team in administrative tasks, such as following timesheets for Water Units, entering information in GOALs monitoring databases.
• Other related tasks at the request of the WASH Manager.

Requirements (essential)

• Degree in Civil engineering or related engineering field
• Good understanding of water (especially water networks), sanitation and/ or solid waste management in the Syrian context
• High level of computer literacy, especially Microsoft Excel
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Willingness to work long hours under significant pressure
• Commitment to beneficiary accountability and humanitarian principles
• Good English and Arabic skills, spoken and written

Requirements (desired)

• Experience of WASH programme implementation
• NGO experience in a humanitarian setting, especially Hygiene Promotion
• Experience of working remotely
• Experience of staff management and capacity development

General terms and conditions

GOAL has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Child Protection Policy, which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants and children from exploitation. GOAL also has a confidentiality policy ensuring the non-disclosure of any information whatsoever relating to the practices and business of GOAL, acquired in the course of duty, to any other person or organisation without authority, except in the normal execution of duty. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to these policies any job offer made is also subject to police clearance. GOAL is an equal opportunities employer.

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. Any published closing dates are estimated. Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.

Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply now button and fill out the application form. All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in English. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications close on 9th July 2019.

Thank you.

Interested? Then apply for this position via clicking on the "**apply now**" button and fill out the application form. All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (not longer than four pages). Both must be in English. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.