Advisor I, Project Civil Engineer

 

Advisor I, Project Civil EngineerLocation: Kisumu, KenyaLocation type: On SiteReports to: Deputy Chief of Party, USAID Western Kenya Sanitation Project*If you are unsure if you are in an eligible location, please visit our Career page for more details.

 

 

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Do you want to join PSI to help make it easier for all people to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire? Read on!

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USAID Western Kenya Sanitation Project (WKSP) is a five (5) year project being implemented in Busia, Bungoma, Homa Bay, Kakamega, Kisii, Kisumu, Migori, and Siaya counties. The overall goal of the project is to create a financially sustainable, transformative, replicable, and locally owned sanitation marketplace in the target counties of western Kenya. The objectives to achieve this goal are (1) increased access to and uptake of market based improved sanitation and FSM products and services, (2) increased access to and uptake of market based improved MHM products and services at the household level, and (3) strengthened policy and regulatory environments and increased capacity of county government officials to effect lasting change in sanitation management.

 

Through the achievement of the above objectives, it is expected that in five years, the target counties will have laid the groundwork for a financially sustainable, transformative, and locally owned sanitation marketplace, where customers can easily find and procure the products and services that they need and where enterprises are motivated to improve products and services and to invest in marketing and sales.

 

PSI seeks a Advisor I, Project Civil Engineer who will provide technical support in the implementation of market-based sanitation activities through providing specification, design, bill of quantity and quality standards for new and existing WASH product concepts. This will further entail, developing technical training manuals and guidelines for WASH products while Supporting institutionalization of technical training and quality control within government and private sector institutions.

 

 

What You'll Do

      • Contribute to the development and implementation of the project's technical activities and strategy. This will include:

o   Training sanitation entrepreneurs on installation/ construction of sanitation products/ technologies

o   Develop Training of Trainers(ToT) technical training manuals, prototype new product designs and pilot within users

o   Develop Technical design bill of quantity standard and specification

• Oversee specific project deliverables to ensure they are completed on time and in accordance with PSI quality standards.

• Contribute to regular reporting on program activities, including documenting key learnings and guidelines. Contribute to the timely preparation and submission of project techncial reports for management and donors' decision-making process. Synthesize lessons learnt documentation and dissemination of best practices.

• Contribute to development of project technical guidance.  Provide technical assistance and/or training to build capacity of project staff, partners, and stakeholders to effectively deliver desired project results.

• Undertake regular field monitoring of technical activities to ascertain progress and utilization of resources against the workplan and make timely recommendations for follow-up. Provide inputs to the project's program management team for the development of budgets and budget realignments by project's program management team. 

•  Embody PSI’s values: Measurement, Pragmatism, Honesty, Trust, Collaboration, and Commitment.

•   More than 50% international travel

 

 

Time percentages listed above are not exact. They are estimates and may change. This is also not an exhaustive list of all tasks that an incumbent is expected to perform but is instead a summary of the primary responsibilities and requir