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Pact Sudan
| Title: | Assistant Community Development Officer |
| Department: | BRIDGE WASH Program |
| Location: | NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL (one position open) WARRAP State (one position open) UNITY State (one position open) with occasional travel to other program activity locations |
| Applications Due: | March 31, 2010 |
| Apply to: | Send cover letter and CV in an e-mail to: sudanhr@pactworld.org AND mcompanion@pactworld.org Stating “Application – ACDO” in the e-mail subject line |
The Assistant Community Development Officer (ACDO) will work under the Community Development Officer to coordinate and oversee the day-to-day activities being carried out by Pact and its partners. Typical duties carried out by the ACDO include developing work plans and implementation scheduled; overseeing the work of borehole drillers and local partners to ensure quality work; helping train local communities in good hygiene and sanitation practices, coordinating project logistics; meeting with communities, government and stakeholders to organize work; and documenting program activities for reporting purposes.
Responsibilities and Tasks
- Coordinate and monitor the successful planning, implementation and management of all program activities in a region.
- Provide backstopping, supervision and monitoring to local partners engaged in water supply construction, training, and community organizing.
- Support hygiene and sanitation training of the communities around the water points and promote targeted performance standards at the field level.
- Support beneficiary communities’ sense of ownership of the water points in the cluster plans region.
- Evaluate the contribution of water availability/management to conflict and population distribution/migration.
- Supervise drilling partners to observe PACT & GOSS technical guidelines and standards as defined in contract agreements.
- Provide administrative support to ensure smooth operations between field activities and the head office in Juba.
- Liaise with State and local authorities, County WASH departments to promote a good understanding of programmatic activities and ensure the endorsement of WRAPP Work Plan by local authorities.
- Represent Pact’s Sudan Country Program in general and BRIDGE WASH in particular to promote good public relationship with communities, partner organizations, local authorities, and associated networks.
Desired Skills and Qualifications
- At least 3 years relevant work experience in community development and training works
- Must be a Sudanese citizen, ideally from the State in Southern Sudan where the position is located.
- Experience working in Southern Sudan and willingness to work in the field.
- Good project management skills
- Good analytical and evaluation skills
- Thorough knowledge of socio–economics, socio–anthropology and/or proven ability in participatory methods.
- Good written and oral communications skills.
- A strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Skill in word processing, spreadsheets and database skills.
- Ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with donors, government representatives, contractors, international and local NGOs.
- Ability and willingness to travel frequently in the field in southern Sudan.
- Consensus building and creative problem-solving skills
- Ability and willingness to ride a motorcycle as a primary means of transportation.
- Have a minimum educational qualification of Diploma in Community Development study, Water and Sanitation related Engineering or its equivalent.
- Knowledge of latest technologies and approaches in Sanitation and Hygiene promotion.
Hand deliver your applications to pact Sudan Human resource office
Attention: Human resource Manager
Pact Sudan country program Block 2, 2nd class hai Malakal
