Project Team Leader - WASH

About the role

A Christian organization focused on helping vulnerable children overcome poverty is hiring a Project Team Leader for a WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) project in Warrap and Central Equatoria States. This is a local, fixed-term position. The role covers strategy alignment, construction supervision, water quality analysis, community mobilization and project management.

Key responsibilities

• Align WASH interventions with the partnership's strategy, child well-being outcomes and international WASH standards, and coordinate WASH activities
• Prepare design plans, drawings, technical specifications and bills of quantities, and tender documents for construction works
• Follow up on material deliveries, supervise and certify public health facilities, latrines and water filters, and coordinate hydrogeological surveys, borehole drilling and irrigation plots
• Conduct water quality analysis with a portable lab kit and train County Water Department staff and community hygiene promoters on PHAST and CLTS
• Coordinate CLTS campaigns, staff capacity building and project reporting, including bi-annual and annual reports
• Control work quality, manage daily operations and finances, and liaise with the technical lead and finance manager
• Handle recruitment, appraisals, grievances and disciplinary matters, and organize staff training

Required profile

• Minimum degree in Civil Engineering or Building Construction
• At least 5 years' experience in infrastructure works or water and sanitation projects, including 2 years in fragile contexts
• Experience supervising construction teams and contractors in water supply and sanitation works
• Experience in community mobilization and in water quality analysis with portable kits
• Excellent English, and willingness to work under pressure in remote locations with basic necessities

Required skills

• Project management, including staff and resource management and budget planning
• Community mobilization and CLTS
• PHAST methodology (desirable)
• AutoCAD or similar drafting software