Apply for District Engineer Officer Consultancy, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (11 months) Unicef Job Vacancy | Unicef Careers

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived kids. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Across 190 international locations and territories, we work for each child, in all places, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means surrender. 

For each child, Water and Sanitation

With over 850 indigenous languages and one of the crucial ethnically numerous populations, widespread poverty, and gender inequality make it exhausting for many kids to comprehend their rights. In Papua New Guinea, UNICEF’s works successfully each ‘upstream’ (with governments) and ‘downstream’ (on the grassroots degree) to hold out its mission by means of a programme of cooperation collectively developed with the federal government guides our work within the nation.

 

How are you able to make a difference? 

Background

UNICEF has been engaged on a undertaking referred to as “Climate Action for the Last Mile” in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The predominant purpose of this undertaking is to assist essentially the most weak kids by giving them entry to climate-smart companies and infrastructure. To assist perform the undertaking actions on time, UNICEF plans to rent a guide (engineer). The predominant job of the guide might be to help and oversee actions and interventions within the Rigo district. He/she is going to be sure that the Climate Smart Social Services and Infrastructure (C3SI) institutional contracts and partnerships for the brand new development and rehabilitation work is accomplished consistent with the agreed design, commonplace and specs. This place might be based mostly in Rigo district and work carefully with technical crew of District Development Authority (DDA) Rigo. Consultant will conduct the wants evaluation for communities and establishments and offers high quality assurance of the continued work. The undertaking is multisectoral overlaying Health, Nutrition, Education and Child Protection intervention, therefore the guide will set up and strengthen partnership and dealing relationship with District and Provincial Environmental Health Officers, School Inspectors and LLG Managers to hold out neighborhood degree session, , conduct website surveys, put together feasibility research and technical designs, put together tender documentation (together with payments of portions), supervise development work and supply coaching for employees which can be accountable for working and sustaining local weather sensible social programs and infrastructures throughout the course of undertaking implementation.

The guide engineer will be sure that all social programs and infrastructures are local weather resilient and based mostly on designs which can be applicable for the native atmosphere whereas assembly the nationwide requirements.

 

Scope of Work:

Under the steerage of Climate Resilient WASH Specialist, the guide will work carefully with DDA and different Government sectoral counterparts on evaluation of communities and establishments to determine sectoral wants, technical monitoring and high quality management of all development (photo voltaic set up/borehole drilling and so on) guaranteeing that every one the development and rehabilitation actions are accomplished on time, licensed and handed over to the establishments and communities. S/he’ll present technical recommendation and help to the institutional contractors, implementing companions, provincial and district counterparts consistent with the nationwide requirements and pointers.

The guide engineer might be accountable for finishing the next particular duties:

• Carry out technical evaluation/feasibility for local weather sensible infrastructures in communities and establishments.
• Prepare, based mostly on the above, (a) detailed specs for provides and tools, the place required. (b) detailed designs and detailed drawings/schedules, and (c) BOQs/value estimates for essentially the most applicable technical choices. Also present technical help to DDA for overview of the out there designs/BoQs.
• Support LLG Managers to develop proposals for WASH tasks recognized by communities and be sure that related companies are adequately concerned.
• Work constructively with non-government organisations and civil society to ship comparable tasks inside the district.
• Support participatory, inclusive neighborhood session processes that purpose to help communities to determine dangers and related vulnerabilities.
• Ensure that any neighborhood session processes think about the particular necessities of deprived and marginalized teams, together with the very poor, girls, infants and kids, the aged and folks with disabilities.
• Work with LLG Managers, Ward Councillors, the District Development Authority Chief Executive Officer and the Provincial Lands Officer to barter with landowners and to safe their approval for the development of local weather sensible social companies and infrastructures on customary land, and additional be sure that landowners help using native assets for water provide programs.
• Conduct website surveys, put together feasibility research and technical designs and work with LLG Managers to arrange technical documentation, together with payments of portions.
• Assist LLG Managers/ward councillors to oversee development tasks and be sure that all public programs and infrastructures meet authorities rules regarding high quality of workmanship, Environmental and Social safeguards.
• Ensure the standard and amount of provided supplies at development websites conforms with the undertaking’s invoice of portions.
• Issue certificates of completion for development tasks which have met authorities rules regarding high quality of workmanship, hazard discount and water security.
• Support non-public contractors, non-government organisations and civil society to coach tradespeople and labourers, as wanted, and be sure that ample abilities can be found on a undertaking to ship a great high quality of workmanship.
• Collaborate with varied sectors equivalent to training, well being, and water and sanitation to make sure that climate-smart infrastructure tasks are built-in into their plans. This consists of organizing common conferences with sector representatives to align undertaking targets, share progress updates, and deal with any challenges that come up.
• Develop and conduct trainings for native authorities officers, neighborhood leaders, and sectoral employees on climate-smart practices and infrastructure upkeep. This will assist be sure that all stakeholders are geared up with the data and abilities wanted to maintain the advantages of the undertaking long-term.
• Ensure that correct information are stored for every tasks together with the beneficiaries.
• Participate in month-to-month District Management Team conferences.
• Provide common progress experiences to the District Development Authority Chief Executive Officer, the Provincial Engineer and LLG Managers (as applicable).
• Maintain constructive working relationships with District and Provincial Environmental Health Managers/Officers, School Inspectors, LLG Managers, non-government organisations, civil society and some other companies previously accountable for delivering WASH companies inside the district.

 

As a champion for each child, {qualifications} are… 

• Bachelor’s in Civil Engineer
• At least 5 years’ related expertise together with in design/supervision of local weather sensible infrastructures, rural piped water provide, renewable vitality, boreholes and sanitation infrastructure
• Technical data and experience on photo voltaic powered pumping system is fascinating
• Understanding of local weather change adaptation/mitigation and threat mitigation approaches to system development is fascinating
• Strong communication abilities in English (spoken and written);
• Proven potential to work successfully in cross-cultural and multi-cultural settings and groups, and to ship high-quality outcomes inside anticipated time frames; and
• Ability to make personal preparations on the district degree in PNG
• Engineers registered with the skilled physique is a strengthen
• Ability to make use of software program like Autocad/sketchup is fascinating
• Good Inter-personal abilities, dedication and motivation is important.

 

For each Child, you exhibit… our core values of Commitment, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability.

This place is a short-term project and doesn’t give rise to a long-term everlasting put up with the group.

Applicants are required to incorporate of their purposes a monetary proposal which features a lumpsum quantity for consultancy charges, native transportation and different miscellaneous prices. Breakdown or particulars of the price might be a lot appreciated.

Individuals engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract won’t be thought-about “staff members” below the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (equivalent to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service might be ruled by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are accountable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines.

UNICEF is dedicated to range and inclusion inside its workforce, and encourages all candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, non secular and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals dwelling with disabilities, to apply.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict child safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can due to this fact endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background check.

UNICEF doesn’t cost a price at any stage of the recruitment course of (application, interview assembly, processing, or orientation). 

 

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. 

Individuals engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract won’t be thought-about “staff members” below the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (equivalent to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service might be ruled by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are accountable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for all the interval of the contract. Selected candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which have to be met previous to taking over the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and will not be anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or straight work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF for the length of their consultancy contracts.