Job ID
12505
Job Title
Public Health Engineering (PHE) Assistant
To work for
Oxfam Syria
Country
Syria
City
Damascus
Field of Work
Engineering
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Finished or Exempted (For male)
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
• Support PHE Officers where necessary in preparing technical specifications of water and sanitation works, implementation plans, Bill of Quantities, Book of Conditions, design calculation and drawings.
• Support PHE team in technical assessments and preparing needs for repairs, replacement of the plumbing wares and sanitary wares.
• Participate in site visits to inspect project implementation progress from the qualitative and quantitative aspects.
• Participate in regular meetings with site engineers for the purpose of briefing and debriefing on project activities.
• Support in preparing contractors’ and site engineers’ payment vouchers with supporting documents and follow up on them with concerned parties.
• Contribute to the preparation of reports, project documents and submissions to local authorities by providing information, preparing tables and drafting relatively routine sections.
• Assist in drafting correspondences and follow up on the administrative process of correspondences and requests exchanged with local authorities.
• Prepare background information for use in discussions with local authorities and other organisations.
• Collect and organize data and information and participate in preparing periodic reports on programme and project activities in addition to achievement reports.
• Maintain projects and plans hard and electronic files, minutes of meetings and any other key activity files of the PHE and update records in prescribed format.
• Translation task might be required (Arabic to English and Vice versa).
• Performs other duties, as required.
• Support PHE team in technical assessments and preparing needs for repairs, replacement of the plumbing wares and sanitary wares.
• Participate in site visits to inspect project implementation progress from the qualitative and quantitative aspects.
• Participate in regular meetings with site engineers for the purpose of briefing and debriefing on project activities.
• Support in preparing contractors’ and site engineers’ payment vouchers with supporting documents and follow up on them with concerned parties.
• Contribute to the preparation of reports, project documents and submissions to local authorities by providing information, preparing tables and drafting relatively routine sections.
• Assist in drafting correspondences and follow up on the administrative process of correspondences and requests exchanged with local authorities.
• Prepare background information for use in discussions with local authorities and other organisations.
• Collect and organize data and information and participate in preparing periodic reports on programme and project activities in addition to achievement reports.
• Maintain projects and plans hard and electronic files, minutes of meetings and any other key activity files of the PHE and update records in prescribed format.
• Translation task might be required (Arabic to English and Vice versa).
• Performs other duties, as required.
Qualifications
• Mechanical, Civil, Electrical or Architecture Engineering Degree/Diploma with or without experience in Water or Construction sectors.
• Two years of administrative working experience is preferable.
• Experience in either Development or Humanitarian sector is desirable.
• Sound understanding of a community development approach to WASH, and willing to assist population in need.
Good communication and coordination skills.
• Good organisational and work planning skills
• Able to set priorities and multi-task in dealing with job requirements.
• Detail oriented and good record keeper
• Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a team
• Demonstrate adaptability and flexibility in all aspects of working
• Good report writing skills
• Good competency in Microsoft Office applications
• Good competency in AutoCAD and Google Maps (basic knowledge of WATER CAD and FPA NET Applications is desirable)
• Good written and spoken English and Arabic is essential
• Capacity to travel if needed
• Two years of administrative working experience is preferable.
• Experience in either Development or Humanitarian sector is desirable.
• Sound understanding of a community development approach to WASH, and willing to assist population in need.
Good communication and coordination skills.
• Good organisational and work planning skills
• Able to set priorities and multi-task in dealing with job requirements.
• Detail oriented and good record keeper
• Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a team
• Demonstrate adaptability and flexibility in all aspects of working
• Good report writing skills
• Good competency in Microsoft Office applications
• Good competency in AutoCAD and Google Maps (basic knowledge of WATER CAD and FPA NET Applications is desirable)
• Good written and spoken English and Arabic is essential
• Capacity to travel if needed
Salary and Benefits
As per Oxfam salary scale
About us
Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam’s WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 government, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam’s WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 government, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
Required employees number
2
Posted On
May 29, 2017
Expiry Date
Jun 27, 2017
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CV Language
English