Project Field Assistant- No. of positions: 2
Organization: WaterAid India
Location: New Delhi
Industry: Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
Type: Contract - Upto June, 2021 (Extendable depending on extension of the project)
Salary: NA
Project Description: Jal Seva Charitable Foundation (JSCF) is registered in India as a not for profit company under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956. The organisation is an associate member of WaterAid International and uses the brand name ‘WaterAid’ in India.
JSCF is anchoring a project to provide safe water access in communities in Hyderabad and in 30 gram panchayats in Chittoor, Guntur and Vizianagram districts of Andhra Pradesh. The project will ensure that families have access to water year-round, particularly during the water scarce months through drinking water provisioning and water coanservation methods such as roof top rainwater harvesting and water recharging in project communities and institutions such as schools, anganwadi centres, healthcare facilities, community centres & RWAs etc.
Responsibilities:
- Formation of slum level committees in the operational area
- Conducting community level meeting with slum committee members and local community
- Mobilising local community members and slum committee members for drinking water security and governance at the local level
- Undertake discussion with the school and public institution heads on O&M and contribution
- Monitor the RWH structure during construction with technical expert
- Updating slum committee/ school registers with all project activities
- Coordination of awareness campaign in the peripheral slum as per project plan
- Facilitating registration of RWAs and other stakeholders for the campaign. Undertake door to door awareness building on water conservation, engagement of mobile vans in the awareness building programme and water audit in operational area
- Facilitating submission of representations by slum committee members
- Distribution of IEC materials as per plan
Educational requirements:
- Graduation. Degree in social sciences/social work or related topics will be an added advantage.
Experience requirements:
- At least 3 years of relevant work experience in similar organisational/ functional context.
- Good understanding of urban socio-economic issues in low-income communities in urban context
- Good communications skills in Telugu and Hindi
Desired Skills:
- Experience of working in urban WASH and water conservation in a community setting will be an added advantage.
- Good understanding of issues pertaining to drinking water in urban communities
- Proactive and self-motivated individual capable of engaging persuasively with various
- Stakeholders at slum and other institution level
- A self-starter, able to work independently
- Ability to travel extensively in the field
Application Instructions:
- your resume to wairos@wateraid.org mentioning “Application for Project Field Assistant -Hyderabad” in the subject.
Disclaimer:
- Candidates with Requisite Experience Only apply that too with relevant cover letter.
- The openings provided here is meant for information purposes only. Please cross-verify the details before applying.
Date Posted: 2020-12-25
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