Improving access to clean drinking water for the urban poor in Karachi, Pakistan

Community Water Stewarsdhip Project 

Core-Responsibilities:

Leadership and guidance to the project team will be the core responsibility of the project.
The PM is responsible for planning of the activities on a monthly, weekly, and daily basis.
PM is responsible for managing the team and ensure proper utilization of the human resource.
The Project Manager is responsible for the timely and accurate flow of information to the head office through the Director Program.
PM is responsible for ensuring relationship building with local stakeholders (local government, governmental agencies, landlords, and community leaders) and target communities.
60% of the time of the Project Manager is required for the fore-mentioned activities and the remaining 40 % of the time required to support the project team by actively participating in capacity building of communities and development of IEC materials.
Lead the process overall planning ensuring all agreed activities and targets have been included in the plan and ensure that field teams have required resources for the implementation of the project.
Provide strategic direction to the project team for effective implementation of the project activities and ensure that all agreed targets have been achieved within a given time period and with agreed financial resources.
Ensure that all community mobilization activities by Social Mobilizers, LSOs, and CRPs are implemented as per the approved project document
Maintain close coordination with Deputy Commissioners and Department of Health (DoH) to seek their support for training of project staff, LSOs, and CRPs on technical aspects and mobile COVID-19 testing in target districts.
In consultation with District Health Office develop a monthly visit plan for mobile testing teams and get it approved from DoH and provide logistic (Vehicles)support to mobile testing teams for implementation of this plan.
Coordination with the Department of Education for the identification of schools for the installation of Handwashing stations.
Conduct meetings with local Market Committees for identification of sites for installation of handwashing stations in markets
Attend all meetings convened by District Administration and share progress updates and seek the guidance of district stakeholders for project implementation.
Undertake field visits and provide on job guidance and support to field teams for implementation a per approved document.
Ensure that available programmatic and financial resources are utilized only for the project and ensure compliance with donor requirements.
Share monthly and quality project progress reports for onward submission to Donor.
Any other tasks assigned by the Supervisor.

Supervise the drafting of Environmental Impact Assessments for all WASH activities. Provide technical direction and strategic leadership to the project team, ensure delivery of project deliverables and achievement of project objectives. Ongoing engagement with the World Bank Mission Environmental Officer and other key Mission staff. Ongoing engagement with the Government of Sindh stakeholders and project partners including Local Government and District Government DCC.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Supervise the drafting of Environmental Impact Assessments for all WASH activities;
Provide technical direction and strategic leadership to the project team, Ensure delivery of project deliverables and achievement of project objectives;
Ongoing engagement with the World Bank Mission Environmental Officer and other key Mission staff;
Ongoing engagement with the Government of Sindh stakeholders and project partners including Local Government and District Government DCC.
To conduct an assessment at the village and school level and generating of the quality environmental report as required by the donor agency and HQ.
Responsible for the identification of school in targeted areas and conducting all the designed activities at the school level.
Responsible to submit the environmental impact assessment report of all targeted schools in the first quarter of the project with strong coordination with environmental specialist of the local government department.
Responsible for the preparation of Environment and Social Mitigation Plan (ESMP) for school construction activities.
Responsible to facilitate Project Coordinator in third-party evaluation visit and all other activities at the field level.
Responsible to delivered sessions on environment-friendly methods for sanitation and construction of environment-friendly and low-cost latrine.
Define program implementation modalities (targeting criteria, mobilization modalities, local partnerships, participant training curricula, monitoring systems, staff schedules, etc.) in coordination with the Project Coordinator.
Ensure quality and integrity of implementation, including adherence to technical guidelines, administrative systems, and established deadlines. Identify and respond to related staff capacity-building priorities.
Evaluate the relevance and appropriateness of current and future programming in relation to water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion in the local context.
Prepare internal and external reports for donors and regular reports as required by the Project Coordinator.
Mainstreaming climate change, gender, protection, and DRR in project/program activities.
Designing mid-term (early recovery) and short-term recovery stage Hygiene promotion and sanitation programs implementation for higher impact based on the current situation and background of the area of intervention
Develop and maintain program monitoring and reporting system, ensure all the activities are environment-friendly.
Develop culturally acceptable and easy to understand hygiene and sanitation promotion tools (CLTS) for public health promotion and ensure appropriate implementation of it under the direct guideline from the Project Coordinator.
Regular monitoring and impact assessment of hygiene and sanitation promotion activities and incorporate lessons learned to exist programs on a timely basis.
Contribute to developing concept papers and proposals for prospective donors under the guideline from Program Manager at HQ and Project Coordinator at the district office.
Represent the organization externally and collaborate/coordinate with government authorities, NGOs, and UN agencies on WASH issues at district and province level as per guideline provided by the Project Coordinator.
At regular intervals (minimum beginning, middle, and end of projects) brief relevant staff on the environmental impact of the project.
Provide technical support to staff and promote learning based on project objectives and activities and ensure documentation and sharing of learning with other sectors and programs.
Reporting to the Project Coordinator at the district office level and any other task assign by the Project Coordinator and Senior Manager at the HQ level.

To supervise regular data collection and ensure the quality of the data by random verifications and validations.
To record, manage, and preserve monitoring and evaluation data in a safe and accessible way.
To analyze and discuss findings based on regular monitoring data.
Provide technical support on M&E and evidence-based recommendations to the relevant program staff and Head of Monitoring.
Evaluation system as well as the requirements of donors.
Provide support in developing the annual and progress reports.
Provide support in dealing with any other tasks assigned by the supervisor. Evaluation
Engage with program teams to collect and manage essential data of their respective projects.
Ensure quality of data collected from the field.
Provide feedback to program teams and Head of Monitoring on projects’ performance based on monitoring data findings.
Assist Head of Monitoring in building capacity of program teams.

Program management and evaluation
To develop work plans, monitoring, and evaluation of hygiene promotion activities according to the CLTS and SLTS approach.
To facilitate CLTS steps in all communities:
Introduction and Rapport Building
Social mapping, Transect walk/walk of shame, Calculation of feces, Flow diagram, Medical expenses, Solution, Community action plan (CAP), Monitoring
To monitor the process of social mobilization and behavior change communication process, the use of BCC materials, and the response from community and government.
Lead the facilitation of ignition and triggering process for Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in targeted villages and schools. Mentor Public Health Staff, natural leaders. women, school, and community facilitators on CLTS.
Form a sanitation action group by drawing representatives from all the neighborhoods of the village and link them to work with the village WASH committee.
Facilitate linking of communities to suppliers of latrine construction materials. Develop tools and checklist for participatory monitoring success of implementation.
Identify gaps and facilitate with communities how to find solutions to address sanitation gaps through community action plans. To ensure the impact of hygiene promotion activities, CLTS in changing community behavior.
Representation, Develop, maintain relationships with local government officials for advocacy of sanitation policy and conduct combined visits.
Disburse IEC material to local government offices and ensure proper display Capacity building of local government officials/TMA officials on CLTS and sanitation policy
Inform any outbreaks of diseases in order to conduct necessary actions for mitigation in coordination with Health, WASH, and other teams.
To raise stakeholders awareness on the importance of the Pakistan Sanitation Policy in coordination with Advocacy and WASH.

Responsibilities:
Create Behavior Change Communication (BCC) by mobilization.
Develop a program plan, ensure its smooth implementation, and manage the team performance of project tasks and activities that may include, but are not limited to.
Construction or rehabilitation of water networks, gravity flow systems, wells, or boreholes.
Implementation of latrines or other sanitation facilities.
Hygiene promotion and education.
Creation and training of management structures.
Cholera prevention campaigns.
Carrying out of assessments and post-implementation monitoring.
Ensure appropriate design, construction, and lamentation of WASH hardware according to technical standards, as well as proper maintenance and use of WASH equipment.
Develop and ensure the use of appropriate techniques and materials for hygiene promotion and training.
Manage the WASH team human resources and provide technical support, training, and capacity building.
Manage the program budget through the passing of timely orders, the preparation of monthly forecasts, and the monitoring of expenditure.
Track the progress of activities, ensure the collecting of program indicators and provide on-time internal status reports and external donor reports.
Identify and monitor risks, constraints or escalating issues, and inform the hierarchy accordingly.
Ensure that all data and information are updated, well organized, and easily accessible; and that lessons learned and best practices are capitalized.
Coordinate with other technical departments to ensure a common approach, synergy, and sharing of information.
Represent Action Against Hunger externally and collaborate/coordinate with local authorities, counterparts, partners and stakeholders.
Analyze and report on the evolving humanitarian needs and provide clear recommendations for interventions.
Develop appropriate targeting criteria and mechanisms to ensure the needs of identified vulnerable groups are