Job Description
QUALITY EDUCATION COORDINATOR TERMS OF REFERENCE
dZi seeks a qualified and motivated individual for the post of Quality Education Coordinator for our Nepal Country Office, starting from August 2019. The Quality Education Coordinator will be responsible for spearheading the quality education program of dZi Foundation in our working areas of Khotang, Solukhumbu and Bhojpur. While the post is based initially in Kathmandu, the coordinator will spend a majority of his/her time visiting project locations in the field in later stages of the program.
BACKGROUND:
dZi is a small INGO that partners with communities in Eastern region of Nepal to build sustainable locally-driven programs that improve quality of life and increase prosperity for communities and individuals. We accomplish this through helping community members gain the skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to achieve this end themselves.
Our programs incorporate a ‘deep development’ model that empowers our partner communities to be involved in all aspects of program design and implementation. We work in a focused area of Eastern Nepal and seek to provide long-term and comprehensive support across all development sectors. Since the past 10 years, dZi has been involved in helping improve the physical infrastructure of schools in its partner communities. Now dZi is looking to expand its work into supporting rural schools on improving the quality of education as well, with a few major goals:
- Increase student attendance in Government schools
- Decrease dropout rates for female students
- Decrease truancy rates by 50%
- Increase student performance by 25% as reflected by standardized test performance in the SEE, class 8 and class 5 exams.
JOB PROFILE:
The post is open to Nepali nationals ready to make a long-term commitment to an innovative organization. Applicants must be self-motivated creative thinkers who have a demonstrated ability to work without immediate supervision, and are eager to spend extended periods of time working with - and learning from - some of the most remote communities in Nepal. The Civil Engineer will work closely with the Deputy Country Director, Evaluation and Outreach Officer, Program officer, district program coordinators, field staff, and our local NGO counterparts to ensure successful project implementation and management
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Technical and social feasibility study of all potential construction project in the presence of project beneficiaries, representatives of NGO and other relevant agencies
- Based on the feasibility study, conduct detailed survey, prepare detailed engineering estimate, design and map for selected construction projects
- For school construction projects, prepare and verify design drawing, Master plan with location Map, GPS Coordinate, cost estimate including detailed quality estimate BOQ and Abstract cost in compliance with the policy requirement for MoU signing with CLPIU and NRA.
- Conduct orientation about project design, implementation, construction technology and other standard methodologies prior to the start of any construction project to NGO members, local construction committee members, and masons
- For drinking water construction projects, facilitate the pre-construction and post construction orientation training for a sustainable well-functioning system
- Monitor all past and current construction projects and prepare the project completion report
- Mobilize and supervise field technical assistants
- Continuously research about appropriate technology and design for construction projects suitable for our working area and conduct trials of those when possible
QUALIFICATIONS
- We favor creativity and experience equally for this position. Candidates should meet the following
- criteria:
- Demonstrated passion for improving living standard of rural communities of Nepal
- Strong written and verbal Nepali skills, and a working knowledge of English language. Strong written and spoken English is a plus
- Completion of a Bachelor in Engineering (B.E.) in Civil. Candidates holding NEC membership will be given high priority. At least 3 years' experience of working in the relevant field.
- Civil Overseer/Technicians having at least 5 year working experience in rural communities and successfully handled all the above mentioned responsibilities will also be accepted.
- Willingness and ability to spend extended periods of time working in extremely remote areas, including walking on foot for multiple days over rough terrain.
COMPETENCIES:
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work closely with local staff, community members, respective line agencies and individual
- Demonstrated honesty and integrity
- Proven critical thinking and ability to work creatively
- Self-motivated and ability to work independently
- Excellent command of engineering software (AUTO CAD and others)
- Excellent facilitation skills
The post holder must commit to following dZi’s personnel policies and procedures, and adhere to itscore beliefs and values.
Apply Instructions
Interested candidates are requested to submit their CV along with a cover letter, two professional references, and salary expectations to the given email address with ‘Civil Engineer Posting’ in the subject line by June 30, 2019. Women and members of marginalized communities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Email: vacancy@dzi.org.
No phone calls, please.
Only short-listed candidates will be notified.
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