As Water Supply and Engineering consultant, you should have demonstrated sound knowledge of Water Supply in the context of Bihar or such similar states. You will demonstrate the ability to technically support various projects as a water supply lead for related input. 

The consultant shall support the WASH-O in project management, capacity development and training activities, and research focusing on water & sanitation access in rural areas. The successful applicant will be involved in the rural piped drinking water supply systems, piped distribution systems, and related themes.

Experience

• Must have a degree in a relevant discipline and preferably relevant postgraduate qualification (for example, focusing on civil engineering, environmental engineering, water engineering etc.)

• A minimum of five years of relevant experience in the context of the WASH sector, water sector reform, capacity development of WASH stakeholders

• Sound experience and technical capacity in the design and supervision of Water Sector engineering projects, ideally in a rural context- preferably from Bihar

• Experience in preparation and writing successful EOI’s/Bids/Proposals including technical input for multi- and bi-lateral stakeholders

• Preference will be given to those who have experience working with PHED Bihar

• Strong writing, communication, and presentation skill

Roles and responsibilities

You will join an existing, expanding team of WASH-O and are expected to perform the following duties: 

• Work on a wide range of projects using your technical skills to assist the team in delivering various donor commitments 

• Design, coordinate and mobilize resources to conduct training programs related to WASH and other related areas

• Providing strong supervision of Water Supply and Sanitation projects implementation process

• Proactively exploring new funding opportunities and leading and contributing to high-quality expressions of interest and proposals to strengthen the WASH-O technically and financially

• Developing networks and relationships with partners, donors, and clients 

• Lead projects and studies through the project life cycle of problem definition, data collection, analysis, interpretation, and drawing succinct conclusions and recommendations

• Any other work as required for the growth and expansion of WASH-O.

Contract: The contract would be for 11 months which would be renewed based on the available funding and performance. 

Remuneration: As per the qualification and experience

Application: Those interested may please send their CV to gmishra[@]dmi.ac.in by 7th August 2021.  The last date of submission is extended to 20th August 2021. Only shortlisted candidates would be invited for the interview.