Senior Sanitation Engineer
SNV is a not-for-profit international
development organisation. Founded in the Netherlands 50 years ago, we have
built a long-term, local presence in 38 of the poorest countries in Asia,
Africa and Latin America. Our global teams of local and international advisors
work with local partners to equip communities, businesses and organisations
with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase their incomes
and gain access to basic services – empowering them to break the cycle of
poverty and guide their own development.
In Indonesia,
SNV works together with local partners to provide technical expertise in three
sectors: Agriculture, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Renewable Energy.
For the WASH sector, SNV is focused on increasing access to safely managed
sanitation and in sustaining positive changes in hygiene behaviour, by
providing scale-able, market driven solutions tailored to rural and urban
contexts.
SNV’s Urban
Sanitation and Hygiene for Health and Development (USHHD) project
With an urbanization
rate of 4.1% per year, by 2025 Indonesia will have 68% of its population living
in cities (WB, 2017). This fast paced urbanization brings many human,
environmental and economic opportunities but also substantial development
challenges. Safely managed sanitation and hygiene is a critical one, to ensure
health and prosperity for everyone, especially the urban poor.
In 2015, around 18 million urban people had
no access to a toilet while 20 million more were resorting to unimproved sanitation
facilities (JMP, 2015). With sewerage coverage existing in only 11 cities and
2% of city residents having no access to centralized sanitation systems, the
vast majority of the urban population relies on on-site sanitation systems that
are often sub-standard and/or inadequately managed (WSP, 2013). As a result, an
estimated 95% of Indonesia’s wastewater is disposed untreated, and pathogens
contaminate land and water sources, making faecal coliform from human waste the
most excessive pollutant in Indonesian rivers, exceeding the recommended
standards by a thousand-fold or more (WSP, 2013; FAO, 2011). Poor urban
dwellers that rely the most on unsafe water sources for drinking, cooking and
washing are blighted by the resulting water-borne diseases that keep them
trapped in a seemingly unbreakable poverty cycle.
SNV sees safely managed sanitation and
hygiene as a precondition for health and economic development in cities. Our
Urban Sanitation and Hygiene for Health and Development project is focused on
achieving sustainable and inclusive city-wide sanitation and hygiene services.
To achieve this, SNV:
- Works together with local authorities to create an appropriate enabling policy and regulatory environment for sanitation services at the local level
- Develops financially viable and sustainable business models also with the private sector on the collection, transport, treatment, re-use and safe disposal of human waste
- Works with communities to increase their awareness and engagement towards safe and affordable sanitation products and services
- Guides the different stakeholders through a process of informed choice regarding technologies, finance strategies and service delivery models, in particular for low-income groups and slum residents.
Position Summary
The purpose of the position is to:
- Support the capacity building of relevant sanitation Government line agencies and other appropriate actors in urban sanitation, including from the private sector. Therefore the Senior Sanitation Engineer needs to work collaboratively and constructively with the different partners.
- The project has a strong emphasis on performance monitoring and learning and has such providing documentation and evidence. The Senior Sanitation Engineer is therefore expected to have a methodical and systematic approach to identifying solutions, implementing and monitoring these.
Specific scope
of work within the project is the following:
- Identify, propose and monitor technological solutions related to access to sanitation and human waste containment, most notably for densely populated areas.
- Support the development of technology upgrading options, service options for vulnerable areas, city data management and standards
- Integrate legal and social information in the search for technical solutions
- Ensure that the quality, safety, outreach and affordability of urban sanitation products and services are progressively increased and that meet the demand of different types of customers
- Provide technical guidance to City Authorities and private service providers and assist in establishing and managing the different roles
- Lead data collection and research for the urban services component (rapid technical assessments for containment and emptying, action research on current emptying and transport practices, occupational health and safety)
- Prepare and deliver meetings/trainings with Government stakeholders and service providers and provide on the job training when needed
Key Responsibilities
1) Provide high
quality, evidence based advisory services on Urban Sanitation products and
Services for city authorities and the private sector
2) Facilitate
exchanges between city authorities and urban sanitation service providers and
support a good communication flow between them and the USHHD project team
3) Contribute for final
design of the urban sanitation services component activities, ensuring its
relevance and suitability both for the project’s objectives and the local
priorities, conditions and constraints
4) Lead the
implementation of urban sanitation services component activities, ensuring its
adequate planning, budgeting and timely delivery in coordination with all the
relevant stakeholders
5) Monitor the
results of the urban sanitation services component activities and provide
critical input to adjust/improve the outcomes whenever relevant
6) Actively
contribute to the USHHD project’s evaluation and learning component
7) Ensure the
USHHD’s project visibility and profiling in line with SNV’s and partners
branding guidelines
8) Comply with
SNV’s administrative and financial procedures for project planning,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation
9) Comply with
SNV’s Code of Conduct
Candidate Profile
a) Degree in
engineering (civil, environmental, architectural or related)
b) At least 10
years of experience in WASH, or waste water management in public and/or private
sector which at least 5-7 years’ experience in sanitation
c) Strong interest
in urban sanitation technical solutions with a proven track record of also
addressing social aspects
d) Creative,
practical and systematic professional
e) Evidence of
producing knowledge products (publications and other).
f) Flexibility to
handle varied and demanding tasks and ability to balance priorities, thrive
under pressure and juggle a multitude of details in a fast-paced environment
g) Significant
experience in developing and managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives
directly delivering change.
h) Ability to work
independently, as well as member of a team, and to be flexible to accommodate
the needs of stakeholders.
i) Ability to lead
the assignment and the team with remote supervision.
j) Native Bahasa
Indonesia speaker with a good command of spoken and written English
k) Good computer
skills (Ms. Word, Ms. Excel, Ms. Power Point, Internet and Outlook)
Contract duration: 1 year, with
the possibility of extension
Desired start date: December 2017/ January 2018
How to apply
If you believe that your credentials meet the outlined
profile, we invite you to apply by sending your CV and letter of motivation in
English to jobsindonesia@snv.org before 17 December 2017 with subject
“Senior Sanitation Engineer”.
Working at SNV
SNV offers a competitive salary and comprehensive
benefits package. We offer a challenging work environment, opportunities to
lead and innovate, and a commitment to growing your skills in a fulfilling and
diverse working environment. For more information, please visit our website:
www.snv.org
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