Construction Officer (3 months with possibility of renewal)
INTRODUCTION
Save the Children has been working in Rwanda since 1994, in partnership with the Government of Rwanda and local stakeholders, to promote a bright future for children. We h12ave experience operating in all 30 districts across the country. Our main areas of focus include education, child protection, child rights governance, and health and nutrition in both humanitarian and development contexts.
About Save The Children
Save the Children is the world’s largest independent child rights organization, with a vision of a world in which every child attains their right to survival, protection, development, and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We implement both development and humanitarian assistance programs in Rwanda and Burundi.
Role Purpose
The main purpose of the role is to provide technical input and construction supervision over the quality of the construction projects undertaken in health and nutrition and child protection deparments.
Areas Of Accountability
- Work closely with contractors and suppliers to assess and approve materials supplied for construction projects.
- Interpret working drawings, specifications and other documents to site agents and workers and ensure that project specifications are clearly understood.
- Assess and locate proposed construction sites in project areas and make recommendations to the programme management team, based on consultation with communities and local authorities.
- Maintain close contact with communities and local authorities and keep them informed of issues/constraints related to the construction projects.
- Submit daily, weekly and monthly progress reports to the Field Manager.
- Directly supervise construction work to ensure construction quality.
- Monitor the working conditions and in consultation with the Field Manager, advise contractors/workers on new methods to help the work be done more rapidly and safely.
- Negotiate contractors/workers labour rates and ensure that rates are in line with Bill of Quantities.
- Identify and organize recruitment of qualified field staff for day to day carrying out of construction activities as may be required.
- Provide in the field technical guidance and support to counterparts and ensure that their projects are implemented as according to plan.
- Monitor and report progress of construction projects against set targets and ensure that datelines are met.
- Participate in impact assessment of the projects and contribute in development of new projects.
- Ensure compliance with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
- Provide supervision and support of all construction activities carried out either in health and nutrition or in child protection departments.
- Conduct regular risk assessment for SC infrastructures at the field level and come up with mitigation strategies to ensure that they are safe for children especially beneficiary children.
- Develop annual rehabilitation/renovation/repairment plans.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the line manager.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Architecture.
- Fluency in English.
- Excellent liaison abilities and good communication skills.
- Ability to produce good construction reports in English.
Essential
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Previous experience in a humanitarian setting.
- Knowledge of designing and carrying out health, child, and youth-friendly construction projects.
- Knowledge of the minimum standards of shelters in a humanitarian setting.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability
- holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving, and role modelling Save the Children values
- holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition
- sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development, and encourages their team to do the same
- widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- future-oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
- builds and maintains effective relationships with their team, colleagues, Members, and external partners and supporters
Collaboration
- values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
- approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.
CHILD SAFEGUARDING
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY
Save the Children is committed to creating a safe working environment for all, including staff, children, and community members. We enforce a zero-tolerance policy for sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, and any discriminatory or disrespectful behavior.
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Save the Children does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process. *
- Job Identification 13084
- Job Category Facilities and Wellbeing
- Posting Date 06/05/2025, 09:27 AM
- Apply Before 06/12/2025, 12:00 AM
- Job Schedule Full time
- Locations FO – Kirehe
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