Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC)
Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Watershed Community FacilitatorsDuties of the Watershed Community Facilitator• Under the supervision/guidance of the Watershed Technician, the Community Facilitator shall be responsible for proper implementation of the IWM plans through effective communication of project objectives to communities, community mobilization and through organizing community engagement related events professionally.The specific duties of the community facilitator shall include:• Responsible for the overall implementation of project activities at community level with the participation of the community, local government and other stakeholders.• Bridges the link between the project experts team and the communities and local government representatives and engage in community/institutional capacity building activities,• Facilitate the targeting task of project intervention areas and beneficiaries,• Participate and support in the assessments, studies, surveys, monitoring, review and evaluation activities at the community level,• Actively involve on regular data collection as per agreed guideline• Facilitate field visits, experience sharing visits at the community level,• Support to identify training needs,• Ensure adequate consultation and participation of Woreda and village/community level stakeholders ensuring active participation of women,• With support of the field technical team, provide expertise and advice for community institutions/Organizations on gender mainstreaming in the project scheme,• Follow and provide adequate support to the different initiatives in the watershed including Homestead Development initiatives, credit and saving groups, IG groups, youth and women groups• Supervise and follow all project activities within the watershed including their sustainability• Follow zero or control grazing agreements and enforce bylaws• Facilitate community meetings, Watershed use association bi weekly and together with kebele leaders and government employees bi monthly meeting,• Responsible for mobilizing the watershed community for Natural Resource Management activities on watershed basis.• Play a lead role in forming the watershed users association as per the regional guideline• Responsible for ensuring active community participation so as to ensure the successful execution and sustenance of the interventions• Supervise seedling production and plantation in his/her watershed• Ensure community ownership in watershed project• Proactively identify community perceptions and needs, and effectively communicated this to project team,• Prepare clear plan and submit monthly, quarter, six month and annual progress reports of each watersheds, on the scheduled time for the watershed technician,• Undertake other assigned responsibilities and duties by the hierarchies,- Required: 12- Duty station is in one of the Kunzila Watersheds with occasional travel to Woreda and Regional Project Office. - Contract will be one year with possible extension upon performance. - Salary will be as per the project scale.
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Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC)
Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Monitoring Stations Research AssistantDuties of the Monitoring Stations Research Assistant• Under the supervision/guidance of the Regional Project Manager and The Hydro-Sedimentology Division Director, the research assistant is responsible for collecting data on hydrology, sediment and climate in the stations and other hydrology monitoring points within the watershed as per the standard protocol.The specific duties of the research assistant shall include:• Collect runoff and sediment samples form streams as pre the protocol• Read and record data from climatic and hydrological instruments (climatic monitoring, catchment runoff and sediment loss) in the station as per the protocol• Read and record flow level on staff gauges• Collect hydrological and climate data in set-ups outside the station within the watershed (includes periodic sampling from Lake Tana)• Digitize and check quality of the data• Sort and organize the data; both hard copy and electronic versions as per the protocol• Archive and forward data to the regional office and head quarter• Regularly monitor performance of monitoring equipment and set-ups (automatic data loggers, physical set-ups such as cross-sections, wires, stations facilities, etc.), conduct maintenance as per standard or inform regional office and headquarter immediately for malfunction equipment• Mange the monitoring stations and staff professionally• Work closely with other experts involved on data collection processes and other project staff in the watershed• Support the community facilitator in the watershed development effort• Prepare clear plan and submit monthly, quarter, six month and annual progress reports of the monitoring tasks on the scheduled time for the regional office,• Undertake other assigned responsibilities and duties by the hierarchies,- Required: 5- Duty station is in one of the Kunzila Watershed Monitoring Stations with occasional travel to Regional Project Office and HQ. - Contract will be one year with possible extension upon performance. - Salary will be as per the project scale
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