Construction Advisor
2025-08-27T13:12:53+00:00
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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FULL_TIME
Mazabuka
Mazabuka
10101
Zambia
Nonprofit, and NGO
Construction
2025-09-10T17:00:00+00:00
Zambia
8
Main tasks and responsibilities
- Oversee and supervise rehabilitation, construction and maintenance of small-scale water infrastructure, including borehole upgrades and new drilling, ensuring quality, technical standards, legal compliance
- Ensure alignment infrastructure activities with project objectives, promoting integration across water, energy, food, and environment sectors to support sustainable catchment and landscape management
- Coordinate with MWDS, local authorities, traditional leaders, communities and other relevant donor-funded projects for integrated, participatory planning and co-management of water infrastructure, aligned with integrated catchment management and local governance objectives
- Integrate ecosystem-based approaches like erosion control, riparian restoration, and rainwater harvesting in rehabilitation works to enhance climate resilience and contribute to landscape protection
- Support local capacity building for operation, maintenance, and governance of rehabilitated infrastructure to strengthen sustainable water management and support landscape protection goals
- Monitor, report, and document rehabilitation and drilling progress, sharing lessons learned and contributing to the scaling of successful practices for catchment management and climate adaptation
- Provide technical input to procurement processes by reviewing Ministry-prepared designs and BoQs to ensure consistency with project objectives, and ensure compliance with quality standards to support the delivery of sustainable, climate-resilient water infrastructure
- Ensure environmental and social safeguards are integrated into all activities, supporting responsible rehabilitation and alignment with landscape protection goals
- Supervision and coordination of a financing agreement between GIZ and MWDS, ensuring compliance and results-orientation
Qualifications and Requirements:
- At least bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Water Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree is an added advantage)
- Registered with the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ)
- Verified academic certificates by Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA)
Professional experience
- At least 7 years of relevant experience in water infrastructure development, construction supervision, or integrated catchment-based planning
- Experience in applying ecosystem approaches or NbS in infrastructure planning or rural development projects is an asset
- Experience Handling donor-funded or international cooperation projects, particularly GIZ or similar organizations, is preferred.
Other knowledge and additional competences
- Demonstrated understanding of hydrology, water resource planning, and environmental management, with a strong grasp of Nature-Based Solutions and ecosystem-based adaptation principles.
- Demonstrated understanding of hydrology, water resource planning, and environmental management, with a strong grasp of Nature-Based Solutions and ecosystem-based adaptation principles.
Oversee and supervise rehabilitation, construction and maintenance of small-scale water infrastructure, including borehole upgrades and new drilling, ensuring quality, technical standards, legal compliance Ensure alignment infrastructure activities with project objectives, promoting integration across water, energy, food, and environment sectors to support sustainable catchment and landscape management Coordinate with MWDS, local authorities, traditional leaders, communities and other relevant donor-funded projects for integrated, participatory planning and co-management of water infrastructure, aligned with integrated catchment management and local governance objectives Integrate ecosystem-based approaches like erosion control, riparian restoration, and rainwater harvesting in rehabilitation works to enhance climate resilience and contribute to landscape protection Support local capacity building for operation, maintenance, and governance of rehabilitated infrastructure to strengthen sustainable water management and support landscape protection goals Monitor, report, and document rehabilitation and drilling progress, sharing lessons learned and contributing to the scaling of successful practices for catchment management and climate adaptation Provide technical input to procurement processes by reviewing Ministry-prepared designs and BoQs to ensure consistency with project objectives, and ensure compliance with quality standards to support the delivery of sustainable, climate-resilient water infrastructure Ensure environmental and social safeguards are integrated into all activities, supporting responsible rehabilitation and alignment with landscape protection goals Supervision and coordination of a financing agreement between GIZ and MWDS, ensuring compliance and results-orientation
At least bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Water Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree is an added advantage) Registered with the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) Verified academic certificates by Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA) Professional experience At least 7 years of relevant experience in water infrastructure development, construction supervision, or integrated catchment-based planning Experience in applying ecosystem approaches or NbS in infrastructure planning or rural development projects is an asset Experience Handling donor-funded or international cooperation projects, particularly GIZ or similar organizations, is preferred.
JOB-68af045561151
Vacancy title:
Construction Advisor
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Construction]
Jobs at:
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, September 10 2025
Duty Station:
Mazabuka | Mazabuka | Zambia
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, August 27 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Main tasks and responsibilities
- Oversee and supervise rehabilitation, construction and maintenance of small-scale water infrastructure, including borehole upgrades and new drilling, ensuring quality, technical standards, legal compliance
- Ensure alignment infrastructure activities with project objectives, promoting integration across water, energy, food, and environment sectors to support sustainable catchment and landscape management
- Coordinate with MWDS, local authorities, traditional leaders, communities and other relevant donor-funded projects for integrated, participatory planning and co-management of water infrastructure, aligned with integrated catchment management and local governance objectives
- Integrate ecosystem-based approaches like erosion control, riparian restoration, and rainwater harvesting in rehabilitation works to enhance climate resilience and contribute to landscape protection
- Support local capacity building for operation, maintenance, and governance of rehabilitated infrastructure to strengthen sustainable water management and support landscape protection goals
- Monitor, report, and document rehabilitation and drilling progress, sharing lessons learned and contributing to the scaling of successful practices for catchment management and climate adaptation
- Provide technical input to procurement processes by reviewing Ministry-prepared designs and BoQs to ensure consistency with project objectives, and ensure compliance with quality standards to support the delivery of sustainable, climate-resilient water infrastructure
- Ensure environmental and social safeguards are integrated into all activities, supporting responsible rehabilitation and alignment with landscape protection goals
- Supervision and coordination of a financing agreement between GIZ and MWDS, ensuring compliance and results-orientation
Qualifications and Requirements:
- At least bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Water Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree is an added advantage)
- Registered with the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ)
- Verified academic certificates by Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA)
Professional experience
- At least 7 years of relevant experience in water infrastructure development, construction supervision, or integrated catchment-based planning
- Experience in applying ecosystem approaches or NbS in infrastructure planning or rural development projects is an asset
- Experience Handling donor-funded or international cooperation projects, particularly GIZ or similar organizations, is preferred.
Other knowledge and additional competences
- Demonstrated understanding of hydrology, water resource planning, and environmental management, with a strong grasp of Nature-Based Solutions and ecosystem-based adaptation principles.
- Demonstrated understanding of hydrology, water resource planning, and environmental management, with a strong grasp of Nature-Based Solutions and ecosystem-based adaptation principles.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 84
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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