The Managing Watersheds for Enhanced Resilience of Communities to Climate Change in Nepal (MaWRiN) Project is being implemented in Marin watershed which covers two major rivers, i.e., Marin and Kyan in Sindhuli district. The project is funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF) managed Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) to be implemented over a period of six years by WWF in close association with the Federal Ministry of Forests and Environment (MoFE) as the National Executing Agency and Ministry of Forests and Environment of Bagmati Province as the Project Executing Partner. The project will enable the government and local stakeholders to invest in protecting the Marin watershed while bolstering the longer-term resilience of local and indigenous communities against climate emergencies.
The objective of the project is “to enhance climate resilience of Indigenous people and local communities in the Marin watershed (partly/fully covering area of Kamalamai municipality, Marin rural municipality, Ghyanglekh rural municipality, and Hariharpurgadhi rural municipality) through nature-based solutions and livelihood improvement.” The project’s objective will be achieved through the following three inter-connected components:
A Project Management Unit (PMU) has been set up at Kamalamai Municipality, Shantinagar, Sindhuli Madi, Sindhuli. The Chief of the Soil and Watershed Management Office (SWMO), Ramechhap will serve as the Project Manager (PM). The main functions of the PMU are to (i) oversee fiduciary arrangements, (ii) ensure overall efficient management, coordination, timely implementation of the agreed project work plan/result framework including the Environment and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and Gender Action Plan, (iii) operational oversight of implementation activities, (iv) timely reporting, and for effective use of GEF/LDCF resources for the approved work plan and (v) monitoring of the project. The PMU will also serve as the secretariat to the project coordination committee and multi-stakeholder dialogue and action platform.
Under the direct supervision of the Technical Team Leader (TTL) and guidance from the Project Manager (PM), the Project Engineer will be responsible for design, estimation and technical oversight and monitoring of construction activities to ensure quality control of community-led engineering structures and other nature-based solutions aimed at climate change adaptation and disaster risk management. S/he will be based in the PMU office.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Lead technical aspects of design and estimate
2. Monitoring of construction activities to ensure quality control
3. Capacity Need Assessment
4. Capacity Building
5. Documentation
6. Report Writing
7. Coordination
8. Other Duties
This job description covers the main tasks and conveys the spirit of the tasks that are anticipated proactively. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary according to the project needs.
Supervisory Responsibility: None
Working Relationship
Internal: Works closely with PMU staff
External: Coordinate and engage with implementing partners, governmental and non-governmental representatives, as well as consultants
Knowledge: Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering is required.
Experience: At least 3 years of relevant working experience with proven experience of designing engineered structures for watershed management projects in close collaboration with the government is mandatory. Former experience of working in structural mitigation measures against water-induced hazards like flood and landslide with a emphasis on green infrastructure techniques like bio-engineering and nature-based solutions will be an asset.
Skills and Abilities:
WWF is the world’s leading independent conservation organization originated from Switzerland in 1961 and currently running in more than 100 countries across 6 continents. The program started from conservation of wildlife to broader concept of building future where humans can live in harmony with nature. WWF has created 1,480 ecoregions that categorize the world into its natural ecosystems. Nepal with Bhutan, northeast India, southeast Tibet and northern Myanmar, falls under the Eastern Himalaya region housing the threatened species Snow Leopards, Bengal Tigers and One-horned Rhinos.
It was in 1967, WWF initiated WWF Nepal with a rhino conservation program in Chitwan. To keep up with the evolving face of conservation and environmental movement, WWF Nepal’s focus progressed from its localized efforts in conservation of single species in 1960s, integrated conservation and development approach in 1990s, to a new horizon of landscape level conservation encompassing national, regional and global scales of complexity in early 2000s.