Job categories:Engineering
Vacancy code:VA/2023/B5323/25700
Department/office:AFR, KEMCO, Kenya
Duty station:Multiple Locations, Madagascar
Contract type:Local ICA Support
Contract level:LICA-6
Duration:Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.
Deadline date: 11-Apr-2023
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.
Please note that UNOPS will at no stage of the recruitment process request candidates to make payments of any kind.
Background Information - Job-specific
The Technical Services Unit (TSU) engages in multidisciplinary design, assessments and advisory work, mostly in East and Southern Africa.
TSU currently provides design services for infrastructure works to Project Managers. Recently the team has expanded its offering to include consulting services such as assessments, feasibility studies and advisory services on a wide range of infrastructure types.
The TSU currently has 17 permanent and 60+ retainer personnel including architects, civil engineers, structural engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, quantity surveyors, GIS and specialist infrastructure advisors (for dams, ICT, safeguards, biomedical works inter alia) and CAD technicians as well as support personnel. Current projects are underway / imminent in Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Zambia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Djibouti and Cameroon.
The TSU is a business unit for the Multi-Country office and comes under the direction of the Director for East and Southern Africa office (KEMC).
The Associate Civil Engineer (retainer) shall be called on on an ad-hoc basis to support various projects by providing a mix of assessments, analysis, design documentation and reporting.
Functional Responsibilities
Purpose and Scope of Assignment Under the overall supervision of the Civil...
Education/Experience/Language requirements
Education Completion of Secondary School is required. A Higher Dip...
Competencies
Treats all individuals with respect; responds sensitively to differences and enc...
