Somalia: Individual Short Term Expert for Supervision of Detailed Engineering Design of Selection Sections of Hargeisa Town Water Supply Network System

Short Term Consultant Opportunity

Individual Short Term Expert for Supervision of Detailed Engineering Design of Selection Sections of Hargeisa Town Water Supply Network System,**Hargeisa Water Agency**. Ref No: – P201

The Somaliland Development Fund (SDF) is a 4 - year fund designed to support the Government of Somaliland (GoSL) filling a critical gap supporting projects that are fully aligned to the National Development Plan (NDP). SDF is currently funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), the Embassy of Norway and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The SDF has allocated funding to Hora Hadley Water and Ayaha 1&2Project implemented by Hargeisa Water Agency and intends to use a part of the funding for engaging the services of a Short Term Expert to supervise detailed engineering design for the extension of Hargeisa water supply system to southern districts of Ahmed Dhagah and Mohamoud Haybe districts (Package A and B) and northern districts of Ga’anLibah and Ibrahim Koodbur (Package C and D) including design of water reservoirs, transmission mains, distribution pipeline, bulk flow meters and other associated works over a 20 years design horizon, in Hargeisa City, Maroodijeh Region in Somaliland.

The Somaliland Development Fund Secretariat on behalf of the Hargeisa Water Agency now invites applications from qualified Individual Consultants to provide the above services.

Required Qualifications/Skills

Required minimum Qualification

· At least a Master’s degree in Water Engineering or Civil Engineering;

· Full membership of a relevant recognised professional body is must;

· Demonstrated excellent command of spoken and written English. Fluency in Somaliland local language will be an added advantage although not essential; and

General professional experience

· Minimum of 15 year experience in designing, construction management, and supervision of large integrated Water supply and Sewerage projects in Africa;

· Experience working in a consulting firm as a design engineer and providing backstopping quality assurance services to government clients; and

· Proven facilitation, analytical and report writing skills.

Specific professional experience

· Demonstrated experience (minimum of 8 years) in designing or supervision of designing of urban water supply systems. Examples of projects designed or supervised in the last five years will be requested;

· Demonstrated knowledge of AutoCAD and water distribution system design software like EPANET, WaterCAD etc; and

· Demonstrated hands-on technical understanding of piped water supply distribution system design/modelling/planning and water treatment system design for growing urban areas. Examples of projects should be identified in the application.

· Specific work experience in East and Horn of Africa context is required. Specific work experience in Somalia or Somaliland would be an advantage but not essential.

How to apply

Interested candidates should send their applications (cover letter and CV) to the Somaliland Development Fund Secretariat through e-mail jobs@sdf-secretariat.org. Candidates should indicate in their cover letter how they fit the criteria outlined in the advert. All applications must be received by 23 November 2015 East African Standard Time. Full Terms of Reference can be requested via email from SDF recruitment consultant atl.vocks@europeansolutions.nl. Applicants should clearly indicate the position they are applying for in the email subject line.

Any attempt by a candidate to influence the outcome of the recruitment process in any way which can be interpreted as canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification from being considered for the this position.

This Consultancy is open to Somaliland and International Candidates.

Women candidates are strongly encouraged to apply