Construction Coordinator Job in Abuja at Save the Children

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also in times of humanitarian crises.

Save the Children is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Construction Coordinator
Location: Abuja
Role Purpose

• The Construction Coordinator will be tasked with overseeing all
  functional aspects of construction related from design and procurement,
  to supervision and contributing to reports.

Key Areas of Accountability
Planning, Coordination & programme support:

• Liaise with programme Technical leads, Programme Managers and
  the relevant Regional government bureaus on the design of structures and
  advise on appropriateness of design and materials for the proposed
  sites.
• Contribute to proposals and provide daily and monthly reports
  outlining progress as well as the utilization of materials, labour, and
  equipment being used.
• Collaborate in planning,  design and quantity surveying with
  respective resident Engineers while they are developing new project
  proposal

Technical/Operational:

• In coordination with the relevant programme and operation team,
  is responsible for preparing, reviewing and administering contracts and
  infrastructure development projects.
• Review technical design documents from the programme sectors
  (Health, education and Wash) and recommend relevant modifications, if
  required. and also ensure that the project plans, drawings or sketches
  are well understood by the implementation contractors/teams, provide
  implementation guidelines and give feedback as appropriate.
• Visit and assess proposed construction sites in project areas
  and make decisions based on consultation with the HOL, AOMs, FMs,
  communities & concerned government officials as required.
• Ensure effective and efficient use of all SC’s financial and material resources in order to keep costs to the lowest possible.
• Provide technical support for all partner agencies.
• Keep record of federal and regional standard designs for Education, Health and WASH and other rural infrastructure activities and adopt them as required
• Establish a contract management database and keep updated record of progresses at each construction project, also coordinate and supervise construction works in order to assure quality of construction.
• Work closely with requestors to ensure that contract values are within the available budget limit, and also keep record of payables (retentions) and receivables (advances) and inform all concerned timely for release and/or recovery.
• Assist the procurement team in outsourcing and contract
  administration for all the programme’s construction activities
  implemented by the programme in different area and field offices.
• Examine and process payment requests for construction works
  undertaken by different projects in the programme area by the Resident
  Engineers.
• Identify where necessary, and through acceptable and transparent
  ways, contractors/specialists/suppliers to carry out specialised pieces
  of work where project personnel do not have the capacity to do so
• Ensure that the project plans, drawings or sketches are well
  understood by the implementation contractors/teams, provide
  implementation guidelines and give feedback as appropriate.
• Identify and organise procurement of locally available
  construction materials in close collaboration with the FO procurement
  team.

Review, Follow up and assessment:

• Review technical design documents for construction works and
  fully participate in the preparation and analysing tendering and
  contract administration processes.
• Review the status and progress of construction work including  assessment of  the quality  ,design  and implementation processes
• Coordinate and actively participate in the construction projects management Processes (Planning phase, Design phase, Bidding phase, & Construction phase and Post construction phase)
• Follow up on planning and implementation of all construction
  undertakings and also review and monitor the performance of construction
  companies for compliance with the contract agreements they entered into
  with SCI in collaboration with Hub Construction manager.
• Examine, review and  verify construction payment requested by the FO Resident Engineers

Capacity Building:

• Build and develop the capacity of the projects construction
  supervisors (field Logisticians) and procurement team through the use of
  effective training, performance management frameworks and development
  plan.

Report:

• Collect data from field offices and compile construction work
  progress reports on regular basis to concerned program representative
  and CO Logistics

Qualification and Experience

• First degree in Construction Engineering or related technical field
• Proven and significant experience in international procurement
  and contract management, including an ability to review procurement
  demands and trends, and to develop strategies to fill identified gaps.
• A high level of computer literacy (word, excel, ppt etc)
• Field level experience in logistics for INGOs in international development and emergency programmes
• Knowledge of  key institutional donors and their compliance requirements in respect of logistics and procurement
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in.
• Commitment to Save the Children values.
• Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours in
  the event of major emergencies including travelling at short notice and
  for extended periods of time
• Highly organised with good administration skills for order and
  information management, able to develop filing systems and databases to
  ensure an auditable trail.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Application Deadline  13th February, 2017