Position: District Technical Specialist

Location: Nashik (Maharashtra), Yadgir & Raichur (Karnataka), Guntur (Andhra Pradesh)

No. of Position: 4

Project/Department: Women + Water Collaborative

Reporting to: District Coordinator

Reporting from:District Technical officer, MIS and Admin officer and Community Facilitators

Contract Duration: 30 September 2025

Context:
Jal Seva Charitable Foundation (JSCF) is registered in India as a not for profit company under Chapter 8 of the Companies Act, 2013. JSCF, is an associate member of WaterAid International and uses the brand name ‘WaterAid’ in India.
WaterAid India seeks to improve access to clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene for everyone, everywhere.
We started in 1986 because no non-profit like us existed. We are determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. Only by tackling these three essentials, in ways that last, can people change their lives for good.
In India, WaterAid works with communities in rural and urban areas. Thanks to our amazing supporters, we have reached millions of people with these three essentials – clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene – enabling communities to unlock their potential to break free from the cycle of poverty and to change for good.
We will not stop. Not until clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene are a normal part of everyday life for everyone, everywhere.
WaterAid India’s (WAI) country office is based in New Delhi with State Offices in Bhopal, Raipur, Bhubaneswar, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Patna and Lucknow. We currently work in 11+ states across the country.
WAI’s Programme focus in the next five years is on ensuring that communities – especially low-income families – are WASH secure i.e. with assured access to safe drinking water at the household level; with safely managed sanitation’ institutions such as anganwadi’s, schools and health care facilities with adequate and appropriate WASH infrastructure and with good hygiene behaviours. We seek to do this through demonstration and the provision of technical and knowledge support to governments at all levels who can facilitate this adoption on scale.

Roles & Responsibility:

•Anchor all technical interventions related to implementation of infrastructure in the project.
• Provide support and monitor timely completion of all infrastructure work planned in the project with excellent quality.
• Undertake the development of infrastructure design and implementation through site assessments, technical estimations, engineering drawings & designs
• Support and guide field team to ensure standard quality of infrastructure interventions in the project.
• Responsible to ensure adherence to technical standards and compliance to technical guidelines and policies in the project
• Undertake monitoring visits to sites to ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Develop village level plans related to grey water, water quality, water budgeting & source sustainability, etc.
• Build capacity of team and community members in understanding infrastructure plans
• Strengthen community processes for operation and maintenance of WASH infrastructure and ground water management technologies

Eligibilities and Qualifications:

a.) Qualification/Experience:

• Post-graduate/graduate degree (or equivalent) in civil engineering or environmental engineering
• Work experience between 3-5years in a similar organizational/ functional context.
• Experience of working on the issue of water & sanitation and ground water management will be desirable

b.) Skills, Aptitude and Attitude:

• The Candidate should possess excellent computer skills in MS Office and relevant applications
• Self-driven, motivated and with a problem solving skills from a techno-economic point of view will be preferred.
• Professional language proficiency in English, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada (depending on location opted for).
• Familiarity with design and drawing in software like AutoCAD, SketchUp Pro and digital methods (GIS) will be an added advantage.
• Willingness to travel extensively.
• Hands on approach to problem solving and trouble shooting
• Able to prioritise, set and meet deadline

Others:

• Support for regular project updates and donor reports.
• Facilitate WAI project related assessment, monitoring/quality assurance and donor visits
• Identify and establish rapport with other experts who can add value to WAI’s efforts with regard to the theme.
• Review of MIS for timeliness and correctness of all infrastructures related outcomes.
• Support and facilitate Purchase Requisitions (Technical) as per timeline and process.
• Support internal and external audits.
• Ensuring compliance to the organisation’s policy and procedures, such as risk management, Health and Safety policy, Water Quality Protocols, etc.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by District Coordinator

WAI, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

Women and the differently abled are encouraged to apply.