COCOF ,Water Field Officer Jobs in Rwanda

VACANCY: WATER FIELD
OFFICER

COCOF is a local
women’s organisation created in 1994 with the aim of improving the socio­economic
conditions for women by supporting agricultural, small business and livestock
activities in Kamonyi District. The target group of COCOF was exclusively women
farmers’ associations involved in agricultural activities at grassroots level.

With the support of
Trocaire in partnership with SCI

AF, COCOF wishes to recruit the Water Field
Officer to support the project aiming at piloting technologies in water
resources management for agricultural production. The Water Field Officer will
have primary responsibility for providing technical and capacity building
support to COCOF and to the targeted community tb apply a range of technologies
to harvest and use rainwater in their agricultural production, together with
the recycling of the water used for other domestic activities.

You will hold a
Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Water engineering, Agricultural or land use
knowledge with practical sensitivity to soil-water dynamics and risk factors of
water accumulation and landslides or related academic field and have at least 3
years’ experience in water technology construction and maintenance, especially
in rainwater capture, storage, use and recycling. A broad understanding of
water construction systems and technologies and application of land protection
principles for water capture and for prevention of land damage through
concentration of water and water run-off.

Fluency in written
and spoken Kinyarwanda and a good working knowledge of English and French is
required.

Interested
candidates should submit their curriculum vitae, with the names and contact
details of two referees, together with a cover letter explaining why they are
interested in the post and summarising the particular personal attributes which
make them ideally suited for the role.

Applications should
be sent by e-mail to cocof_ruyumba@yahoo.fr
alternatively they may be delivered to COCOF, Musambira Sector, District
Kamonyi

Closing date for
applications: 19
May 2016 at 4:00 PM.

For more details, a full job
description is available upon request from the COCOF Office.

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