Civil Engineer

Vacancy Announcement

Published date: March 20, 2108

BASE is a leading NGO officially registered in 1991 with District Administrative Office, Dang and SWC. BASE has worked in the field of education since its inception. BASE's reputation grew up amongst the marginalized communities of the mid-western and far-western  region (province no. 5, 6 and 7) resulting in a rapidly expanding grass roots and membership based social movement with an aim to empower socially excluded groups. BASE's program delivery has expanded to include formal education, non-formal (financial literacy), livelihood and support to sustainable economic development, child protection and child labor elimination, women empowerment, adolescent development, human rights violation monitoring, conflict mitigation through dialogue, WASH equity,  environmental sustainability, disaster preparedness  and response,  protection and promotion of traditional and indigenous cultures and strengthening governance in local institutions. BASE intends to recruit qualified Nepali citizens for Supporting the Education of Marginalised Girls in Kailali (STEM-II) project in Kailali district.

Programme Summary 

BASE has been implementing supporting the Education of Marginalised Girls (STEM II) programme for the period July 2017 to March 2020. The STEM II programme is a 3 years project funded by DFID focused on girls Education especially for Marginalised Girls in Kailali District of Far Western Region with technical support from Mercy Corps Nepal. This project is a part of a DFID-led global initiative called the Girls Education Challenge (GEC). By the end of the programme, STEM II is expected to reach around 5,000 In-school girls which includes In- School girls between grade 8 to 10, and Out-Of- School girls who dropped out from school grade 6 to 10 since 2066 BS. The program targets Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan city, Gauriganga, Ghodaghodi and Tikapur Municipality and Kailari and Bardgoriya Rural Municipalities. The programme works with 30 community   schools known as ‘treatment schools’ and collects data from 15 community /schools known as ‘control school’.

Position Title: Civil Engineer– 1

Duty Station: Based in BASE Office Dhangadhi Kailali with frequent field visits to project schools 

Required Qualification, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in civil engineering and preferably master degree in civil engineering.
• At least 2-3 years’ relevant professional experience in school related infrastructures.
• Experience in   designing, estimation, implementation and reporting.
• Strong computer skills and demonstrated ability works not delaying program activities.
• Demonstrated attention to detail ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively in the team members.
• Strong English Skills required both written and spoken.
• Willingness to travel to the field.
• Competence in riding a motor bike.

Major responsibilities

• Conduct assessment of feasibility for infrastructure development. 
• Develop technical design, estimate and implement.
• Ensure the quality of construction works.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress report and submit to Program Coordinator. 
• Prepare monthly work plans, which adhere to the overall project objectives.
• Organize regular field visits to ensure that the construction work is being carried out with desired quality and within stipulated time and resources.
• Prepare case studies, success stories and lessoned learned documents.
• Manage good relationships with project stakeholders; schools , community, local governments. 
• Other duties and responsibilities assigned by the organization and Programme Coordinator.

HOW TO APPLY:

Interested candidates should send a CV and cover letter by March 26, 2018, 5:00 PM describing how they meet the requirement of the position to the following address. The candidates are encouraged to apply from marginalized community.

Backward Society Education (BASE)

Central Project Office, Tulsipur 6 Rajaura, Dang 

Email: info@nepalbase.org

For the details job description of the positions are available on BASE web site: www.nepalbase.org OR Candidates can also submit their hard copy application and CV to BASE District Office, Dhangadhi, Kailali. Only short listed candidate will be noticed for the further process.