Senior Project Assistant - Road Maintenance G6 (7 Positions)

Responsabilités

Description of Duties Each incumbent will be given the responsibility of a specific state and working closely with SPIU category of infrastructure works for which they will be the key resource person, including initial feasibility studies, preliminary and detailed designs, quantity surveying, contract documents, supervision and inspection of works, use of appropriate technology, conditions of employment of labour, OSH, gender, environment and other crosscutting issues related to the works. The Senior Project Assistants shall be based in the States Project Implementation Unit (SPIUs) and will be responsible for providing technical support to SPIUs in overall achievements of the rural road’s routine maintenance and Spot Improvements activities under the project. He /She shall report day to day to the Chief of SPIUs on activities and ILO’s Chief Technical Advisor in the FPMU and shall be technically supported by the Training Roads Maintenance Technical Officer and Senior Roads Maintenance Engineer and Senior Specialist, Employment Intensive Investments in the ILO’s Decent Work Technical Team in Dakar. His /her key responsibilities shall be to support the PMU and the project team in the following areas: Collaborate with the SPIUs in data collection, road condition surveys and updating of rural roads inventory in the states for formulation of their annual and multiyear road maintenance plans. Assist SPIUs in pilot testing of various innovative routine road maintenance models including group based / community contracting and physical and financial tracking of the road maintenance activities as per their annual routine maintenance plans. Participate as a resource person in technical trainings, assist in building a system wide capacity for training and development of Road Maintenance Groups and Spot Improvement maintenance contractors, on-site and off-site training modules for States level maintenance events and provide technical support to local contractors and communities involved in the infrastructure works. Integrate Decent Work Elements into Maintenance and Operation Manuals suggesting policies in scaling up sustainable routine road maintenance. Apply appropriate technical design standards, work methods and organisation, standard bill of quantities, work norms and appropriate unit rates for the planning and design of transport infrastructure works including quantity surveys, prepare designs and cost estimates, project DPR for Routine and Spot maintenance infrastructure works, prepare bidding documents and civil works contracts and review tenders. Advise and provide guidance to counterpart agencies, contractors and local communities on local resource-based work approaches including the use of employment-intensive work methods in the rehabilitation and maintenance of transport infrastructure. Organise community consultations as part of securing adequate local involvement in the planning and implementation of works. Review contractors’ work programmes, methods statements, material sources, testing of gravel, aggregate and other building materials. Assist in conducting regular inspection and measurement of works, specification, quality of materials and as-built drawings; support the certification and approval of completed works for payment. Process payments of work, maintain expenditure plans and update works budgets.

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