EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Mbeya
Water Supply and Sanitation Authority (Mbeya WSSA) is an autonomous water
supply organization mandated to provide water and sewerage disposal services
within the urban area of Mbeya City. It was established in January 1998 under
section 3(1) of Act No.8 OF 1997, repealed by Act No.12 of 2009.
To
adequately fulfill its objectives and in line with the expansion of activities
Mbeya WSSA is now inviting applications from suitably qualified and self
motivated Tanzanians of high personal integrity to apply for the following
positions.
1.
Legal Officer III- 1 post
Organization Relationship
Appointed
by : Management Team
Reports
to : Head of legal services
Unit
Supervises : None
Employment
terms: unspecified period (permanent and pensionable)
Salary
scale : WSSA 5
Qualification of the Applicants
i.
Holder of degree in Law from recognized
Institution
ii.
Must be computer literate
iii.
Must be Tanzanian
iv.
Age limit not above 35 years of age
v.
With at least one year experience in
related field
Duties and
Responsibility
·
To draft simple contracts between Mbeya
WSSA and other parties
·
To assist in drafting legal briefs
·
To assist in drafting pleadings
·
To draft demand letters and notice to
defaulting customers
·
To search for relevant evidence for
cases involving Mbeya WSSA
·
To in criminal or fraud investigations
in which Mbeya WSSA has an interest
·
To perform any other duties as assigned
by supervisor
2. Information and Communication
Technology officer Grade I -1 Post
Organization relationships
Appointed by : Management team
Reports
to : Commercial manager
Supervises : Junior ICT Officers
Employment
terms: Unspecified period (permanent and pensionable)
Salary
scale : WSSA 7
Qualification of the Applicants
i.
Holders of Bachelor Degree in Computer
Science, Computer Engineering, Information and Communication Technology,
Information System Analysis, Electronics and Communications or any other
relevant qualifications from a recognized Institution with a working experience
of at least (3) years on the same field.
ii.
Must be computer literate
iii.
Must be a Tanzanian
iv.
Age not above 45 years
Duties
and Responsibilities
·
To provide ICT assistance to Mbeya WSSA
staff.
·
To schedule upgrades of hardware and
software systems and security backups.
·
To ensure the smooth running of all ICT
systems including anti-virus software, printing services and email provision.
·
To provide secure access to the network
for remote users in any.
·
To ensure the security of data from
internal and external attack.
·
To manage ICT crisis situations, which
involve complex technical hardware or software problems.
3. Accountant Grade I - 1 post
Appointed
by : Management Team
Reports
to : Financial
Manager
Supervises :
Accountants Assistants
Employment
terms : unspecified period (permanent
and pensionable)
Salary
scale : WSSA
7
Qualification of the Applicants
I.
Holders of Bachelor Degree or Advanced
Diploma in Accountancy or Finance, Business Administration (majoring in
Accountancy or Finance) from Institutes of higher learning with at least three
(3) years of working experience in accountancy or finance and must be
registered by NBAA as CPA (T) or ACCA holder or equivalent professional
qualifications. Knowledge of accounting
packages and computer strongly Microsoft Office is a must.
II.
Must be a Tanzania citizen
III.
Age not above 45 years
Duties and Responsibilities
1.
To assist project investigation,
evaluation and implementation as required.
2. To
provide report and information that enable proper control to be exercised over
projects.
3.
To authorize payments appropriate for
the section within the delegated powers including signing of cheques.
4.
To assist in preparation of annual
accounts.
5. To
supervise the maintenance of the books of accounts allied records and related
correspondences.
6. To
participate in the preparation of annual plans and budgets.
7. To
prepare and submit monthly, quarterly and annual financial performance reports.
8. To
make timely payment of taxes, salaries, imprests, creditors and statutory
contributions in order to avoid surcharge and penalties.
9. To
make timely and safe collection of water and sewerage revenues and deposit them
into bank accounts.
10. To
make proper and regular inventory taking, valuation of closing stock including
stock of water and fixed assets as required;
11. To
assist in providing financial and costing information including production
water costs in liaison with business section, water production section, and
network and construction section.
12. To
perform other related duties as may be assigned by the supervisor
4. Accountant Officer Grade III-1post
Organizational Relationships
Appointed
by : Management Team
Reports
to : Finance Manager
Supervises : Accountants Assistants
Employment Terms : Unspecified
Period (Permanent and
Pensionable)
Salary
Scale : WSSA 5
Qualification
of the Applicants
Holders
of Bachelor Degree or Advanced Diploma in Accountancy or Finance, Business
Administration (majoring in Accountancy or Finance) from Institutes of higher
learning with at least 1 year of working experience in accountancy or finance
Duties
and Responsibilities:
1.
To prepare accounting schedules and
statements
2.
To maintain ledgers, journals, cash
books and other accounting records,
3.
To reconcile control accounts with
subsidiary ledgers,
4.
To compile various statistics,
5.
To prepare trial balances,
6.
To carryout revenue accounting
reconciliation,
7.
To prepare payroll and bank
reconciliation,
8.
To handle foreign and local creditors
payment and reconciliation,
9.
To deal with payments of staff
allowances petty cash authorized by Supervisors,
10.
To control staff debtors and loan
accounts,
11.
To perform any other related duties as
may be assigned by the relevant supervisor.
5. Human Resources Officer Grade III- 1 Post
Organizational Relationships
Appointed by : Management Team
Reports to : Human Resources and Administration
Manager
Supervises : None
Employment
Terms : Unspecified Period (Permanent
and
Pensionable)
Salary Scale : WSSA
5
1. Requirements /Qualification of Applicants
i.
By appointment of candidates holding
Bachelors Degree or Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management, Public
Administration, Business Administration with bias in Human Resources
Management, Industrial Relations, Manpower Planning, Management or equivalent
qualifications with at least 1 year in working experience, He/she must be
computer literate.
ii.
Must be a Tanzania citizen
iii.
Age not above 35 years
Duties and Responsibilities
1.
To update and maintain personnel records
and statistics;
2.
To assist in the processing of
recruitment, staff allocation and development/training program
3.
To assist in developing, maintaining and
administers staff regulations, conditions of service, remuneration and
incentive schemes;
4.
To provide Mbeya WSSA officers with the
right reading materials e.g. newspapers, magazines and periodicals;
5.
To assist in the administration of wage
and salary;
6.
To deal with staff welfare i.e. medical
services, annual leave fare, etc.
7.
To coordinate orientation and induction
programs;
8.
To handle staff welfare issues including
grievances, leave, transfer and terminal benefits.
9.
To carry out any other duties that may
be assigned to him from time to time by his /her supervisor.
6. Public Relations Officer Grade III - 1Post
Organizational Relationships
Appointed by : Management
Team
Reports to : Head of Public Relations Unit
Supervises : None
Employment
Terms : Unspecified Period (Permanent
and
Pensionable)
Salary Scale : WSSA
5
1. Requirement/Qualification of Applicants
i.
By
appointment of candidates who has a Bachelor Degree in Journalism, Public
Administration, Sociology, Social Works, Mass Communications, Public Relations,
Marketing or related disciplines with at least one year in working experience,
Computer literacy is essential.
ii.
Must be a Tanzania citizen
iii.
Age not above 35 years
Duties and Responsibilities
1. To collect and handle internal and
external complaints.
2. To
prepare and carry out Mbeya WSSA public announcements.
3. To
conduct customer survey.
4. To
assist in collecting opinions and feedback from the public about the
organization.
5. To
participate in the proper preparation and issuing of all the press releases,
newsletters, interviews and other official publications.
6. WSSA
customers to collecting and analyze data on Mbeya.
7. Internal Auditor Grade III-1post
Organizational Relationships
Appointed by : Management
Team
Reports
to : Chief Internal Auditor
Supervises : None
Employment
Terms : Unspecified Period (Permanent and
Pensionable)
Salary Scale : WSSA
5
1. Requirements/Qualification of the Applicants
i.
Holders of Bachelor Degree or
Advanced Diploma in Accountancy, Finance or Auditing from a recognized
Institution. Working knowledge in the use of accounting and auditing packages with
at least two years in working experience, computer literate is an added
advantage.
ii.
Must be a Tanzania citizen
iii.
Age not above 35 years
Duties and Responsibilities
1. To
assist in conducting financial pre-audit within the Institution;
2. To
assist in performing regular checks and investigations;
3. To
ensure that cash is properly counted for and audited;
4. Participating
to produce regular audit reports on Investigation/ auditing undertaken;
5. Participating
to ensure that revenue due is promptly billed and collected;
8. Engineers Grade III- 2posts as follows
8.1. Civil/water engineer
8.2. Electro-mechanical engineer
Organizational Relationships
Appointed by : Management
Team
Reports to : Technical
Manager
Supervises : none
Employment Terms : Unspecified Period (Permanent and
Pensionable)
Salary
Scale : WSSA 5
1. Requirements/Qualification
of Applicants
i.
Holders
of Bachelor Degree or Advanced Diploma in
Civil, Water Resources, Electrical mechanical, Environmental or Sanitary Engineering from a recognized institution with at least one year working
experience on the same field,
the candidate must be registered as a graduate engineer with
Engineers Registration Board (ERB) of Tanzania Computer
competence in engineering packages is essential advantage.
ii.
Must be a Tanzanian citizen
iii.
Age not above 35 years
Duties and Responsibilities
1.
Water
Network
i.
To assist in survey, development and
maintenance of water works.
ii.
To organize maintenance of water
networks.
iii.
To conduct periodic and regular
inspection of the supply area and take
Appropriate remedial
measures.
iv.
To supervise the preparation and
implementation of water works activities.
v.
To analyze causes for water loss and
recommend accordingly.
vi.
To review performance of water works and
prepare necessary reports.
vii.
To
perform any other duties as may be assigned by relevant authority.
2.
Planning,
Design and Construction
i.
To assist in collection and analyzing
systems and procedures for urban water supply and sewerage network.
ii.
To assist in carrying out technical,
economic, social and financial appraisal or proposed projects.
iii.
To assist in carrying out master
planning for urban water supply and sewerage network.
iv.
To analyze demand for water and sewerage
service.
v.
To assist in establishment of design
standards and specifications for all development works undertaken by MBEYA
WSSA.
vi.
To supervise all water supply and
sewerage network construction contracts.
vii.
To ensure that proper construction
progress records are kept and periodic progress reports are produced for each contract.
viii.
To assist in assessment, design and
supervision of extension of water distribution lines.
ix.
To carry out any other duties as may be
assigned by the supervisor.
3. Repair and Maintenance
i.
To assist in efficient and effective
management of the Maintenance and Repair Section.
ii.
To assist in maintenance and repair of
all mechanical and electrical water treatment plant pump stations, equipment,
meters and valves.
iii.
To assist in developing policies,
standards, and procedures for the mechanical and electrical maintenance and
repair of water plant, vehicles and equipment.
iv.
To coordinate the preparation of
preventive mechanical and electrical maintenance programs for plant and
equipment.
v.
To maintain up to date documentation on
maintenance and repair.
vi.
To coordinate regular inspections of
plant and equipment.
vii.
To monitor servicing, maintenance and
repair activities.
viii.
To advise on appropriate mechanical,
electrical maintenance and repair equipment for procurement.
ix.
To coordinate training of maintenance
and repair Assistant Technicians.
x.
To prepare and submit maintenance and
repair reports.
xi.
To attend unscheduled maintenance and
repair emergency cases.
xii.
To prepare maintenance and repair
budget.
xiii.
To perform any other duties as may be
assigned by the supervisor.
3.
Water
Production
i.
To analyze and recommend means for production and treatment of water
ii.
To assist in formulating policies,
standards and procedures for water treatment.
iii.
To monitoring performance of water
sources and water treatment plant.
iv.
To formulate long term plan and annual
budget for water production and treatment.
v.
To manage water sources.
vi.
To regularly determine resources
requirement for proper production of adequate quality water.
vii.
To carry out other duties as may be
assigned.
4.
Sewerage
i.
To prepare sewerage network schedules.
ii.
To collect and analyze data on sewerage.
iii.
To conduct training for sewerage staff
on the use of safety and sanitary gears.
iv.
To analyze the extent of damaged pipes
before declaring them to be removed.
v.
To supervise investigation on illegal
sewerage connections and recommend rectification measures.
vi.
To determine amount of waste water being
discharged to the sewerage network.
vii.
To compile monthly and quarterly
sewerage operations and maintenance reports.
viii.
To perform any other duties as may be
assigned by supervisor.
4. Water Production
i.
To supervise production and
treatment of water.
ii.
To supervise the formulating of policies,
standards and procedures for water treatment.
iii.
To supervise management of water
sources.
iv.
To supervise formulation of
long term plan and annual budget for water production and treatment department.
v.
To supervise preparation of water production
performance reports.
vi.
To determine resource requirement for
proper production of adequate quality water.
vii.
Carry out other duties as may be
assigned by the supervisor
5.
Sewerage
i.
To
advise on effectine means for handling and treating sewerage.
ii.
To
supervise training on the use of sewer and safety equipment to personnel
dealing with inspections and maintenance of sewers.
iii.
To
supervise inspection of waste water collection system.
iv.
To
design mechanisms for improving sewer systems.
v.
To
supervise maintenence of sewer, overflow and blockages.
vi.
To
supervise compilation of sewerage works reports.
9. Water Sales Assistant Grade IV -
20 Posts (Meter Readers)
Appointed by : Managing director
Reports
to : Commercial manager
Supervises : None
Employment
terms: unspecified period (permanent and pensionable)
Salary
scale : WSSA 1
Requirement/ Qualification of the Applicants
i.
Form iv with at least pass in one
of the following subject Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Bookkeeping ,Commerce,
Geography, with grade ‘D’
ii.
Certificate in Business
Administration /communication skills/computer/Records Management or Trade Test
Grade 1 plumbing, any working experience in meter reading, revenue collection
or analysis shall be added advantage.
iii.
Age not above 35 years
Duties and Responsibilities
·
To read all water meters allocated
within the specified area of jurisdification
·
To keep track of all water meters in the
area of operation
·
To distribute water bills to all
customers whose meters have been read
·
To report clogged water meters causing
them to fail customers in getting water
·
To check and ensure that all meters in
the zone are in working condition
·
To receive and address simple customer
complaints about meter reading
·
To distribute messages and leaflets to
identify illegal connections
·
To make follow-up and collect billing
claims.
·
To perform any other duties as may be
assigned by the customer Records and Billing Officer
10. Motor Vehicle Divers - 3 posts
Appointed by : Managing directors
Reports
to : Administrative officer
Supervises : None
Employment
terms: unspecified period (permanent and pensionable)
Salary
scale : WSSA 1
Requirements/Qualifications of the
Applicants
i.
Holder of certificate of secondary
Education with passes in either English or Kiswahili with a valid class “C” driving
license the incumbent must have driving training certificate from National
Institute of Transport (NIT) or any other recognized training institution as a
necessary requirement, with at least one year in working experience. Possession
of Trade Grade I in Motor Mechanics, water pipes plumbing or water pumps
mechanics from The Vocational Education Authority (VETA)or any other recognized
vocational college is an added advantage
ii.
Must be a Tanzania citizen
iii.
Age not above 35 years
Duties and Responsibilities
·
To skillfully drive all types of
vehicles and to be able to detect any vehicle defects and promptly reports to
the supervisor
·
To keep vehicle in good condition
including keeping it always clean and tidy
·
To keep log –book sheets up to date in connection
with vehicles moments
·
To carry out minor repairs and
adjustments on vehicles entrusted to him/her
·
To perform any duties that may be
assigned to him
Key competences for all applicants
i.
Leadership and Team building
ii.
problem solving and decision making
iii.
Integrity
iv.
Honest
v.
High level of commitment
vi.
computer literacy is added advantage
Mode of Application
The
qualified persons should submit their handwritten letters of application
stating how they meet the advertised criteria attaching copies of relevant
academic, personal curriculum vitae(CV) supported by professional certificates
and testimonials or transcripts so as to reach the under mentioned not later
than 22th Dec 2017. Applicants are also required to indicate the names
and contacts of at least three (3) work/professional related referees.
Applications
who will not meet the stated qualifications will NOT be considered. Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview, shortlisted candidates
shall be subjected to competency assessment and reference checking.
The Managing Director
Mbeya Water Supply and Sanitation
Authority
P.O Box 2932,
MBEYA.
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