About Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty. Operating in Malawi since 2002, Concern works to build resilient communities through sustainable development and emergency response programmes.Advertise in Malawi

Job Overview

The Technical Advisor – Resilience will provide specialist technical leadership in climate-resilient infrastructure, WASH engineering, irrigation systems, disaster risk reduction, and community resilience programming.

The role will ensure the delivery of high-quality, sustainable, and climate-smart interventions while supporting programme implementation, capacity building, and stakeholder engagement.

Location

Chikwawa, Malawi

Contract Type

9-Month Temporary ContractJob application service

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership and Programme Support

• Provide technical oversight for WASH and resilience infrastructure interventions.
• Review engineering designs, specifications, drawings, and Bills of Quantities (BoQs).
• Ensure compliance with engineering standards, best practices, and climate adaptation principles.
• Conduct infrastructure quality inspections and technical monitoring visits.
• Support climate and environmental risk assessments.
• Build the technical capacity of programme staff, contractors, government stakeholders, and communities.
• Develop technical guidance materials, tools, and training resources.
• Contribute to proposal development, donor reports, and programme strategies.
• Represent Concern Worldwide in resilience and climate adaptation coordination forums.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Water Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Irrigation Engineering, Environmental Science, Disaster Risk Reduction, or a related field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong expertise in WASH engineering and climate-resilient infrastructure.
• Experience in infrastructure design, supervision, and quality assurance.
• Knowledge of flood mitigation, drainage systems, and irrigation infrastructure.
• Strong communication, partnership-building, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

• Provide technical oversight for WASH and resilience infrastructure interventions.
• Review engineering designs, specifications, drawings, and Bills of Quantities (BoQs).
• Ensure compliance with engineering standards, best practices, and climate adaptation principles.
• Conduct infrastructure quality inspections and technical monitoring visits.
• Support climate and environmental risk assessments.
• Build the technical capacity of programme staff, contractors, government stakeholders, and communities.
• Develop technical guidance materials, tools, and training resources.
• Contribute to proposal development, donor reports, and programme strategies.
• Represent Concern Worldwide in resilience and climate adaptation coordination forums.

• Strong expertise in WASH engineering and climate-resilient infrastructure.
• Experience in infrastructure design, supervision, and quality assurance.
• Knowledge of flood mitigation, drainage systems, and irrigation infrastructure.
• Strong communication, partnership-building, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Water Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Irrigation Engineering, Environmental Science, Disaster Risk Reduction, or a related field.