Essential skills: It is critical that the candidate demonstrate the ability to: Be flexible and innovative in analysing technical issues in a specific field environment and reducing technical aspects to first principles to find practical solutions Analyse factors impacting on technical issues and potential solutions Work effectively within constraints provided by limitations on availability of resources and infrastructure and adapt technical knowledge to realistically address requirements of specific situations Find and develop innovative solutions for issues using limited resources and available structures in own area of technical expertise Effectively communicate with other stakeholders, including community members, about technical issues using language and concepts they understand Listen to and consider options for technical solutions that may be outside conventionally acceptable limits Modify thinking and application in relation to own technical skills and knowledge to address situation issues and available resources Share skills and knowledge with community members to support ongoing maintenance of selected technical solution Establish and maintain monitoring and evaluation processes to support and adjust technical solution as required In addition, the candidate must be able to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role These include the ability to: Comply with relevant organisation policies, procedures and requirements on work health and safety (WHS), stakeholder welfare, security and related issues Effectively communicate with and work safely with others in the work area Work as part of a team environment to complete tasks Identify and clearly define problems and demonstrate appropriate response procedures Initiate new ideas or work methodologies Accurately plan and organise work activities Efficiently manage own responsibilities and timelines for completion of work Demonstrate personal management, including initiative, self motivation and direction Retain clear sense of personal values and ethics in ambiguous or stressful situations Identify areas for personal improvement or training in self and others Demonstrate ethical handling of service delivery issues Work with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, showing sensitivity to cultural and political differences, including: awareness and understanding of cultural differences and issues associated with disadvantage and disability ability to express that awareness and understanding clearly and concisely ability to build rapport with others, including participants, community leaders, donors, government representatives and other non government organisations involved in development assistance work use basic strategies to overcome language barriers (fluency in more than one language would be a major asset) no political bias in own conduct Use emotional state control Cope with stressful work environment Demonstrate adaptability and the ability to deal with ambiguous situations Use communications equipment, including telephone, radio, satellite phone, fax and email Use computing equipment and common software programs Use administration and routine office procedures Select and use appropriate technology Demonstrate basic financial management Apply skills in: accessing relevant records and information sources adapting to different environments and responding effectively to challenges capacity building communicating effectively with a wide range of different audiences interviewing and recording networking report writing setting priorities undertaking new tasks working safely and encouraging a safe workplace language, literacy and numeracy skills such as those required to: collect, analyse and organise data communicate in spoken and written form with a range of audiences adjust spoken and written language to suit audience prepare or customise materials calculate and estimate times, costs and quantities |