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Technical Coordinator - Housing

NIVAS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering marginalized communities, especially women and children, through sustainable and dignified housing solutions. By supporting access to safe and secure homes, NIVAS aims to break cycles of poverty and vulnerability while strengthening land and housing rights, construction skills, and livelihood opportunities.

NIVAS is expanding its housing programs across western and central Nepal through community-based construction, a homeowner-driven building model supported by local engineers, and reconstruction planning in districts affected by the 2026 Bhotekoshi flood. The Technical Coordinator – Housing will strengthen technical oversight and construction-quality systems to ensure that all homes are safe, disaster-resilient, cost-effective, and compliant with the Nepal National Building Code and relevant government standards.

As our construction programs expand, we are seeking a highly motivated community-oriented engineer to join the team and help manage that growth. Your work will center on two areas.

Expanding construction programs. You will provide technical oversight as our construction work grows. This includes homes built with our ground partners and our homeowner-driven model, in which partner homeowners hire their own contractors and receive technical support from NIVAS through local engineers. You will review designs, set and check quality standards, and ensure every building meets code and NIVAS's standards, from site assessment through handover.

Proposed Flood Reconstruction Program. Following the Bhotekoshi floods on August 26, 2026, you will support the team in assessing needs and developing a potential flood reconstruction and transitional shelter program, and serve as NIVAS's technical lead, coordinating with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA).

You will report to our Country Director and Executive Director, and work closely with our MEL (monitoring, evaluation, and learning) team and our field partners.

Proposed flood reconstruction programming

NIVAS is a small, collaborative team. You will do well here if these describe you

How to apply. Send your Resume and a one-page cover letter to [email protected] with "Technical Coordinator – Housing" on the subject line. In your letter, tell us about one housing or reconstruction project you managed and what you learned from it.

NIVAS is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of every gender, caste, ethnicity, religion, and ability, and we especially encourage women engineers to apply.

Application Deadline

October 30, 2026

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