Waste Attendant (COVID-19 Response)

Job Description

Title: Waste Attendant (COVID-19 Response)

Company Name: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ HSC

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The Waste Attendant will report to the EH Assistant and will be primarily responsible for collection, transportation and disposal of all medical wastes as directed by the EH Assistant. He/she will work closely with the hygienists in both the red and green zone to ensure that medical waste is well segregated. Staff safety is a top priority and strict adherence to infection control procedures is necessary to prevent transmission of the disease. Personal protective equipment should be worn at all times in isolation units strictly in accordance with infection control protocols.
∎ Department/ Program: Health
∎ Work Location: Bangladesh, Shamlapur Isolation Centre in Camp 23
∎ Line Manager: Environmental Health Assistant (COVID-19 Response)
∎ Contract Length: 6 Months

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Primary Responsibilities:
∎ Ensure that all medical wastes on the compound are collected and disposed-off into the solid waste disposal pits.
∎ Ensure that all drainage trenches are cleaned daily and wastewater flows to soak pits or secondary drainage channels.
∎ Educate staff and patients on safe disposal of various wastes within the high risk area and low risk zones.
∎ Ensure that all patients’ buckets for food, plastics and medical wastes are emptied and wastes disposed into the appropriate waste disposal points and buckets cleaned and returned to the patients’ beds.
∎ Collect and dispose all medical wastes (Sharps and non-sharps) to the appropriate pits.
∎ Monitor the waste levels in waste disposal pits and ensure that waste is incinerated regularly (at least every 2 days).
∎ Notify the Environmental Health Assistant if any of the waste disposal pits is filled up to 1.0m from the ground level such that a replacement can be dug.
∎ This position will enter the red zone of the Triages and Isolation facilities.
∎ Staff Supervision & Development:
∎ No staff management responsibility.
∎ Adhere to and act in accordance with the IRC Global HR Policies and Procedures.
∎ Grant Monitoring & Reporting:
∎ Monitor filling levels of medical waste collection and disposal facilities.
∎ Monitor the waste segregation practices.
∎ Monitor availability of waste bins and plastic bin liners.
∎ Other:
∎ Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to the EH Assistant and liaising with Health staffs and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs.
∎ Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience in working in health facilities and restaurants
∎ Competent in communication skills, effective in representation and liaison
∎ Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well
∎ Knowledge of the local languages

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Insurance

Application Deadline: May 2, 2020

Company Information:
∎ International Rescue Committee (IRC)
∎ Address : Apartment A4, 4th Floor, Navana Miru, House 4, Road 96, Gulshan 2, Dhaka
∎ Web : https://www.rescue.org/
∎ Business : The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education, protection and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Founded in 1933. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.

Category: NGO/Development

Read Before Apply: Standard of Professional ConductIRC and IRC employees are required to abide by the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Code of Conduct which are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others. Gender Equality & Equal OpportunityWe are committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer generous benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances. We welcome and strongly encourage qualified female professionals to apply.We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Are you ready to join the most dynamic team?