Watsan Manager

Job Description

Title: Watsan Manager

Company Name: MSF Belgium (Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Academic background in engineering or an equivalent relevant training.
∎ Watsan in Emergencies Training within MSF is strongly recommended.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): public health, water sanitation and hygiene
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Job Responsibilities:
∎ In collaboration with the Field Logistics Supply Coordinator, planning, elaborating and reviewing the annual budget for the Watsan activities in order to identify and give a response to the needs of the mission and the targeted population.
∎ Monitoring on a day-to-day basis the implementation of the Watsan activities in the project ensuring compliance of MSF standards, protocols and procedures, and reporting to the Field Logistics Supply Coordinator on the development of the ongoing programmes including the following:
∎ Designing, implementing and managing all Watsan interventions in the project. (including, but not limited to: water supply, excreta disposal, waste management, hygiene, and infection control).
∎ Conducting routine Watsan assessments in collaboration with project medical teams to identify Watsan needs at project level, and making recommendations for response activities to the line manager. Ensuring the Watsan contribution to the development and planning of emergency response strategies and resources, in collaboration with the medical and logistical teams.
∎ Ensuring availability, proper purchasing, and appropriate technical specifications of required materials and equipment through planning, organizing and overseeing the inventory of the Watsan stock.
∎ In collaboration with Field Logistics Supply Coordinator and the Field HR Coordinator, participating in the planning and implementation of HR associated processes (recruitment, training, briefing/debriefing, evaluation, detection of potential, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required to correctly perform all logistics activities pertaining to his area.
∎ Providing technical support to the medical team in identifying possible "risk factors" (e.g. behavioural practices, environmental sources of infection, and transmission routes) and offers solutions for infection control. Actively contributing to the integration of Watsan activities in the medical intervention offering project proposals and work plans.
∎ Ensuring proper collection and monitoring of Watsan data. Ensuring multidisciplinary data availability. Providing analysis of data and regular reporting of results (as requested by line management).
∎ Construction and rehabilitation: Supporting the Watsan design for construction activities and supervision of implementation for new construction or rehabilitation in agreement with Field Logistics Supply coordinator.
∎ Training: proposing external training for the staff and giving internal training (if possible) to guarantee the best practises related to Watsan activities.
∎ Planning, organizing and overseeing the inventory of the project's Watsan stock to ensure availability, proper purchasing, and appropriate technical specifications of required materials and equipment.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 25 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
∎ Diplomacy and confidentiality;
∎ Good communication and interpersonal skills;
∎ Able and interested in working in a multicultural context;
∎ Active listener, calm, stress management and oriented to quality and results.
∎ Essential: Read, write and speak both English and Bengali;
∎ Computer literacy (word, excel) is essential.

Salary:
∎ Tk. 111840 - 134208 (Monthly)
∎ The mentioned amount of salary is before income tax deduction.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 2

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 15 Nov 2021

Company Information:
∎ 9 Nov 2021
∎ MSF Belgium (Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders)
∎ Business : Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in many countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.

Category: NGO/Development

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