Watsan Supervisor

Job Description

Title: Watsan Supervisor

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

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Technical diploma, desirable specialization in water and sanitation.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Ensuring the day-to-day implementation and administration of assigned Watsan activities at project level, including but not limited to, water supply, excreta disposal, waste management, vector control, and dead bodies management
∎ Ensuring that the MSF procedures and protocols are followed by the Watsan teams to guarantee the operational quality of the project;
∎ Ensuring the maintenance and repair of technical equipment in the project to guarantee an adequate running of Watsan activities;
∎ Ensuring the distribution of the materials and tools used in water treatment, hygiene and sanitation (e.g. physical organization and inventory of stocks, receiving and processing orders for water, sanitation and hygiene material, check that the amounts received are recorded, and check monthly consumptions, etc.);
∎ Supporting the Watsan Manager in ensuring an appropriate emergency preparedness and response capacity (physical verification of stocks, contacts, transport means, staff training). Ensuring appropriate assistance to the project response team and if required, participating in emergency activities or exploratory visits
∎ Supporting the Watsan Manager in the team planning (e.g. staff rosters and admin, HR processes, etc.) and informing and involving the Watsan Manager in case of any major management or technical issue, and providing all required reporting
∎ Planning and supervising the HR processes (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, tasks definition and internal and external communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required for the activity
∎ Participating in data collection and reporting as required
∎ MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
∎ Supervision of the Operational Maintenance of all WatSan infrastructures. These include but are not limited to: Tubewells, Latrines, Water networks and showers.
∎ Reporting on all repairs carried out to the WatSan manager and ensuring that they are done in a timely manner that ensures continuous operation of infrastructure.
∎ Supervising the monitoring of operation of infrastructure.
∎ Reporting daily yields and outputs from any infrastructure and monitoring the progress of this output. Responding to any change in output by addressing the issue. Therefore ensuring the continued quantity and quality of water in the case of water supply projects and ensuring that the community has continuous access to improved sanitation facilities if sanitation.
∎ As the nature of the operation of WatSan projects is dynamic, the operational maintenance supervisor should respond to needs as they arise and ensure a high level of operational flexibility.
∎ Representing MSF Watsan Department at CIC (Camp-in-Charge) Meeting regarding the handover of MSF Assets
∎ Supervising All Handover activities of MSF camp assets to other NGOs
∎ Reporting on all Handover activities to Watsan Manager and ensuring it is done in a timely and accurate manner
∎ Support other WatSan activities as needed.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Previous experience in technical works and organising of multiple activities, preferably within MSF or similar work environment minimum 2 years, Experience in supervising a team minimum 1 year.
∎ English and Bangla language essential, Chittagonian/Burmese desirable
∎ Competences:
∎ Results and Quality Orientation : Medium
∎ Team work and Cooperation: Medium
∎ Behavioural Flexibility: Medium
∎ Commitment to MSF Principles: Medium
∎ Stress Management: High

Application Deadline: August 5, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
∎ 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