Medicins Sans Frontiers – Holland Jobs Vacancies 2018 for Watsan Manager

Medicins Sans Frontiers – Holland Jobs Vacancies 2018 for Watsan Manager

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Medicins Sans Frontiers – Holland Jobs Vacancies 2018

Planning, coordinating, implementing and monitoring all logistics activities in the project related to Water, Health and Sanitation, according to MSF protocols and standards in order to ensure an optimal running of the project.

Accountabilities

• In collaboration with the Deputy Medical Coordinator and the Logistics 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 Deputy Medical 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 (e.g. Project/Field Coordinator, Deputy Medical Coordinator, Project Medical Referent/Medical Team Leader). 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 the Deputy Medical Coordinator, Medical Team Leader and the 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. behavioral 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.

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• 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)

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

MSF-Holland has been implementing medical support programs in different parts of Ethiopia since 1988, responding to health emergencies such as malnutrition, malaria, acute shortages of water/sanitation, refugees/IDP influxes, measles, meningitis, AWD and Kala Azar. Currently MSF-H has projects in Amhara, Tigray, Somali and Gambela Regions

· In Gambela region MSF-H assists a refugee crisis since March 2015. This was caused by insecurity in South Sudan. The implementation included covering identified gaps in emergency water and sanitation for the camp populations in Pagak, Tierkidi and Kule camps. MSF-H started providing health care in May 2015 through the provision of primary and secondary healthcare to more than 120,000 registered refugees in these two camps in Gambela region.

· MSF-H started activities in Nguenyyiel Refugee camp in late 2017 with the same refugee health care mandate

· Gambela currently has 425,384 refugees. MSF-H is supporting refugees in Kule (54,145), Tierkidi (72,560) and Nguenyyiel (99,651) refugee camps and Pamdong Refugee Reception Centre. (UNHCR, May, 2018) There is high WATSAN needs in these camps and surrounding host community.

· There are two projects:

o Kule project: working in Kule Camp (3xHPosts and 1xHCentre) and Pamdong Refugee Reception Centre (1xHPost)

o Nguenyyiel project: working in Nguenyyiel (3xHPosts) and Tierkidi (3xHPs+24/7Maternity) camps

Specific Accountabilities

· Plan, organize and lead the overall WATSAN related activities and ensure the correct implementation in close coordination with each project watsan team, departments and management.

· Recommend in collaboration with the Coordination Team (Deputy/Medical Coordinator and Logistics Coordinator), WHS Advisor and Medical Team Leaders and/or Project Coordinators the WHS strategies and activities for the MSF-H projects (Kule and Nguenyyiel) in the Gambela region ensuring formal requirements compliance, in order to prioritize objectives and plan activities accordingly

· Supervise and coach projects’ WATSAN teams to ensure that all MSF-H projects in Gambela region are meeting their objectives through following and being compliant to MSF standards, protocols and procedures

· Assure a global overview of WATSAN needs in the projects’ locations and engage to support the projects’ WATSAN teams to identify priority areas of intervention

· In both projects work in collaboration with the projects’ WATSAN and medical teams, conduct assessments identifying WHS needs and feeds back to Project Medical Referents (PMRs)/Medical Team Leaders (MTLs) and Project Coordinators (PCs) on findings and appropriate responses

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· Supports projects’ WATSAN teams and participates in the elaboration of WHS emergency strategies and response plans including resources in collaboration with the medical and logistical teams

· Contributes to the development of project proposals and/or work plans, when WHS activities are integrated in medical interventions

· Plan and organize, in collaboration with projects’ WATSAN teams and with the logistics and medical coordinators, the purchasing of required materials and equipment, in order to ensure appropriate technical specifications, stock management and timely deliveries

· Support projects’ WATSAN teams in the implementation of WHS reporting systems, project standards and indicators (both qualitative and financial) in order to ensure the expected quality, terms and costs and to early detect/report potential deviations and propose solutions, in collaboration with the Medical, Logistical and the Financial Coordinators.

· Supervise and advise the execution of the WHS activities in projects areas in order to ensure quality indicators, time schedule and budget, prevent deviations and propose immediate technical adjustments when necessary in close coordination with the CMT and Field Teams

· Plan, coach and supervise, in close coordination with the HR department the associated processes (recruitment, training, evaluation, development and communication) in order to ensure both the number and the skill of the team is appropriate. The WATSAN Manager is responsible for WHS staff evaluations

· Actively participate in project teams’ level meetings as well as camp and Gambela level WHS meetings

· Represents MSF-H in WHS coordination meetings with other partners including ARRA and UNHCR

· Write WHS part of Situation Report (Sit-Rep), monthly WHS reports, and collaborates with other members of CMT for quarterly, donor or local authorities reports

· Conduct periodic assessment and prepare integrated plan to alert and build capacity in order to respond WATSAN related emergencies in collaboration with different level of practitioners

· In collaboration with the Medical and Logistics Teams, contribute to the annual WHS planning and report its activities in order to transparently inform the donor communities and authorities

· Work closely with the Kule project Infection and Control Officer in implementing, monitoring and evaluating infection control systems in compliance with MSF standards, protocols and procedures and reporting accordingly to relevant supervisors and technical referents (PCs, PMRs and Deputy Medical Coordinator)

General

· The responsibilities mentioned above are not exhaustive and other work can be required according to the needs of the mission.

· Mobility is requested from MSF staff, including short term assignments from their usual place of work.

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· Part of any MSF-employee responsibilities is the attendance of trainings as per the requirements of the organisation.

· The job description can be modified according to the evolution of the work.

· The Job description is integral part of the contract; therefore, lack of compliance with the above mentioned rules may be sanctioned with disciplinary measures.

– Medical Coverage: 100%
Job Requirements

Education

• Academic background in engineering preferably water engineering or an equivalent relevant training

• Watsan in Emergencies Training within MSF or related INGOs is strongly recommended

• Infection Prevention and Control Training is an added advantage

Experience

• Previous experience in technical aspects of water and sanitation works.

• Minimum of 6-months of hands on field emergency WHS professional experience in a humanitarian or international development setting

• Desirable: experience in or familiar with implementing and promoting the use of two or more of the following activities (water supply, excreta disposal, waste and waste water management, vector control, and dead bodies management) in two or more different contexts (conflicts, natural disasters, refugee/IDP camps, etc.)

• Emergency preparation and response strongly preferrably as MSF is an emergency organisation

• Desirable: public health background or experience

Languages

Mission language essential (English); local language desirable

Knowledge

Computer literacy

Competencies

• People Management and Development L2

• Commitment to MSF Participles L2

• Behavioural Flexibility L3

• Results and Quality Orientation L3

• Teamwork and Cooperation L3

 

How to Apply

Interested applicants should submit their non-returnable CV and application including photocopies of all supporting documents to the address given below:

HR & Administration Department, MSF Holland P.O. Box 34357 Addis Ababa Ethiopia or

Deliver at MSF Holland Office, Addis Ababa Yeka Sub City, Woreda 7, Kebele 11/12, House No. 605 Balderas (in front of Levi Building)

Or MSF-Holland Office in, Kule/Gambella

Note: this position was advertised months ago and hence those candidates who are still interested are encouraged to apply again.

 

Please Note that we only contact short-listed candidates.

 

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