Job Title: Environmental Health Manager
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Full-time
Main Purpose
- Planning, coordinating, implementing and monitoring all Environmental Health (EH) activities in the project, according to MSF protocols and standards in order to ensure an optimal running of the project.
Accountabilities
- In collaboration with EHTL and the PMR, planning, elaborating and reviewing the annual budget for the EH 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 EH activities in the project ensuring compliance of MSF standards, protocols and procedures, and reporting to the PMR and EHTL on the development of the ongoing programmes including the following:
- Designing, implementing and managing all EH interventions in the project (including, but not limited to: water supply, excreta disposal, waste management, hygiene, and infection control);
- Conducting routine EH assessments in collaboration with project medical teams to identify EH needs at project level, and making recommendations for response activities to the PMR;
- Ensuring the EH 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 EH stock;
- In collaboration with the EHTL, PMR, and the HR Manager, 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 EH activities;
- 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 EH activities in the medical intervention offering project proposals and work plans;
- Ensuring proper collection and monitoring of EH data. Ensuring multidisciplinary data availability. Providing analysis of data and regular reporting of results (as requested by the PMR and EHTL).
Minimum Required Skills and Qualifications
Education:
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- Academic background (at least BSc / B.Eng. or HND) in Civil Engineering, Hydraulics, Geology, Sanitation, Health Engineering or Public Health. Watsan in Emergencies Training within or outside MSF is strongly recommended
Experience:
- Previous experience in technical aspects of water and sanitation works;
- Minimum of 2-years of hands on field emergency WHS professional experience in a humanitarian or international development setting;
- Mandatory: Previous experience in cholera outbreak and wastewater management are mandatory;
- 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 (disease outbreak, conflicts, natural disasters, refugee/IDP camps, etc.)
Languages:
- English;
- Speaking local language will be an asset.
Knowledge:
- Computer literacy;
- Knowledge of drawing with civil engineering software or GIS are assets.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their Application, including Cover Letter, Resume and copy of relevant certificates to: [email protected] using the “Job title” as the subject of the email.
Or
Send hard copy to: MSF Belgium Human Resources Office – FORI CV BOX
Note: MSF is an equal opportunity employer, both men and women are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: January 28, 2021
Job Features
Job Category | Environmental Health |