Watsan Manager

• In collaboration with the Head of Mission and the Logistics Coordinator, planning, elaborating and reviewing the 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 Head of Mission and Logistics Coordinator on the development of the ongoing programmed 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. Head of Mission and Logistics Coordinator). 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 Project Coordinator, Logistics Coordinator, 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,
• 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)
• Train and manage WatSan Supervisors, Technicians and Agents (respecting the hierarquical levels and the flow comuncation in the team), assess their technical skills and ensure that they know and apply all MSF WatSan protocols and guidelines.
• Identify suppliers/contractors capable of meeting MSF's needs with quality for all the activities related to WatSan.
• Support the procurement team in all the activities they manage related to WatSan.
• Control the WatSan Stock and ensure that the minimum stock for the WatSan activities in the Health Structures and in the community
• Collaborate in the construction/review of the mission's WatSan strategy, always in accordance with the priorities of the mission.
• Participate in WASH Cluster and represent MSF in the places where we are working.
• Ensure intersectional coordination of WatSan activities between MSF Spain and the other MSF sections present in Gaza.
• Informing Head of Mission and LogCo of the washing activity plan and activities to ensure the same project priorities (security issues, IDP context, medical priorities...).

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Education:

• Higher education with a background in engineering, environmental management, environmental sanitation, public health or equivalent training compatible with the position.
• Watsan in Emergencies Training within MSF is strongly recommended.

Experience: 

• At least 3 years of experience in technical aspects of water and sanitation works.
• Minimum of 1 year of hands on field emergency WHS (Water, hygiene and sanitation) professional experience in a humanitarian or international development setting (Local or International NGOs)
• 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 wastewater management, vector control, and dead bodies management) in two or more different contexts (conflicts, natural disasters, refugee/IDP camps, etc.)
• Desirable: public health background or experience.

Languages: English (advanced) and Arabic.

Knowlegde: Computer skills - MS Office software, Excel, Internet, knowledge of Autocad, Google Earth and GIS tools is desirable.

We require all applicants to write a cover letter containing an introduction of yourself, explaining why you are applying for the position, and explaining why you think you are suitable for the position. Failure of submitting this letter would make the application invalid and the application would not be considered.

All documents of application must be in English.

Please submit your CV and a cover letter including aforementioned instructions in English 

Watsan Manager

The deadline for application is 04/07/2024.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for technical test and interview.

All the steps of the recruitment will be done in ENGLISH.

In order to submit your application via Google Forms, you shall have a GMAIL account. If you do not have one, you shall create a GMAIL Account.