L’IRC recrute un assistant en santé environnementale, Ethiopie

 

 

Requête nº : req14472

Intitulé de poste : Environmental Health Assistant

Secteur d’activité : Intervention d’urgence

Type de contrat : Durée Déterminée

Taux d’occupation : Plein temps

Ouvert aux expatriés : Non

Lieu de travail : SNNPR 1, Ethiopia

 

Descriptif du poste :

Under the direct supervision of the Environmental Health Officer, the EHA Position is a site-level position Based in wereda that involves planning, management, and supervising the accurate implementation of the Emergency WASH in targeted areas. The position requires professional communication and engagement skill with the communities, and the partners as well as the accurate management of construction material and other resources under the program and reporting periodically to supervisors. She or He will work in close coordination with the community health team to ensure hygiene promotion activities are coordinated with WASH targets.

Responsibilities :

  • Provide technical support in the WASH infrastructure development works ;
  • Assist EH officer in conducting the rapid and detailed assessment ;
  • Daily supervise the implementation of WASH infrastructure and capacity building works during the project period ;
  • Assist and supervise the formation of water user associations and federations according to the new proclamation of the SNNPR water bureau in collaboration with woreda and kebele partners ;
  • Regularly responsible for smooth operation and functioning of the water supply system ;
  • Documentation of WASH infrastructures and capacity building tools provision activities and timely report to the supervisor ;
  • Regularly follow up the delivery of local and industrial materials for project activities and report regular update on utilization status accordingly ;
  • Provide technical support to ensure appropriate institutional setup is in place and capacity of beneficiary community and local government is built up to take over and balanced management water supply and capacity building works done by the International Rescue Committee Ethiopia program Hawassa Field Office ;
  • Facilitation of payment of works (for labor based projects) and assuring the quality of works and payments in comparisons to the standard payment norms agreed upon ;
  • Responsible for the accurate and timely entry of data into IRC required databases ;
  • Compile and share the material utilization report every two weeks ;
  • Prepare performance objective plans and reviews timely and promote a high level of team spirit with the IRC field staff ;
  • Coordinate with the woreda partners in water quality testing and in scheme disinfection and ensure it is done timely ;
  • Efficiently mobilize the beneficiary communities and partners in all phases of the project and ensure effective partnership at all levels ;
  • Coordinate and share quality weekly updates and monthly reports that include all relevant data ;
  • Conduct water quality tests ;
  • Assist in planning and organizing needs assessments, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of WASH infrastructure activities ;
  • Work closely with government and non-government partners ;
  • Timely hand over all completed activities to partners following the IRC’s exit procedure and ensure the documentation of handing over documents with all partners including the beneficiaries and the IRC ;
  • Act as the focal person of the ERR project EH team for the woreda and conduct regular review meetings with partners and share the update to the EH officer and the EH manager within two days of the meeting ;
  • Efficient coordination with and the works of the HP assistant on hygiene promotion works and logistic arrangements at field level in consultation with his/her supervisor ;
  • Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.

Profil :

  • Minimum 2 years of meaningful work experience for diploma holders and zero year for degree holder extensive experience in rural water supply & sanitation activities ;
  • Proven practical experience in construction/rehabilitation of rural water supply systems especially in spring development, plumbing, construction/repair of hand-dug wells, installation/repair of hand pumps is a must ;
  • Experience in handling the construction and maintenance of large-scale motorized schemes specifically deep boreholes has added value ;
  • Demonstrated experience in managing labor and material at a construction site ;
  • Knowledge of SPHERE standard and Project Cycle management is an asset ;
  • Experience of engineering software’s like AutoCAD and basic computer skill has value ;
  • Flexible and committed to working under pressure ;
  • Having a demonstrated experience working with government partners and structures is crucial ;
  • Demonstrated experience in supervising construction works especially water supply schemes is an asset ;
  • Experience in NGO will be an asset.

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