Job Description

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is an International Humanitarian Organization providing medical aid to populations in distress, victims of natural and man-made disasters and victims of armed conflict, regardless of race, religion and political believes. For more information, visit our Arabic website, www.msf-me.org

Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium is looking for Yemeni nationals to recruit for the following position:

 WATSAN MANAGER

Location: Aden - Coordination office 
Contract duration: One year renewable
Contract type: Full time contract
Reporting to: Medical Coordinator

Main Purpose:

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.

Key of responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the Project 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 Project 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, Watsan Coordinator/Referent/Focal Point). 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).

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• Ensure that the WatSan strategy of the mission and projects are implemented in collaboration with the Medical Coordinator and Logistics Coordinator. 
• Ensure appropriate waste management and sanitation, water management and vector control in all the MSF project locations (Guest house, Office, Hospital) and primary health care centres by supporting technically the WatSan Supervisors in the projects and the responsible person in Coordination. 
• Capacity build the WatSan Supervisors of the project

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILL REQUIREMENT

Education:      

• Academic background in Engineering is essential
• WatSan in Emergencies Training is strongly recommended

Experience:      

• Essential: 2 years of previous experience in water and sanitation works, in supervisory or managerial position.
• Diserable: Minimum of 6 months of hands-on field emergency on Water, Hygiene and Sanitation professional experience in a humanitarian 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 wastewater management, vector control, and dead bodies management) 
• Desirable: public health background or experience     

Languages:        

• Fluency in English & Arabic languages is required.

COMPETENCES

• People Management and Development 
• Commitment to MSF Participles 
• Behavioural Flexibility
• Results and Quality Orientation 
• Teamwork and Cooperation