Haiti: Wash Infrastructure Manager
Country: Haiti
Closing date: 11 Jun 2014
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Contract length: 19 months
The role
The WASH Infrastructure Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of the implementation of WASH infrastructure in an EC-funded pilot urban sanitation project in Jacmel, which comprise of cosntruction of sanitaitin infrastructures and the delivery of a comprehensive hygine promotion programme in the area of focus. S/he will work in collaboration with a WASH Hygiene Promotion Manager (who will handle a partnership with local organization CRESFED) and in association with the government, to deliver a comprehensive programme that supports Haiti to make tangible progress towards its Millennium Development Goal on sanitation: ‘’to halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation’’
Qualifications and experience
* Bachelors degree in either Civil/ Environmental engineering and any discipline relating to Water and Sanitation Engineering
* At least 7 years related work experience and a minimum of two years’ experience working in a developing country.
* Two years’ practical experience in developing countries in appropriate sanitation facilities constructions, water supplies, sanitation and hygiene promotion with some experience been in emergency and development relief programs.
* Good understanding of the public health needs of poor rural and urban communities, including the particular needs of women and children, and of appropriate ways of tackling them.
* Ability to plan and organize a substantial workload that includes complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities in both development and emergency contexts.
* The ability to prepare concise reports, som etimes at short notice, reflecting the problems.
* Experience in capacity building and setting frameworks for staff and partner team development.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills in French and English (Creole a plus).
* Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to demonstrate skills in leading a multi- disciplined team through a period of change.
* Willingness to travel on short notice, and often in difficult circumstances.
* Commitment to humanitarian principles and action and to Save the Children’s child protection policies.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
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Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expec tations for this role.
How to apply:
Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to:bartacho.22138.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com
