Water and Sanitation Manager at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Main Objective of the Position

• MSF OCBA has been working in Nigeria since 2013. Early 2015 the organization begun to support MoH in treating Ebola.
• In June 2015, OCBA opened projects in Damaturu (Yobe State), Gwoza and Pulka (Borno State) in the north-eastern part of the country providing Primary health care and Malnutrition program in all three sites
• In addition, OCBA has in Maiduguri a sub base to coordinate with other actors within Borno State.
• In 2018 an emergency team, NIMERT, has been set up to deal with emergency responses in Nigeria.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Responsible for the WASH part of Nigerian Mobile Emergency Response Team (NIMERT). Proposes work plans and programs (water supply, excreta disposal, waste management, hygiene, and infection control) and any other pertinent WASH related activity)
• Designs, implements and manages all Watsan interventions in the first steps/set up of the projects (including, but not limited to: water supply, excreta disposal, waste management, hygiene, and infection control)
• Supports the mission projects ensuring compliance with MSF standards and protocols
• Ensures proper collection and monitoring of Watsan data. Ensures multidisciplinary data availability.
• Analyses data and reports regularly theft results (as requested by line management)

Requirements
Education:

• Academic background in Engineering or an equivalent relevant training
• Watsan in emergencies training within MSF is strongly recommended

Experience:

• Previous experience in technical aspects of water and sanitation works.
• Minimum of 1-year of hands on field emergency WHS professional experience in a humanitarian or international development 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 waste water management, vector control, and dead bodies management during cholera outbreak) in two or more different contexts(conflicts, natural disasters, refugee/IDP camps, etc.)
• Desirable public health experience.

Languages:

• Essential English and local language

Knowledge:

• Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet).

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation
• Teamwork and Cooperation
• Behavioural Flexibility
• Commitment to MSF Principles
• Service Orientation
• Stress Management.
• Planning and organizing
• People management and development
• Security awareness and management
• Length of the contract
• One year with possibility of extension dependent of performance

Salary

• NGN392, 500 (Gross Salary).