WATSAN Manager at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Main Objective of the Position

• MSF OCBA left Nigeria on 2013, late 2014 and early 2015 came back to support MoH on fighting Ebola.
• In June 2015, OCBA conducted mission explo aiming to open project of Lassa fever in the middle belt and respond to emergencies in the country. From these explo, we currently have projects in Damaturu (Yobe State), Gwoza and Pulka (Borno State) in the north-eastern part of the country providing Primary health care and management of malnutrition in Damaturu hospital. We also have an emergency team abbreviated NIMERT dealing with only emergency response in Nigeria.
• In addition, we have an Office in Maiduguri set as a sub base for the easy coordination with other actors within Borno State and to accommodate expat staffs travelling in and out of the projects.

Main 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 thef results (as requested by line management).

Requirements
Education:

• Academic background in engineering or an equivalent relevant training.

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

Languages:

• English essential, local language desirable

Knowledge:

• Computer literacy.