International Medical Corps Emergency WASH Officer ER-033

NOTE - THIS POSITION IS TO APPLY TO A STAND BY ROSTER FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (ERT).

Candidates selected for this position will be placed on the ERT standby roster and may be called when the International Medical Corps ERT responds to an emergency. This position is not compensated unless candidates are responding to an emergency response.

When catastrophe hits, International Medical Corps is often one of the first humanitarian aid organizations on the scene—providing rapid and effective aid that saves lives, reduces suffering, and promotes self reliance.

International Medical Corps has established an International Emergency Roster to ensure that emergency positions are filled in a timely manner with professionally qualified, gender balanced, geographically diverse, linguistically able and a highly motivated corps of professionals. The team includes coordinators, logisticians, doctors and water and sanitation experts. It also includes specialists who focus on protection, prevention of sexual violence and aid for rape survivors and mental health.

Emergency Response Team (ERT) members are always on standby to deploy to a crisis within 72 hours, whether they are launching into new areas or lending support to International Medical Corps teams already on the ground.

International Medical Corps maintains a roster of staff which is updated on regular basis in order to include new staff into the system. This also provides an opportunity for the existing staff to update their areas of expertise and other relevant information.

Through this expression of Interest, applicants are encouraged to submit their profiles so that their information is readily available in the International Medical Corps applicant tracking system.

JOB SUMMARY The WASH Officer’s main tasks lie in the assessment, analysis and prioritization of urgent WASH response needs, the designing, implementation and coordination of emergency WASH interventions, and the training of local staff and stakeholders in WASH related topics.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Assessment • Provide water, sanitation and hygiene sectoral leadership and expertise in relevant needs assessments and analysis. • Conduct initial rapid assessment of current situation in collaboration with health workers and affected population; determine priorities and immediate activities and resources. • Represent International Medical Corps to stakeholders and Governmental and non-Governmental agencies • Assess in-country resources and capacities (human, material and financial) for response with relevant staff and agencies.

1. Programme Design • Define aims and objectives of the overall WASH response programme. • Design an appropriate overall response to the current emergency, taking into account the needs of the community; the current levels of capacity and cooperation within the Health structures; and eventual expanding of current programs. • Select and design water systems including source selection (ground water, surface water), abstraction, storage, treatment and distribution for new systems and/or the rehabilitation of old systems. • Select and design the most appropriate form of sanitation system (to include excreta disposal, vector control, solid waste disposal, drainage) taking full account of local conditions, resources, customs and cultural norms. • Select and design, in collaboration with other actors a suitable hygiene promotion strategy • Ensure that issues of protection, gender, livelihoods, DRR and environmental impact, operation and maintenance and sustainability are factored into the programme design. • Ensure Sphere standards both qualitative and quantitative are considered and any departures documented. • Develop letters of intent, concept papers, budgets and proposals in respect of the above.
2. Response Management and Implementation • Plan and manage WASH programme in a phased and prioritised manner with full consultation and co-ordination with International Medical Corps’ staff and other agencies both governmental and non-governmental. • Ensure gender is fully considered throughout the project cycle with women being enabled to influence decision- making around WASH issues. • Organize with the logistics and finance departments materials and support needed for all activities. • Build a team that has the capacity to respond to the emergency, and assist in hiring as needed. • Contribute to ensuring that the response is fully funded by external donors, and manage (HR, financial, implementation) all aspects of emergency WASH interventions. • Design and develop appropriate supervisory, monitoring and evaluation systems for WASH interventions.
3. Information and Co-ordination • Provide regular updates to supervisor and team on progress, priorities and constraints – verbally and in writing. • Represent International Medical Corps to governmental and non-governmental groups as needed and agreed with the supervisor • Represent International Medical Corps in WASH and relevant emergency related Cluster activities. SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS: • Bachelor’s degree (emphasis in Water/Public Health/Sanitation) • 5+ years of relevant work experience (minimum of 3 years in humanitarian situations; camp settings a plus) • Experience in emergency response, including rapid assessments and needs analysis • Experience in hygiene promotion in humanitarian contexts • Ability to work in extreme weather conditions • Profound cross-cultural awareness and sound knowledge of public health issues • Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently • Extremely flexible, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations • Ability to relate to and motivate local staff effectively • Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources • Sense of humor • Fluency in English (both oral and written skills)

How to apply:

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

To officially begin the application process, please visit our website athttp://careers.internationalmedicalcorps.org/careers.aspx

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