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Medair Vacancies
Jun-15
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Position
Location
Sector
aCOM,
CON, FIN,
HR, IS,
Medair Relief
Switzerland /
LOG,
USA - for a
& Recovery
MGT,
Orientation Course position in any
MED,
field location
(ROC)
M&E,
PRG, PSU,
WAT
Project Manager
Lebanon, Zahle
(Shelter & WASH)
WASH Advisor
(WASH
Coordinator)
Afghanistan,
Kabul
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CON,
WAT
WAT,
MGT
Start date
September
2015,
November
2015
Aug-15
ASAP
Main Responsibilities
(New vacancies highlighted)
Experience
www.medair.org/staff-videos
Qualifications
Skills / Attributes
Other conditions
All Internationally
Humanitarian relief /
Min. 1 yr professional
Report writing and
If you have professional
Recruited Staff in our
exper. in relevant field. intl devpt post-grad.
proposal writing skills
experience that matches one of
field programmes
qual. desirable; Senior
Management exper.
desirable. Team player
the Medair sectors but you
must first successfully
desirable, especially in mgmt, project / grant
with strong relational
cannot see any current jobs that
complete the ROC
mgt, business admin;
relief environment;
skills. Diplomatic and
fit your profile, apply directly for
course. Cost is
Engineering, (civil,
Experience training
sensitive to cross cultural
the Medair ROC, our “Relief and
dependent on your
environmental);
/mentoring staff;
issues; Good negotiation
Recovery Orientation Course”. If
relief / devpt
Construction; Medical,
Experience in
skills. Clear verbal and
we match your profile to a field
experience. Deadline
cross-cultural comms / nutrition, pub. health /
written communication
vacancy need, we will consider
for apps: 8 weeks
trop. med; Logs; HR;
dealing with donors /
skills.
you for this / future ROCs.
before ROC.
Finance; Comms, ICT.
govt.s desirable.
Plan, develop, monitor and
evaluate the assigned project(s).
Assess WASH-Shelter needs,
design projects, write proposals
and initiate and effectively
manage and report on the
projects. Provide technical
support, leadership and strategic
direction.
Develop, lead, monitor and
evaluate technical aspects of
WASH activities. Coordinate &
network with authorities,
clusters and NGOs; provide
capacity building for staff;
champion best practice;
contribute to the country
programme management.
Able to train / mentor /
5 yrs post-qual exp. in a
coach staff. Good
relevant field. 3 yrs
Higher level
numerical, report writing
project mgt exp.
qualification in Project
and administration skills.
Experience working in a
Cycle Management,
Knowledge and
WASH / Shelter
with emphasis on
understanding of
programme in a
humanitarian contexts.
humanit.standards such
humanitarian context
as Sphere and HAP.
desirable.
2 yrs overseas exp. in
BSc in Water /
relief work coordinating
Environmental
WASH projects, pref. in
Engineering or
emergency context. Exp.
Management or Civil
of monitoring,
Engineering or
implementation and
evaluation of humanit. Hydrology / Geology.
projects.
Medair Field and Headquarters vacancies - WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE (WASH) POSITIONS
This is a field-based
position and working
and living conditions
are good.
Leadership and PM skills;
This is a field-based
Excellent proposal and
position and working
report writing skills.
and living conditions
Excellent
may be very different
negotiation/advocacy
to that previously
skills, in particular
experienced.
regarding donors and
government officials.
03/06/2015
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Position
WASH Manager
ERT
WASH Project
Manager
Location
South Sudan, all
10 States
All Field
Locations
Sector
WAT
WAT
WASH Project
Manager
Madagascar,
Maroantsetra,
North East
coast
WAT
a
Intl HQ,
Lausanne,
Switzerland,
Afghanistan,
xCOM,
CON, HR,
IT, IS,
LOG,
Medair
minimum
working
requirements
Intl HQ,
Lausanne,
Switzerland,
Afghanistan,
Iraq, South
Sudan
xCOM, CON,
HR, IT, IS,
LOG, WAT,
MGT, M&E,
MED, FIN,
PRG, PSU
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Start date
Main Responsibilities
(New vacancies highlighted)
Experience
Aug-15
Provide leadership for
Emergency Response Team (ERT)
field sites and staff; create work
plans for emergency responses,
ensure quality implementation of
WASH activities, line manage
junior members of ERT WASH
team, act as team leader at ERT
field sites.
2 yrs' working
experience with an
international NGO.
Management
experience desirable.
Experience with
financial and logistics
procedures.
Qualifications
ASAP
Committed Christians.
Commitment to the
Medair Values.
Reflect the vision and values
of Medair when interacting
with team members, local
staff, external contacts,
and beneficiaries
Mgmt experience in a
WASH context. Exper. in
WASH progr. in a
developing country in a
humanitarian context
desirable. Experience of
GIS software desirable.
Experienced
professionals in a
relevant field
Other conditions
University degree in a Able to input into WASH
technical field (e.g. civil programme design and Field position based in
implementation.
or mechanical
all 10 states in South
engineering). Studies in Diplomatic and sensitive Sudan, and working
to cross-cultural issues. and living conditions
water engineering,
environmental / public Self-learner and flexible. may be very different
health engineering, in a Capacity to work under
to that previously
pressure and to tight
humanitarian context
experienced.
deadlines.
desirable.
Plan, develop, monitor, evaluate 2 yrs post-qual. Exper. in Higher level qual. in
and effectively manage the
technical field, pref.
relevant field. Mgmt
Generic Job
WASH project(s). Provide
exper. in WASH context; water and sanitation.
...often
BSc/MSc in Water /
technical support, leadership and
Exper. in WASH
needed in strategic direction; meet quality
Environmental Eng. /
programme in a
the Field
Management / Civil
developing country,
standards in WASH delivery,
Eng. / Hydrology /
liaise with stakeholders and
preferably in a humanit.
Geology desirable.
manage and train WASH staff.
context desirable.
Plan, develop, monitor and
evaluate WASH project(s). Assess
WASH needs, design projects,
write proposals, initiate,
effectively manage, report on
projects. Provide technical
support, leadership and strategic
direction. Manage and train
WASH staff.
Skills / Attributes
This “generic” position
Technical WASH skills
is frequently required
within a humanitarian
in the Field. If
setting. Experience using
applying, candidates
GIS software desirable.
will be considered for
Good numerical, report
the next available
writing skills.
open position.
Knowledge and
BSc/ MSc in Water /
understanding of
Environmental
humanitarian standards
Engineering or
such as Sphere and HAP.
Management or Civil
Good communicator.
Engineering or
Good numerical, report
Hydrology / Geology
writing and administration
desirable.
skills.
Competent with
MS Word, Excel,
PowerPoint
and Outlook
Medair Field and Headquarters vacancies - WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE (WASH) POSITIONS
Overseas
intercultural experience
(field positions only)
Strong working
knowledge of French
(spoken and written).
Based in
Maroantsetra, a rural
town where security is
good, with frequent
visits to Mananara.
Strong working
knowledge of English (spoken and written)
Working knowledge
of French for
some positions
03/06/2015