Environmental Health Technical Program Manager

The Canadian Red Cross (CRC) is implementing a major community-based reconstruction and rehabilitation program with the primary focus on shelter construction project in Aceh Besar, Lamno, Calang and Nias for beneficiaries affected by Tsunami of December 26, 2004 and earthquake of March 28, 2005.
We are also implementing Livelihood, Environmental Health and Disaster Preparedness Management programs to help families and communities to improve their live quality. We are looking for qualified and committed candidates to fill the following position on a fixed term contract basis.

Environmental Health Technical Program Manager
(Ref Code: EHTPM) Based in Banda Aceh with 50% in Field (Aceh Besar, Lamno and Calang)

Standard function description:

Is responsible to actively participate in the development, implementation and monitoring of environmental health activities in the CRC's operational area. Environmental health activities include water supply, sanitation, hygiene education, malaria mitigation and solid waste management. Based in Banda Aceh, the EH Technical Program Manager will be required to spend roughly 50% of his/her time roving between 3 field sites: Aceh Besar, Lamno and Calang. The Candidate will also be responsible for providing technical support and capacity building to CRC Environmental Health field staff and project management support to the Environmental Health hardware team.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

* Oversee field assessment of water and sanitation conditions in schools, health clinics and villages in relation to environmental and public health, guided by Sphere standards and Government of Indonesia (GOI) standards.

* Provide technical support and supervision to Environmental Health coordinators and field staff in three field offices, including verifying engineering drawings and specifications, bill or quantity and order requisitions.

* Coordinate with Environmental Health hardware team to develop/improve appropriate M&E tools, and support implementation of M&E in the field. Maintain a spreadsheet of ongoing and completed infrastructure

* Provide project management support to Environmental Health hardware team to ensure that hardware projects are complete on schedule, and assisting with reporting and program planning.

* Prepare assessment materials, surveys, questionnaires and other community engagement tools as required.

* Provide data analysis (for example of malaria trends) as requested

* Provide support for design and implementation of solid waste management (SWM) program.

* Oversee and provide support for the construction of small-scale medical waste incinerators and provide training to health care workers on safe operation.

* Provide support for community composting and the development of a community-based waste primary waste collection system.

* Provide monthly progress reports on Environmental Health hardware program.

* Attend and participate in inter-agency coordination meetings as required.

* Work in accordance with the Red Cross/Red Crescent principles.

* Provide support to the software program coordinator regarding hygiene promotion, malaria and gender programming, as requested.

* Other duties as requested by supervisor.

General Duties

* Apply the security rules at all times

* Respects and observes the staff regulations of the CRC in Indonesia

* Respects and observes the code of conduct of the CRC in Indonesia

* The employee may be asked to perform duties and task not covered in this job description as well as to provide support to other departments when necessary

Minimum required knowledge & experience:

* Engineering experience in overseeing construction and design of water supply system (including shallow wells, rainwater catchment, gravity fed water supply, and tap stands), sanitation (latrines, septic tanks and constructed wetlands), and solid waste management (composting, medical waste incinerators)

* Engineering experience in producing engineering drawings and bill of quantities

* Experience in community outreach, mobilization and training

* Experience with Participatory Methodologies (PRA, RRA, PHAST).

* Project management, program development and planning experience.

* Experience in developing budgets and tracking expenditure

* Experience in writing reports

* Excellent communication skills: Written and spoken English; Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Aceh an asset

* Computer skills including MS Office, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, graphics software

Education/Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree with emphasis on water, sanitation and public health plus five years relevant work experience

Please Notice:

1. Interview will be conducted in English.
2. Applications should be sent to recruitment. id@redcross.ca quoting the Ref code as the subject of the e-mail and indicating the Job title on the covering letter and the attachment should not exceed 200 Kb. Only candidate meeting the Essential Qualifications will be considered.
Applications must be received by Friday, 7 November 2008. Canadian Red Cross gives an equal-opportunity employment regardless of race, gender, religion, or political affiliations.

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