Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which we create and meet, the Gadigal of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.

Water and sanitation specialist

The water, hygiene and sanitation (WATSAN) specialist is responsible for ensuring the supply of good quality water to health facilities and/or people deprived of water because of a conflict or natural disaster, etc. Liaising with the medical team, the WATSAN manager is responsible for hospital hygiene; setting up vector disease control, building showers and latrines, and the infrastructure required to dispose of sewage and clinical waste.

MSF teams have been delivering medical services and water and sanitation solutions to more than 30 shelters where thousands of people who lost their homes are staying, due to flooding in eThekwini, South Africa. MSF/Rogan Ward.

ACTIVITIES

  • Management of the WATSAN equipment required by the project: procurement, installation, maintenance and supervision of equipment.
  • Organisation of the project's WATSAN infrastructure: small-scale construction and refurbishment works, and other water, hygiene and sanitation activities.
  • Supervising and training logistics teams and locally employed and/or international personnel.
  • Providing logistical WATSAN support to medical teams.
  • Working with medical teams and project coordinators to define operational strategies and logistical objectives of a project.

Profile requirements

  • Compliance with the essential criteria for all potential candidates.
  • Qualification in either hydrology, chemistry, civil engineering, geology or equivalent.
  • Minimum three years professional and hands-on experience in water and sanitation (e.g. water, hygiene, waste management, sanitation, vector control, building wells and boreholes).
  • Professional experience in people management, supervision and administration.
  • Available for assignment for a minimum of nine months or longer.
  • Experience in water filtration techniques.
  • Experience of water and sanitation in emergency or development contexts.
  • Public health background, environmental or healthcare sanitation experience.

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SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

Please apply if your skills and experience match the requirements for this role and the essential criteria for all international staff, listed above. Allow approximately 1 hour to complete to application.

Before starting the application, please prepare the following:

  1. CV
  2. Motivation Letter
  3. WATSAN Skills

Note: Please see MSF CV Guide for guidance on how to write a CV for MSF purposes.

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MSF Medical-Operational Guidelines

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) develops medical-operational guidelines for use in resource-limited environments. These guidelines draw from practical experience and scientific data collected in MSF’s projects, as well as evidence published by the World Health Organization and other leading medical institutions and scientific literature.

https://medicalguidelines.msf.org/en

MSF Medical-Operational Guidelines