Overview
This is a temporary position providing remote and/or in-person technical support to MSF missions on Water Supply, Hygiene, Sanitation, and Vector Control. The role aims to build capacity of field staff and optimize project impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Follow up Watsan activities in portfolio countries.
- Ensure understanding and alignment of Watsan interventions with MSF priorities and standards.
- Carry out field visits to portfolio countries.
- Revise Watsan strategy of the mission and provide advice.
- Carry out functional evaluation of Watsan set-up.
- Assess and validate local suppliers and (sub-)contractors.
- Develop and implement improvement plans.
- Assist logistics team with design and installation of new systems.
- Monitor and supervise established work, systems, and installations.
- Assist logistics team in HR tasks such as recruitment.
- Identify training needs and contribute to training content definition.
- Facilitate team training and provide on-the-job training.
- Develop new policies, tools, protocols, and SOPs.
- Draft reports and action plans following field visits.
- Contribute to research and development of field tools, practices, guidelines, and policies.
- Propose and test innovative solutions.
- Develop and maintain knowledge of practices and approaches.
- Provide regular support on field evaluation of needs, assessments, definition of strategies, and field policies.
- Conduct trainings on relevant topics to mission staff.
- Participate in the review, design, and presentation of MSF training modules.
- Coach other human resources in the field.
- Support Watsan Team in projects/activities.
- Temporarily do backup of the Watsan Technical Coordinator.
- Represent MSF Watsan position in forums and meetings.
- Coordinate and communicate with other departments.
Required Experience
Minimum 2 years of NGO Watsan field experience; community and HCF Watsan, outbreak response; adult training facilitation; ability to work in remote and insecure settings. Watsan Manager, Watsan Coordinator or similar previous experience will be highly valuable.
