Date of last update: 16/01/2022 2024-04-28
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Role & Responsibilities
Provide leadership for ERT field sites and staff, including planning and conducting rapid needs assessments and interventions, creating work plans for emergency responses, ensuring quality implementation of WASH activities, line managing assigned ERT WASH team members, and acting as team leader at ERT field sites.
Project Overview
The goal of the Emergency Response Team (ERT) WASH is to reduce morbidity and mortality among populations affected by acute emergencies through the provision of basic water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion services. The Medair ERT works across all states of South Sudan in response to acute emergencies: displacement due to conflict or disasters, returnee/refugee influxes, disease outbreaks, and in emergency level malnutrition. The ERT has teams across four sectors – Health, Nutrition, Emergency Shelter/Non-Food Items, and WASH, with teams often working together in field sites. Multiple emergency response sites are active at any given time.
Workplace & Conditions
Field-based position in Juba, South Sudan, with frequent travel to field locations across the country. Take a look at Medair's work in South Sudan.
Starting Date / Initial Contract Details
As soon as possible. Full time, 24 months.
Key Activity Areas
Technical Design and Oversight
Staff Management and Leadership
Coordination and Reporting
Logistics
Finance
Security Management
Team Spiritual Life
This job posting covers the main tasks that are anticipated. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary.
Qualifications
Experience / Competencies
How to apply
Before you apply
Please ensure you are fully aware of the:
a) Medair organisational values
b) Medair is committed to safeguarding the protection of beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and partners, and particularly children. Therefore, we do not employ staff whose background we understand to be unsuitable for working with children. Medair staff are required to give the utmost respect to, and comply with, Medair's accountability policies and best practices
c) Key Profiles & Benefits Package provided for Internationally Recruited Staff (IRS).
d) Medair Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC) (which forms part of the recruitment selection process for field positions).
Application Process
To apply, go to this vacancy on our Medair page.
Please do not make multiple applications. We will not review email applications. Only English-language applications / CVs will be reviewed.
Macro-area: Sub-Saharan Africa
Level of experience: Junior Professional, 1 to 3 years
Type of organisation: NGOs