Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Ethiopia
International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Water Quality Officer.
The IRC is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development non-governmental organisation. It responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives.
Responsibilities
- Ensure proper treatment/disinfection of water before distribution
- Establish clear and straightforward management systems
- Conduct regular water quality test
- Develop necessary formats and a database for regular water quality data collection, data entry, storage, analysis and report production
- Raise purchase requests for procurement of equipment, reagents, treatment chemicals, and ensure the availability of all necessary items in stock
- Ensure the cleaning of service reservoir, and clean water wells at regular, scheduled intervals
- Prepare operation and training manuals for the water quality monitoring operation
- Work with other environmental health team and coordinate with other stakeholders on information sharing
- Summarise and produce weekly and monthly water quality report
- Participate in different WASH coordination meetings
- Serve as the focal person for water quality issues for EU Trust Fund project in Assosa and head of the water quality lab
- Conduct annual regular training/refresher for water quality experts
- Conduct training for water quality experts of the WSU and health facilities throughout the project implementation period
- Prepare notes, modules, and other related resources regarding the training component
- Organise the laboratories with necessary equipment, manuals for equipment, books, and other electronic reference materials
Requirements
- Qualification in Sanitary/Environmental Engineering, Environmental Health, Applied Chemistry, Applied Biology, or a relevant field
- Three years, minimum, of relevant experience
- NGO experience will be a plus
- Experience of managing/monitoring a town’s water supply, particularly in surface water treatment and quality monitoring activities
- Basic supervisory/managerial skills
- Technical and report writing skills
- Computer literacy
- Fluency in spoken and written English
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
To apply and for more information, click here.
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