Water and Sanitation Engineer - Humanitarian Support Personnel
Home-based, on call with extensive overseas travel £23,090 - £29, 954 NET
In the immediate aftermath of war and natural disasters, restoring clean water supplies and sanitation is vital to preventing further suffering. To enable Oxfam to act quickly, our rapid deployment Public Health Engineering (PHE) team is ready to respond at short notice to these dramatic and challenging situations around the globe. We’re now looking for a qualified PHE professional to join the team.
The role As one of the first on the ground in a humanitarian crisis, you’ll assess the need for emergency water supplies, sanitation and shelter, and plan a way to restore these services as quickly as possible. Working closely with Oxfam HSP and country staff, other emergency organisations and the communities involved, you’ll need to identify and design the best systems for each specific scenario, then get them up and running with the help of your colleagues.
And the challenge doesn’t end there. You’ll also have an important part to play in training up other Oxfam staff, writing proposals and contributing to budget developments. And at every stage, whether you’re leading our aid efforts, or working as part of a team, you’ll find yourself making life-changing decisions in what can often be very difficult circumstances.
What we’re looking for Qualified in any Public Health Engineering related discipline, you should also have worked with water and sanitation systems in the developing world. Any additional experience in emergency relief would obviously be an advantage. But most important will be your practical understanding of the public health needs of poor rural and urban communities and the best ways to tackle them. As well as your ability to work effectively in fast moving emergency situations, and/or complex and difficult operating environments.
From a practical standpoint, you must be ready to travel at short notice and often in difficult circumstances. Flexibility, resilience and a strong team ethos are clearly essential. While a decent grasp of our key languages – French, Spanish and Portuguese – would clearly be a plus. In the interests of encouraging diversity among our Humanitarian Support Personnel, we’re particularly keen to hear from female applicants.
About Oxfam A simple, inescapable truth underlines everything we do at Oxfam. There’s enough wealth in this world to go around. It’s not unfortunate that people live in poverty. It’s unjustifiable. It’s not their problem. It’s ours too. And with the right support, we can beat poverty and injustice. Thousands of people already commit their time and talents to our campaigning, humanitarian and long-term development projects. Now we’re looking for yours.
To find out more about this role and to apply, visit www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs and quote ref: INT4842.
Closing date: 29th September 2011
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