Water and Sanitation Advisor - Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK. Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and Southern Africa. For more information, please visit www.riotinto.com.

Rio Tinto Coal Mozambique intends to develop coal mining projects in Tete Province, Mozambique. Operations of these projects results in a number of socio-economic impacts thus requiring mitigation and management. Acquisition of land for implementation of the project requires physical and economical displacement of families and other land users. RTCM is committed to adequately and satisfactorily mitigate and offset all social impacts by providing the affected parties with necessary resettlement measures (specially replacement housing and social infrastructures).

Water and Sanitation Advisor

The primary purpose of this position is to implement and ensure the Water and Sanitation programs at the resettlement area and in the communities within and peripherals of the RTCM concession areas

Key Objectives

• To coordinate the Watsan program and ensure that all work is completed within the specified timeframe and to a high standard;
• To liaise closely with the Area Coordinator and other programme coordinators to ensure good integration of all programme activities;
• To promote community participation and ownership through liaising with the beneficiary communities, establishing, training and supporting water user/sanitation committees and ensuring that activities are as transparent as possible;
• To develop and implement standard Watsan designs, using appropriate technology where possible;
• To liaise with other organizations engaged in similar activities including the government authorities;
• To ensure all activities are carried out in accordance with local government procedures (e.g. site selection) and do not duplicate or interfere with activities proposed or carried out by other NGOs;

Minimum Requirements

• Degree in water and sanitation engineering, or related subject
• Experience of project management
• Experience of working with communities and community-based organizations
• Experience in promoting community involvement and participation in programme implementation including set up and training of water user committees and sanitation committees and managing community relations and interaction.
• Previous experience of implementing rural water and sanitation projects
• Demonstrated analytical and conceptual skills to plan projects
• Ability to implement effective projects with sometimes limited resources.
• Ability and willingness to work in remote areas for extended periods of time
• Drive license
• Computer literacy

Water and Sanitation Advisor