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International Medical Corps recruits 01 WASH Specialist – Infrastructure

International Medical Corps recruits 01 WASH Specialist – Infrastructure – Emergency Medical Team (EMT) Type 1 Mobile

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering raining and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

Background

When catastrophe hits, International Medical Corps is often one of the first humanitarian aid organizations on the scene providing rapid and effective aid that saves lives, reduces suffering, and promotes self-reliance.

International Medical Corps: provides safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient centered care; offers needs-based response according to the context and type of Sudden Onset Disaster and/or outbreak in the affected nation: adopts a human rights-based approach to their response; ensures they are accessible to all sections of the population affected by the SOD and/or outbreak particularly the vulnerable; and treats patients in a medically ethical manner consistent with the World Medical Association Medical Ethics Manual.

International Medical Corps is accountable to: patients and communities; host government, Ministry of Health; our organization and donors. International Medical Corps commits to a coordinated response under the national health emergency management authorities. International Medical Corps collaborates with the national health system, the cluster and the humanitarian community.

Selected personnel are on standby to deploy to a crisis within 48 hours. Personnel may deploy to new areas of operation or lend support to International Medical Corps teams already on the ground. International Medical Corps maintains a roster of volunteers and staff who have completed pre-deployment paperwork, orientation and training. The roster is updated on a regular basis. Through this expression of interest, applicants maintain professional profiles with International Medical Corps so that information is complete and readily available for an emergency response deployment.

Job Purpose

This position will support International Medical Corps’ emergency response delivering outpatient clinical care to disaster effected populations.

The primary responsibility of the WASH Specialist – Infrastructure, reporting to the Logistics Coordinator, is to be responsible for the set-up and the maintenance of Base Camp and Mobile Medical Units (MMUs). This requires a highly motivated and detail solution-oriented individual who will be able to resolve operational critical challenges as they arise. The WASH Specialist –Infrastructure, contributes to ensuring that International Medical Corps commitment to improving quality and accountability in humanitarian work is upheld, through reference to the Sphere Charter, International Medical Corps Minimum Standards and the NGO Code of Conduct. The Logistics Manager– Infrastructure is trained on Dangerous Goods management but is not expected to certify dangerous goods for consignment purpose.

Candidates applying to this position are indicating that they are interested in being considered for the International Medical Corps standby roster for emergency response. Roster members will only be contacted when there is an emergency response need for which the responder is qualified for. This position will not be compensated unless responders are deployed to an emergency response.

Main Responsibilities

Base Camp and Mobile Units Set Up, and General Management
•Participate in initial joint assessment for deployment of EMT base camp including site selection. This also extends to coordination with the Logistics/ medical lead to identify possible field locations and associated safe routes to support deployment of the mobile units.
•Work with Logistics Coordinator to identify priority areas to improve International Medical Corps preparedness and emergency response capacity related to assigned activities
•Responsible for the set up and implementation of the base-camp, mobile-unit equipment and structures, including: shelters (medical, office/warehousing, sleeping), fencing, lighting, power supply, fuel management, vehicle access, and maintenance of services for the period of the deployment.
•Responsible for training, supporting, quality control and monitoring of the logistics components managed by the medical unit.
•Responsible for the set-up of a Dangerous Goods compliant storage area for fuel, chemicals etc.
•Responsible for on-site maintenance of structures including organizing, repairs, cleaning, and up keep.
•Responsible for the establishment of dynamic and flexible infrastructure maintenance, per needs identified by base camp users and mobile-unit teams.
•Responsible for infrastructure demobilization operations including dismantling, cleaning, packing into shipping containers disposition in accordance with host country laws and environmental considerations.
•Responsible for identifying any materials that will require replacement / repair of the infrastructure before next deployment of the unit.
•Maintain accurate filing systems, with documented and supported records of action for audit purposes.

Power and Fuel Management
•Responsible for the definition of requirements for power supply equipment, including related fuel supply, equipment maintenance and essential spare parts availability.
•Responsible for the technical selection of power equipment if procured locally.
•Responsible for the implementation of appropriate storage conditions for fuel, in line with dangerous good requirements.
•Responsible for the receipt and quality control of fuel, implementation of a fuel issuance process for vehicles and generators, monitoring of individual power equipment fuel consumption through implementation of logbooks and preparation of fuel consumption reports.
•Responsible for the conduction of daily / weekly generators check and maintenance operations.
•Responsible for the establishment of a reliable power supply to the base-camp during working and off-working hours.
•Responsible for implementation of secondary and if necessary tertiary back-up power systems to ensure operations of the medical facility are uninterrupted during the operation of the deployment.
•Responsible to ensure that the mobile medical unit has power supply if required to support field deployment. Portable power generation / vehicle based power support as required.

WASH
•Works in close collaboration with International Medical Corps Response Management Team for the set-up of the WASH components in the EMT base-camp and mobile units, with guidance provided is able to autonomously replicate the WASH components for the Mobile Unit sites.
•Implement the water systems in collaboration of International Medical Corps Response Management Team for the EMT (basecamp and Mobile units) and staff accommodation in said context, including source selection (ground water, surface water), abstraction, storage, treatment and distribution for new systems and/or the rehabilitation of old Water systems
•Implement the sanitation and solid waste systems (to include excreta disposal, vector control, solid waste disposal, drainage) in collaboration of International Medical Corps Response Management Team taking full account of local conditions, resources, customs and cultural norms for EMT base camp and mobile units.
Provide regular updates and ensure technical guidance from International Medical Corps Response Management Team is adhered by team on progress, priorities and challenges – verbally and in writing.

Staff Capacity Building and Performance Management, Learning & Development
•As needed for the operation, hire local staff and temporary labor required for site preparation, set-up, maintenance of the site and equipment, and decommissioning of the site at the end of the deployment. Provides induction and on-job training/coaching, as required.
•Coach, train, supervise and mentor direct-report staff and provide regular and timely positive and constructive performance feedback and performance reviews.
•Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.

External and Internal Coordination
•Proactively engage with key staff (Program, Finance, and Medical) on logistics matters related to assigned duties.
•When necessary, represent International Medical Corps in inter-agency logistics coordination, engagement with donors, local government, project partners, UN agencies and other non-governmental organizations, Logistics Cluster to ensure adequate information sharing, address common concerns/problems and seek solutions.
•Coordinate timely and accurate reporting to HQ reports, donor’s queries and host government as needed.

· Attend the WASH/Health/EMT Coordination systems.
•Represent International Medical Corps in a positive and professional manner contributing to the creation of a positive image and overall credibility of the organization, notably through the application of International Medical Corps’ mandate, ethics, values and stand-point with regard to other actors.

Compliance and Best Practices
•Committed to fraud detection, risk reduction and fraud reporting, ensure compliance with International Medical Corps policies and procedures, applicable donor regulations and host country laws.
•Work with Finance, Compliance and audit focal points to assess compliance with internal controls and implement corrective measures.
•Attends coordination meetings which are relevant to country activities
•Interfaces with national government and relevant agencies to ensure compliance with varying government regulations

Ethics
•Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity.
•Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and among beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps

Code of Conduct
It is our shared responsibility and obligation to prevent matters involving Sexual Exploitation & Abuse, Trafficking in Persons, Child Safeguarding and any suggested violation to our Code of Conduct, which may involve Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption or Harassment. If you see, hear or are made aware of any suggested activities then you have an obligation to report.

Experience / Training

Degree in Civil or mechanical engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain Management or related field, or as alternative Certification in Humanitarian Logistics or similar, or extensive experience in humanitarian logistics. Relevant qualifications or training courses desirable.

Experience

  • Experience of building and developing the capacity of logistics staff through the use of training, performance management frameworks and development plans
  • Good knowledge and understanding of WASH sector and its hardware and software components specially in health facilities
  • Demonstrated knowledge of linking WASH activities with other humanitarian sectors.
  • Experience in remote management
  • Experience with construction and site project management desirable
  • Experience with electrical installations desirable

Competency

  • Commitment and demonstrated skills to build national staff capacity in the areas of base camp and mobile teams set-up and management, supervision and monitoring.
  • Excellent interpersonal and team skills
  • Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with analytic approach.
  • Strong interpersonal, management and leadership skills.
  • Ability to work in participatory manner with staff to assess needs, implement and monitor activities.
  • Ability to integrate and work well within multi-ethnic and multicultural team.
  • Strong writing and presentation skills
  • Proven capabilities in leadership
  • Strong negotiation, interpersonal and organization skills
  • Ability to read, writes, analyze and interpret, technical and non-technical in the English language
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond appropriately to questions from senior managers in the field and HQ, counterparts, senior government and rebel leaders and other related regional players
  • Commitment to and understanding of IMC’s aims, values and principles
  • Good knowledge and understanding of WASH sector and its hardware and software components especially in health facilities desirable
  • Good IT skills desirable
  • Fluency in written and spoken English
  • Ability to speak other international languages desirable

In addition to the responsibilities referenced above, candidates can expect to be living and working in austere conditions. Lifting moderately heavy objects from the ground, carrying a backpack for extended periods of time, and walking or hiking in remote locations may be necessary to perform these functions.

International Medical Corps is a first-responder to natural and man-made disasters and has a mandate of working in remote locations.  The organization has a comprehensive security management policy and plan in place and committed to do everything possible within its remit to ensure safety and security.  Not withstanding, the mandate and programming choices of International Medical Corps require staff with high degree of resilience, extremely decisive quality and ability to move fast.

Other

In addition to the responsibilities referenced above, candidates can expect to be living and working in austere conditions. Lifting moderately heavy objects from the ground, carrying a backpack for extended periods of time, and walking or hiking in remote locations may be necessary to perform these functions.

International Medical Corps is a first-responder to natural and man-made disasters and has a mandate of working in remote locations.  The organization has a comprehensive security management policy and plan in place and committed to do everything possible within its remit to ensure safety and security. Notwithstanding, the mandate and programming choices of International Medical Corps require staff with high degree of resilience, extremely decisive quality and ability to move fast.

Equal Opportunities

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.

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