Leading the WatSan activities in the mission, providing technical guidance and ensuring the correct implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the overall content of all WatSan programs in the country, its national policies, guidelines and common practices, in accordance with MSF protocols, standards and policies in order to optimize the mission’s response to the needs of the target population and ensure an optimal running of the project.

• In collaboration with the Country Management Team (CMT), and the WatSan Advisor, elaborating the WatSan strategies and activities for the country and /or mission, ensuring compliance with essential WatSan requirements, in order to prioritize objectives and plan activities accordingly
• In collaboration with medical teams, conducting assessments, identifying WatSan needs, and based on findings, recommending appropriate responses to CMT. Contributing to the development of project proposals and/or work plans, when WatSan is integrated in medical interventions
• Being responsible at mission level for the supervision and monitoring of the WatSan activities, ensuring that the works are done following MSF protocols, national policies and state regulations and project specifications.
• Validating the technicity of the WatSan projects in the mission, participating in the planning, project design and development and ensuring compliance with the local legislation and practices.
• Planning and organizing, in collaboration with the Logistics Coordinator, the purchase of required materials and equipment, in order to ensure appropriate technical specifications, stock management and timely deliveries
• Developing community participation strategies related to the improvement of WatSan practices, engaging local authorities or other non-governmental actors, in order to improve the standard of living conditions of the target population
• Coordinating the implementation of WatSan reporting systems, project standards and indicators (both qualitative and financial) in order to ensure the expected quality, terms and costs and to early detect/report potential deviations and propose solutions, in collaboration with the Medical, Logistical and the Financial Coordinators
• Identifying, collaborating and providing main support in the WatSan technical representatives of the national interlocutors like ministries or national suppliers. Preparing all WatSan technical content in the national and international tenders and participating in the selection committee.
• Planning and supervising, in close coordination with the HR Co, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her hierarchical supervision in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required
• Writing the WatSan part of SitRep, monthly WatSan reports, collaborating with other members of CMT for quarterly reports 

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

The Mission Technical Referent WatSan will be responsible for: 

• Responsible for the WHS component in the mission, supporting 2 projects (Gaderif and Omdurman) including coordination office set up on WASH. This requires planning, training, implementation and monitoring of WHS activities in these locations.
• Visits the project sites (80-90%) and assess WatSan related needs/issues and discuss with the project and propose improvement.
• In collaboration with supply/logistics team, ensures maintenance of revised EPREP plan for WatSan intervention for the different scenarios identified in the mission. Checks the appropriateness in terms of quality and quantity of available WSH stock, expiry dates and plan to donate or use in time.
• Participate in assessment and explo to identify WatSan needs and if when needed provide support for the emergency response activities linked with WASH.
• Supports the projects to complying with the Minimum WHS Requirements for Health Structures, including planning, implementation and monitoring of ‘hardware’ (construction) and ‘software’ (training, promotion and education) aspects
• Collaborate with the HP team to ensure promotion of WatSan software aspects. This include community engagement especially in community watsan intervention to ensure ownership and sustainability by beneficiaries and other responsible stakeholders.
• Supports the project teams in putting up maintenance systems towards WatSan infrastructures established at MSF premises. This include development of SoPs, maintenance work plan as well as ensuring equipment used are available in the mission
• Supports the projects in the implementation and monitoring identified WatSan WHS activities
• Monitor status of WSH equipment and liase with the appropriate log/PC/Medco
• Participate in controlling general watsan supplies, making international orders, being aware of the pipe lines, awareness of local purchased supplies etc in collaboration with logistics and supply team.
• He/she ensures vector control procedures are followed, especially keeping track of IRS scheduled every 6 months, ensuring appropriate IRS chemicals are available, sound IRS equipment etc. Ability to implement any other vector control measures as per MSF protocol.

Human Resources Management:

• Plans and, together with the PCs, timely requests for WHS human resources, where needed
• Provide coaching to WatSan staff in the projects/mission.
• Steer the planning and implementation process of the new job performance evaluation formats by ensuring planning interview, mid-term and eventual end-of-year evaluations in collaboration with MTLs.

 Reporting

• Provides monthly (or as required) report to the respective MedCo/MTL/PC’s .

Key deliverables

✓ Monthly WatSan performance brief per project with progress against the mission plan

✓ Quarterly capacity building report with competency progress and next quarter plan

✓ Quarterly stock status with expiry tracker and EPREP readiness score

Interested candidates are requested to send their CV & copy of educational and experience certificates directly to (www.sudanjob.net). Or MSF- Holland- Port Sudan- Almatar Area- Squire 5, House# 36

Required Documents: Motivation letter, updated CV and national ID must be uploaded directly to your application via www.sudanjob.net

MSF is a civil society initiative that brings together individuals committed to the assistance of other human beings in crisis. As such MSF is by choice an association.

Each individual working with MSF does it out of conviction and is ready to uphold the values and principles of MSF. We welcome applicants from different backgrounds, such as people of different ages, different genders and members of different language, cultural or mi­nority groups