Country and region:

Myanmar (birman), Union of Burma (english), Birmanie (french). Region: Yangon (former Rangoon).

General objective:

To improve community access to appropriate WASH (Water sanitation and hygiene) facilities and to reduce risky hygiene practices.

• Provision of potable water through the construction of water points (boreholes, wells, ponds,…)
• Provision of sanitation facilities (family and school latrines)
• Provision of household water treatments and rainwater catchment units
• Technical training and community development

Responsibilities:

Program Monitoring, Evaluation and technical support

• The WASH Co. is accountable for the contractual management of the WASH projects, and to provide adequate monitoring and support to the programmes.
• Regular field trips with the purpose of discussing each program component, define constraints, priorities and plans of action.
• Ensure that technical monitoring tools are used, including close follow-up of program indicators
• Evaluate the relevance of interventions in terms of community approach and from technical viewpoint
• Assess program outputs versus objectives as set in proposals and provide feedback /recommendations

Team Management

• Participate in the recruitment process and team training in collaboration with the administrator

Reporting

Program development and technical strategy

• Analyze and follow up the evolution of the water and sanitation situation in the country
• Collect and analyze information on access to water and sanitation
• Examine the impact of poor access to water and sanitation on the population (malnutrition, health, livelihoods)

Internal and external Coordination

• Internal: with Yangon office and other bases
• Facilitate coordination between the teams on the field, the Technical Coordinators, the HOBs and the HOM
• Ensure a good coordination and integration with other department

Representation at capital and regional level on technical issues

Qualification and previous experience:

• A solid WASH University background
• Knowledge and/or experience in integrated approach to malnutrition and food security
• Minimum two years field experience in implementation of WASH programs (including Gravity Fed System is a plus)
• Minimum one year in a position requiring managing a team of expatriates
• Experience in working in mid term/development oriented type of programs
• Experience in natural disaster responses and risk reduction, and humanitarian crises management
• Experience in technical advocacy with governmental departments
• Experience in South east Asia context preferred

Competences:

Initiative and problem solving skills:

• Working with all the different partners requires being good at public relations, as well as mind-openness and diplomacy
• Ability to capitalise experience and available information in order to become quickly autonomous
• Ability to take initiative where appropriate to deal with difficulties encountered in daily work

Adaptability and flexibility:

• Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation within a mission or the organisation itself
• Ability to work within a fluid situation (changes within the team, location of programmes)
• Willingness to live and work within a team and respect the rules of collective living

Motivation and involvement:

• Motivation and commitment to humanitarian ideals
• Interest in involvement beyond the job i.e. active involvement in the ethos of the organisation itself
• Ability to integrate into the local environment including awareness of political and economic aspects of the country

Professionalism and Management:

• Ability to conduct work in a professional and mature manner
• Ability to deal with relation with local authorities as a representative of Action contre la Faim
• Ability to manage local staff in a mature and impartial manner

Status:

• Employee, fixed-term contract
• All expenses paid in the field: travel out/return, collective or individual accommodation depending on position and family, meals and hygiene expenses
• Ability to take in charge accompanied position depending on position
• Monthly salary ranging from €1550 to €1950 gross depending on the position and experiences + Allowance of €200 net paid on the mission
• Social security, complementary health, repatriation insurance and contribution to a pension
• Purchase of 2.08 days off per month, 20 RTT per year
• Training of 2 to 3 weeks, achieved in Paris before leaving on mission

Action contre la Faim est une association humanitaire reconnue d'utilité publique qui intervient dans une quarantaine de pays, dans les domaines de la nutrition et de la santé, de la sécurité alimentaire, de l’eau, de l’assainissement et de l’hygiène, ainsi que dans les domaines du plaidoyer et du témoignage. Structurée en réseau international, Action contre la Faim est représentée à Paris, Londres, Madrid, New York et Montréal.