Public Health Engineering (PHE) Officer

Community and Rural Development Society Nepal (CARDSN) is a non-profit and non-governmental organization working in Nuwakot and Rasuwa districts of Nepal since two decades. CARDSN/OXFAM Partnership Program is a Humanitarian Assistant Program for Earthquake affected people of different VDCs of Nuwakot. The program requires Public Health Engineering (PHE) Officer.

Public Health Engineering (PHE) Officer

Job Location: Nuwakot

No. of Vacancy: 1

Offered Salary: As per program scale

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reports to: Program Coordinator/Executive Director

Job Purpose: To enable CARDSN to respond quickly to the Public Health Engineering requirements of an emergency. The work may involve, in an immediate emergency stage, the assessment of the situation and in later stages the implementation of public health measures required to alleviate the plight of the people affected by the emergency.

Roles and Responsibilities: 

• To carry out the selection, design and construction of water systems, using ground water or surface water, including abstraction, storage, treatment and distribution for new systems or rehabilitation of existing systems.
• To select, design and implement the most appropriate form of sanitation system, in consultation with the beneficiaries, which includes excreta disposal, refuse disposal, vector control and drainage. 
• To liaise closely with the Public Health Promotion Team throughout the planning, design and implementation stages of the Public Health Engineering Program. Hygiene promotion is a vital element of such public health engineering programs.
• To assess emergency needs, as requested, especially taking in the broader perspective of Public Health. 
• The work will include management and administrative duties and co-ordination with other members of the project and with staff of other organizations.
• Provide monthly progress report  to the OXFAM WASH team leader.
• To report regularly, verbally and in writing to the Program Coordinator or Executive Director and to represent CARDSN to other NGO’s, agencies and Government authorities where requested. 
• To ensure that all program take gender issues fully into account. This includes the introduction of mechanisms to enable women to participate in decision making around public health engineering issues.
• To be familiar with and abide by the NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, the People in Aid Code, Oxfam International procedures and other regulatory codes (e.g. Inter Action Field Co-operation Protocol).

Skills and Competencies:

• A suitable qualification in any discipline relating to Public Health Engineering is the necessary educational background - Preferably, bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering. Experience could substitute for a formal qualification, but not vice versa.
• Most importantly, practical experience in appropriate water supplies, sanitation and hygiene promotion. It is desirable that some of this should have been in emergency relief program. The post holder should have a good understanding of the public health needs of poor rural and urban communities and of appropriate ways of tackling them. The post holder must be aware of and sensitive to the particular needs of women in this context.
• The ability to present concise reports, sometimes at short notice, reflecting the problems and possible solutions for particular situations.
• Diplomacy, tact and administrative skills in order to work with people at managerial and, on occasions, senior government levels. The post holder should also be at ease in working with local people. 
• Well developed interpersonal and team skills and proven ability to be flexible in demanding situations.
• Good written and spoken English is essential. 
• Commitment to the aims and objectives of CARDSN and Oxfam.
• Commitment to humanitarian principles and action, and to Oxfam’s equal opportunity and gender policies.

Note:

• Applicants should clearly mention the applied position and program in the email subject. All email applications without clearly mentioned position will be disqualified. 

To Apply:

Please send your updated resume with cover letter to vacancy.cardsn@gmail.com or drop your credentials in the below address by 24:00 hrs, August 25, 2016

Community & Rural Development Society Nepal (CARDSN)

Bidur-4, Battar Nuwakot (In front of Hotel Satanchuli Nuwakot)

Tel: 010-560437