Haiti / WHO / WatSan specialist (French-speaking) needed urgently

This is a call for a French speaking Water Sanitation generalist to urgently (before 7th February) take up at least 3 months service, preferably longer, with the WHO in Haiti. The task will be to ensure that the water and sanitation activities are implemented with a focus on WatSan in health care settings, and also on water quality monitoring with the WASH cluster lead by the national WatSan institution supported by UNICEF. Experience in low income countries and emergency & reconstruction situations would be of an advantage.


If you or some one who you know speaks French and is a WatSan generalist, we would need your reply as soon as possible to forward to WHO in Haiti. Please send us a CV of a person suitable and available, and when the approximate starting date of that person can be. Please respond urgently to Yves Chartier chartiery@who.int and Dominique Maison, maisond@who.int.

Please see below detailed description:

Urgent request for a French speaking WatSan generalist from WHO for a minimum 3 months contract (paid by WHO) – deadline 7th February.

Responsibility will be to ensure that the water and sanitation activities are implemented with a focus on WatSan in health care settings, and also on water quality monitoring with the WASH cluster. (Posted 28th Jan 2010)

Description of the type of person needed

• The person needs to be a WatSan generalist, and not a (high) technical specialist
• Experiences in low income countries is very desirable
• A knowledge of WHO would be a best, but the person can be briefed while arriving in Haiti

Description of the type of work requested

• The person will work as a water and sanitation engineer
• Responsibility will be to ensure that the water and sanitation activities are implemented with a focus on WatSan in health care settings (lead cluster is WHO for health) and also on water quality monitoring with the WASH cluster lead by the WatSan national institution with support from UNICEF
• The person will be under WHO contract and paid by WHO
• There will be a hand over on site
• The person will work with a WHO Haiti environmental health technician. She is full time coordinating the emergency response but will be a strong support to the staff coming. She knows the work that is needed, knows the right people to talk to for the task, and is knowledgeable about WHO working procedures and structure.

Proposed activities for 3 months

Work area 1: Health care settings

Activity 1 - Water

Activity 2 - Hygiene

Activity 3 - Sanitation

Activity 4 - Health care waste

Activity 5 - Vector control

Expected result: Environmentally safe health care settings allowing access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene to prevent and control the transmission of disease.



Work area 2: Internally displaced people WatSan activities

Activity 1 - Water quality monitoring

Activity 2 - Sanitation

Activity 3 - Water and sanitation equipment and others

Expected result: Water quality delivered to Internal Displaced People is safe and public toilets are available to respond to the needs of the IDPs.

Canadian Toilet Organization - Party!

Friends, colleagues, sanitation advocates,

The moment all of you up North of the border have been impatiently waiting for: the Canadian Toilet Organization is having its official launch Oct. 21, 2008.

In attendance will be Jack Sim, founder of the 'other WTO' - the World Toilet Organization. Jack was recently honored as one of Time Magazine's "Heroes of the Environment" for 2008.

Others present will be Thilo Panzerbieter of the German Toilet Organization and Dr. Tom Keating of Project CLEAN.

All are welcome.

Members of the media, please feel free to inform other interested media parties who would be interested in covering the event.

VENUE: Main floor, Mills Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

TIME: 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm, October 21

AGENDA

Welcome and Introductions: Dr. Corinne Wallace, Programme Officer, Water Health Programme, UNU-INWEH

The global importance of sanitation and changes to policy and finance needed to address this global crisis: Dr. Zafar Adeel, Director UNU-INWEH

The importance of sanitation and public health and the impact of the exhibit for McMaster: Dr. Susan Denburg, Associate Vice President Health Sciences, McMaster University

The global importance of sanitation and toilets: Mr. Jack Sim, Founder, World Toilet Organization

A history of the “Sanitation Is Dignity” exhibit: Mr. Thilo Panzerbieter, German Toilet Organization

“Soap and Citizenship: Safe, Sanitary School Restrooms”: Dr. Tom Keating, Coordinator, Project CLEAN

Messages of support for the Canadian Toilet Organization:

Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair of The Global Water Partnership and member of UNSGAB

Clarissa Brocklehurst, Chief of the Water, Environment and Sanitation Programme Division, UNICEF

The Canadian Toilet Organization: Mr. Ari Grief, Canadian Toilet Organization