Public health engineering adviser Vacancy at Voluntary Service Overseas in Jorhat,India

Post:Public health engineering adviser
Organization: Voluntary Service Overseas
Location:Jorhat,India
Salary:Very Attractive
 This project is co-funded by the European Union as a pilot action towards the ‘EU Aid Volunteers’ initiative. It is a 9 month volunteering placement with the North East Affected Area Development Society (NEADS) and Oxfam, focussing on achieving improvements in water sanitation and hygiene conditions and disaster preparedness for floods. It is open to EU residents only.

Assisting in the setup of ongoing community volunteer programs focused on resilience. From these community volunteer programs, disaster response cells will be created. A volunteer management system, community mobilization methods and a disaster communication system will be developed and transferred to host organisations by means of mentoring, training, and written materials. Host organisations will be taught how to recruit and engage community volunteers in resilience building activities and how to train them to mobilize the community in times of crisis. The volunteer will:

    Working closely with the manager of the Humanitarian Hub, liaising with the Public Health Promoter and Programme Officer to implement the agreed roles and responsibilities with partners in the Disaster Risk Reduction programme

•     Propose responses in the area of water, sanitation and hygiene
•     Support in 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
•     You will select, design and implement the most appropriate form of sanitation system
•     Support towards partners for effective implementation of the disaster risk programme
•     Conduct assessments and identify opportunities for working in other areas

For more information on the role please follow the link in the How To Apply section
How to apply:

When applying please quote ‘EU Aid Public health engineering adviser’. Please note this role is only open to EU nationals.

For more information and to apply please go to http://www.vso.org.uk/volunteer/placements/public-health-engineering-adv...
Job ID: #606118
Closing date: 01 Nov 2013
How to Apply
http://reliefweb.int/job/606118/public-health-engineering-adviser