ACF International Network
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Action Against Hunger has developed its water and sanitation expertise over nearly three decades of field work, advancing a number of solutions for populations at risk from water insecurity.
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Central to the targeting of malnutrition, Action Against Hunger extends water and sanitation improvements to communities with little or no access to proper sources.
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Action Against Hunger's programs are sustainable because of our commitment to community participation—to build local capacity and harnesses a population's energy and resources.
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Though strategies may vary, our food security interventions all share a common goal: to fight hunger by preserving and strengthening livelihoods in a sustainable and contextual manner.
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Action Against Hunger’s innovative food security programs offer a broad range of solutions for generating income, boosting food production, and strengthening livelihoods.
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Our comprehensive approach to hunger involves extending water and sanitation services to communities faced with water scarcity, unsafe drinking water, and inadequate sanitation.
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Action Against Hunger occupies a unique place among international organizations: our expertise encompasses emergency relief, longer-term development, and the terrain in between.
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We have developed an effective method to treat acute malnutrition that includes field-tested protocols and nutritional products backed by an international scientific advisory committee.
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Action Against Hunger helps rehabilitate and restock public health infrastructure, fields mobile health clinics, and trains local medical personnel on preventative and diagnostic care.
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Our comprehensive programs address the linkages between disease and malnutrition by coordinating with local expertise and strengthening existing public health systems.
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General - Water and Sanitation Engineer, Other
Posted January 22, 2008
Job Information
Country: 
Other
Job Type: 
Employment
Job Location: 
Field
Directing HQ: 
Action Against Hunger - USA
Job Duration: 
12mths
Language(s): 
English
Minimum Experience: 
Humanitarian
Expiry Date: 
Dec 31 '08
Job Objectives: 
Established in the USA in 1985, Action Against Hunger-USA re-opened its New York office in 1997 and currently has responsibility for seven missions in six countries: Democratic Republic of Congo East and West, Kenya, Pakistan, South Sudan, Tajikistan and Uganda. Action Against Hunger USA manages nearly $30 million in programs, has twenty-five permanent staff based in NYC, over 70 international employees and 1,200 national employees in the missions.
Main Objective
In charge of the establishment, maintenance and continuation of emergency water supply systems for the ACF program in accordance with the ACF Charter. Primary activity/responsibility for the retrieval and updating of information compiled by ACF, from which the expertise of ACF can be developed.
Responsibilites
Water
  • Water quality analysis (supervision of biological and chemical testing).
  • Treating water in nutritional centers and providing safe drinking water.
  • Building, protection and/or rehabilitation of wells and waterpoints.
  • Installing and maintaining hand pumps.
  • Design of water networks, spring capping.
  • Hydro-geological and geo-physical investigation in view of drilling.
  • Borehole drilling and equipment maintenance.
    Sanitation
  • Latrine construction
  • Devising, organizing and supervising environmental health engineering program (waste disposal, refuse disposal, vector control).
  • Co-ordination with other agencies on data collection and analysis to track contamination sources.
    Staff
  • Management of building sites (management of human resources, purchase of material).
  • Staff training and supervision.
    • Qualifications: 
  • Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
  • Further qualification in water and sanitation with focus on developing countries.
  • Ability to work within a team setting.
  • Ability to deal with stressful situations.
  • Second language skills highly recommended.
  • Ability to adapt within the working environment.
    Experience
  • Two years relevant work experience compulsory.
  • Previous overseas experience highly preferred.
  • Previous management experience is highly preferred.
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