Senior Manager - Environmental Health

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Program Brief

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Since 2017, IRC has supported Rohingya Refugees and Bangladeshi nationalities communities in Cox's Bazar, Khulna, Barisal, and Chittagong with integrated services. The organization also addresses climate change impacts by building resilience and promoting economic recovery, education, and protection.

Purpose

The Senior Environmental Health Manager – WASH, Health & ERP provides strategic leadership, technical oversight, and operational management of Protecting lives, building resilience: Climate-responsive WASH and health services for Rohingya refugees and host communities. The role focuses on improving the health, well-being, and climate resilience of Rohingya refugees and surrounding host communities through integrated, equitable, and sustainable WASH and health services. This includes strengthening climate-resilient water and sanitation systems, quality primary health services, infection prevention and control (IPC), medical waste management, integrated disease surveillance, and emergency preparedness and response. The position also ensures inclusive and gender-responsive programming, continuity of essential services during climate shocks, and compliance with donor and national standards, contributing to healthier and more resilient communities.

Workstation: IRC Bangladesh, Ukhiya

Reports to: Health Program Delivery Coordinator

Contract Length: 1 Year (with high possibility of extension)

Who Can Apply: National Candidates Only

Major Responsibilities

Program

• Design and support conducting WASH assessments geared towards identifying WASH service access gaps, poor hygiene practices, barriers to safe practices, community vulnerabilities to climate hazards to inform IRC EH/WASH programming in the refugee camps.
• Support analysis of data/assessment findings to inform on design of WASH interventions that are inclusive, safe, sustainable, climate resilient and in line with the levels of service as defined by SPHERE, WHO, UNHCR and Government standards.
• Support technical design and development technical documentation packages for EH/WASH infrastructure related interventions in both community and healthcare settings at targeted IRC project locations.
• Provide all the necessary field level technical support to IRC teams and partners in all EH/WASH related programming interventions and implementation at the IRC project target locations.
• Support supervision of service providers engaged to implement WASH infrastructural interventions ensuring technical standards and acceptable engineering contract management practices are adhered to throughout all phases of the implementation.
• Support and ensure that all water supply programming interventions have water safety mechanism and systems embedded into the interventions, routinely monitored, relevant data collected analyzed, disseminated and necessary corrective actions taken to ensure water safety.
• Support design of context appropriate approaches/methodologies for implementation of hygiene promotion SBCC activities that influence safe hygiene practices among communities and at targeted health care facilities, to reduce risks of infectious diseases.
• Ensure that vital elements of community engagement, participation, ownership, sustainability and climate resilience are taken into account in the design and implementation of all EH/WASH programs in community and healthcare settings.
• Contribute towards development of requisite and appropriate SOPs and guidelines from time-to-time when and where required during program implementation taking into account changing context and existing practices, and feedback from the communities.
• Support development of EH/WASH related early warning messaging against inherent climate hazards, development of contingency plans and emergency response plans, including leading EH/WASH emergency responses when required.
• Support strengthened integration of all EH activities with Health, Protection and IRC other program sectors.
• Working with Clinic Supervisors, Senior Manager Health to support  community-based disease surveillance and outbreak response, ensuring timely reporting and coordination with relevant authorities and clusters.

Grant Monitoring & Reporting

• Ensure regular field monitoring and regular partner engagement during EH/WASH program implementation and guide program/technical modifications as required.
• Support development/maintenance of effective and efficient oversight, support, quality control, monitoring, reporting systems and processes for all EH/WASH programming.

Coordination

• Support representation of IRC in all Coordination forums (WASH, Health, Government entities etc.) in the IRC program areas when called upon.
• Support Liaison with communities, local Government institutions and UN partners on EH/WASH related issues as well as other agencies (INGOs/NGOs) operational in IRC target areas regularly to ensure coordination and effective implementation of activities.
• Coordinate with Health and WASH sector clusters, government authorities, and partners to strengthen data-driven early warning systems and preparedness plans for climate-related hazards.

Supply Chain and Finance

• Support development of EH/WASH related activity cost estimations for preparation of program budgets and other financial program needs, and also support program budget expenditure management.
• Support development standard technical bidding documents for all EH/WASH construction related activities prior to submission to SC for further processing.
• Support technical evaluation of construction bids, ensuring competent and competitive contractors/service providers are engaged to carry out IRC WASH/EH construction activities
• Responsible for planning, initiating and managing all procurements related to EH/WASH program interventions ensuring timely processing and delivery of services and supplies.
• Work with Supply Chain in ensuring proper tracking of EH/WASH stocks at predetermined frequencies.

Staff Supervision & Development

• Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promote a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
• Provide support to IRC teams and partners in the development of program work plans, activity implementation plans, program implementation including support to training/development activities
• Responsible for mentoring and supervision of EH Officers and Assistants including performance management processes.
• Support hiring and training auxiliary EH staff for EH/WASH programming whenever this is required

Others

• Promote and actively participate in initiatives and efforts to build team engagement, inclusion and cohesion in IRC [team/office]
• Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies.

Experience

• Experience in implementing water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion in refugee camps, low-cost community/rural, IDP and informal settings. Additional experience in implementing water, sanitation, and healthcare waste management in health care settings for infectious diseases including knowledge of infection prevention and control in healthcare settings.

   

  • Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in humanitarian WASH programming, including leadership of integrated and climate-sensitive interventions.
  • Demonstrated experience in WASH related outbreak management, emergency response and preparedness, particularly in refugee or camp-based settings.
  • Working experience with the Health, WASH sector and national clusters, and other govt. agencies (IEDCR, DGHS, BMD, etc.)
  • Excellent understanding of EH/WASH issues in emergency situations/contexts and knowledge of emergency standards (Sphere) in refugee camp settings.
  • Experience in WASH related climate hazard adaptation and resilience building approaches.

Educational Qualification

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or water engineering or environmental engineering.

Knowledge, Skills & Competences

• Advanced project and budget management skills.
• Emergency preparedness and outbreak response expertise.
• Strong leadership, management, planning, analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills;
• Excellent initiator, able to manage multiple tasks.
• Able to work under pressure and good at timely decision making.
• Competence in Microsoft Office, and CAD applications for Infrastructures (ACAD, ArchiCAD, EPANET etc.)
• Technical knowledge of WASH related IPC and WASH governance approaches,
• Strong coordination and representation skills.
• Reporting and proposal development capability.

Standard of Professional Conduct

The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality. In accordance with these values the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding (including PSEAH, Adult Safeguarding and Child Safeguarding), Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti Retaliation.

Professional Standards: All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.

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