Water Quality Officer

Job Description

Background: The International Rescue Committee, one of the world's largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia's Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refuguees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery and development (ERD), women's protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.

Summary Statement of Duties and Responsibilities: The Water Quality Officer reports to the Senior Environmental Health Managers, and is responsible for establishment of water quality management system and practice as part of the upgrading the Assosa town water supply service provision, maintenance of the water supply facilities in Assosa General Hospital, Assosa Health Centre, and Selga Alu Health Centre under EU Trust Fund project.

Primary responsibilities include establishing water quality treatment and monitoring system, jointly overseeing the proper treatment of water, supervision and monitoring of regular water quality test activities; set up of water quality data management system (data collection, entry, analysis, reporting); conducting regular on job and theoretical trainings to build the staff capacity on water treatment and quality monitoring. The Water Quality Officer position also requires proper management of equipment, consumables and other resources under the program and reporting periodically to supervisors.

Detailed Responsibilities and Tasks: Operation:

• Ensure proper treatment/disinfection of water before distribution.
• Establish clear and straightforward management systems including Jar tests, Chlorine dosage, Alum dosage, chemical preparation, etc.
• Organize regular water quality data monitoring system and conduct regular water quality test, jointly with the WSU WQ Experts, to different stages of treatment plant, tap stands, storage reservoir/s, household level, etc to ensure the community are supplied with safe water as per SPHERE/GOV and international standards.
• Develop necessary formats and a database for regular water quality data collection, data entry, storage, analysis and report production.
• Raise purchase requests for procurement of equipments, reagents, treatment chemicals, and ensure the availably of all necessary items in stock for regular water quality test and operation.
• Ensure the cleaning of service reservoir, and clean water wells at regular, scheduled intervals.
• Prepare operation and training manuals for the water quality monitoring operation.
• Work with other Environmental Health team and coordinate with other stakeholders on information sharing related with water quality and promotion of proper water storage at household level.
• Summarize and produce weekly and monthly water quality report, with the status and action to be taken, and share the report to Supervisor.
• Participate and contribute for the establishment of water quality treatment center - in the construction of the laboratory, listing of equipment and furniture.
• Contribute an input in developing WASH project proposal in the portion of water quality.

Information

• Location: , Ethiopia

Taxonomy

• Standards & Quality
• Quality
• Water Quality
• Quality Maintenance
• Water Quality Management