Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Environmental Compliance Assistant (ECA)
Terms Of Rerefence And Profile Of Temporary Workers For Irs Intervention
The Indoor Residual Spraying Project funded by the United States President’s Malaria Initiative (PM) through United State of Agency for International Development (USAID), provides support in planning and implementation of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) in Rwanda, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (RBC/MOH), with the overall goal of reducing the burden of malaria. This is through conducting cost-effective commodity procurement and logistics systems, access to technical expertise, prevention, and management of undesired exposure to insecticide or accidental insecticide poisoning during the spray campaign, training, and timely implementation of IRS in districts affected by malaria. Abt Associates is seeking to fill various temporary district and sector positions for (IRS) project in PMI, Government of Rwanda and Global Fund supported districts as part of a large global-wide program funded by PMI/ USAID. These positions will be based at various district locations in Rwanda.
11. Environmental Compliance Assistant (ECA) – 1 position

Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Work closely with the Environmental Compliance Officer and Country Operation Manager, in strengthening and coordinating environmental compliance procedures and monitoring of IRS activities, Ensure that all the operation sites are well branded with relevant warning signs and environmental safety procedures and are well equipped for fire safety and insecticide spill response, if such cases arise, Work closely with storekeepers to ensure all the occupational health and safety procedures are followed, Work closely with operation site coordinators and supervisors to ensure insecticide mixing procedures are followed and that the insecticides containers are well handled and well stored for disposal, Ensure drivers are well sensitized on precautionary measures to take while transporting spray teams and/ or the insecticide, and procedures to follow in case of an accident, Continual supervision of spray operations throughout the spray season and completion of smartphone based checklists as guided by the IRS Best Management Practices, Oversight of IRS solid and liquid waste management activities during IRS operations (waste handling, segregation, storage and transportation) to be sure that the wastes ae managed responsibly.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites:
• Demonstrate knowledge using Microsoft Office suite applications including Excel, word and PowerPoint preferred.
• Ability to understand and interpret and enforce compliance to the project’s environmental safety policies and procedures as well as the ability to apply them with consistency in a variety of circumstances.
• Good communication skills including spoken and written English, French or of both, and Kinyarwanda is mandatory
• Willingness and flexibility to work long hours
• Any training in environmental impact assessment/ environmental assessment, occupational health and safety or IRS is added advantage

Minimum qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Public health, Environmental health, or any other relevant field

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Professional Certificate

Job application procedure
Please send your application and detailed CVs to irsprojectrwanda@gmail.com , Deadline for submission: June 06, 2022.

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