Senior Water and Sanitation Officer, UNHCR, Switzerland
Post Location: Public Health and HIV Section, DOS, Geneva,
Switzerland
Salary scale: P-4
Main responsibility: provision of expert technical support and advice as well as strategic planning and policy making on activities within the areas of water, sanitation, hygiene and related technical sectors as an integral part of UNHCR programmes
Requirements include:
- Advanced university degree in water and sanitation engineering/water resources development or post-graduate degree in one of the civil engineering disciplines (water supply and/or hydrology) or sanitation/hygiene engineering.
- Minimum of ten years progressively responsible functions in water/sanitary engineering or a related field in developing countries dealing with large scale water/sanitary activities. Of the ten years, at least five years experience should be in a capacity directly relevant to the current position in an international humanitarian organization dealing with large scale emergencies or displaced/refugee situations
- Excellent knowledge of English (written/oral/comprehension) is essential. Working knowledge of another UN languages is desirable, preferably French
Contact: UNHCR, Vacancy Management Unit (quoting ref. 10002182), hqpe14 [at ] unhcr.org
Application deadline: 31 Oct 2008
Contact information |
UNHCR, Vacancy Management Unit (quoting ref. 10002182), case postale 2500, 1211 Geneva 2 Dépôt, Switzerland
(email: hqpe14@unhcr.org) Phone: Fax: +41 22 739 7322 |
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News type | Vacancies |
File link |
http://www.unhcr.org/admin/ADMIN/48ef52752.pdf |
Source of information | UNHCR |
Subject(s) | DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES |
Geographical coverage | Switzerland |
News date | 19/10/2008 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH , FRENCH |
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