Member Amsterdam Emergency Team - Water & Sanitation Team Lead/Coordinator

Artsen zonder Grenzen (Médecins Sans Frontières, Nederland); Netherlands; Presencial; EUR 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

45 holidays per year

Completion bonus of 1.5 months' extras

Return travel costs between domicile &

Descripción de la vacante

Artsen zonder Grenzen (Médecins Sans Frontières, Nederland) seeks a Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WatSan) Team Lead/Coordinator for emergency response work in Amsterdam and field locations. The role involves defining and coordinating WatSan responses to emergencies, with travel to country programs and collaboration with MSF specialists.

Essential experience includes 18 months on MSF country programmes in at least two countries, plus an engineering background.

Formación

• 18 months country programme experience with MSF in at least two countries, including an emergency project or high-security setting.
• Engineering background or equivalent training.
• Experience with water, sanitation, vector control or related WASH activities in multiple contexts.

Responsabilidades

• Carry out assessments in humanitarian emergencies.
• Plan and coordinate WatSan interventions and related logistics.
• Lead WatSan team roles or coordinate as needed in emergencies.
• Represent MSF in coordination platforms like the WASH Cluster.
• Develop WatSan tools, guidelines and training for staff.

Conocimientos

People management

Coaching

Team leadership

Travel readiness

Prioritization

Flexibility

Educación

Engineering degree

Descripción del empleo

The Emergency Support Department (ESD)is part of the operations department and plays a key role in responding to humanitarian emergencies. The ESD conducts exploratory assessments; initiates and manages large scale or complex interventions to support people in precarious situations. The ESD provides support to existing country programs and the wider organisation to promote and improve emergency preparedness and response capacity.The ESD consists of a headquarter based Emergency Desk (E Desk) of Emergency (Health) managers, an Operational Support Team (OST) of advisors and specialists, and an Emergency Team of approx. 25 country programme based medical and non-medical profiles.

MEMBER AMSTERDAM EMERGENCY TEAM

ESDis accepting open applications at any time for any position.With immediateeffect, theESDis particularly looking for:

Water &Sanitation Team Lead/Coordinator

(Applicantsofvariouslevelsof experienceare encouraged andconsidered.The successful candidate will berecruitedattheir experience level)

Emergency Team members spend about 90% of theirworkdays(excluding holidays) incountryprogrammelocations, travelling with short notice to any required area and approximately 10% at the headquarters (or working from home) for briefing/debriefing/trainings/working on specific tasks.

Place in the organisation

Reports toone of theEmergencyManagers(eitheroperational or health) within the Emergency Support Departmentin Amsterdam.Duringcountryprogrammeassignmentsreports totherelevantCountryManagement Team (CMT) member.Maintains afunctionallinewith the ESDWatSanAdvisor anda technical line withthe OCAWatSanUnit.

Mainobjectiveof the position

Defining,developingand coordinatingWater, Hygiene and Sanitation (WatSan)responsesaccording toneeds,MSFessential andminimumrequirements,and otherMSF protocols,standardsand proceduresrelevanttotheimprovement ofthe health anddignityof the target population.

Specific tasks

• Carry outassessmentsin humanitarian emergencies.
• Contribute to the development of anoverallintervention strategyinhumanitarianemergencies.
• Prepare, plan, implement,monitor,and report onemergencywater,hygiene,vectorcontrol,andsanitation interventions.
• Function flexibly as aWatSanManager / Team leader orWatSanCoordinator asrequiredin emergencyor existing projects.
• Represent MSF as part of internal and external coordination platforms andbodies,e.g.theWASH Cluster.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of training programs for emergency and non-emergency staff, logistical, medical orWatSan.
• Contribute to advising and emergency interventions in existing OCA country programs
• Contribute to the further development ofMSFWatSankitsand other equipment innovations forcountryprogrammeuse.
• Contribute to evaluations/reviews carried out of emergency intervention projects.
• Contribute to the development ofWatSantools, guidelines and technologies employed during MSF’s interventions.

Generaltasks

• Adjusting / amendingaWatSanstrategythroughdifferent phasesofahumanitarian/ medicalresponse.
• Ensuring collaboration with medical teamsand providinginput into Public Health aspects during all phases of ahumanitarianresponse.
• Ensuringcontinuedalignmentof theWatSanresponsewith medical/ Public Healthneeds, based on medicaland epidemiologicaldata.
• Developing community participationstrategiesandengaging local authorities or other non-governmental actors toenhance cooperationtoimprove the response.
• Contributing toWatSanrelated advocacy initiatives.
• Leading andcoordinating operational research/ impact analysisandensuring datacollection, organization,and analysis.
• Contributing toinstitutional learningthrough evaluation ofWatSanresponses.
• Ensuringemergencypreparednessplans and stocks are up to date in collaboration with other departments (e.g.HR,logistics,and medical).
• Coordinating the implementation of centralizedWatSanmonitoring andreporting systems, projectoutputsand indicators (quantitative,qualitative,and financial).
• Defining and evaluating the HR set-up related to theWatSanteam (team sizes, job descriptions, organograms, division of tasks and responsibilities).
• Managingdifferentin-countryWatSanteamsandparticipatingin theselection, the follow-up (training-coaching) and evaluation of the staff under his/her supervision in close collaboration with the HR department.

Candidate profile

Essential:

• At least 18monthscountryprogramme experiencewith one of the MSF sections in at least two differentcountries, of which at least one emergency projectand/or a med/high security setting.
• Academic background in engineering orequivalent/relevant training.
• Experienceor familiaritywith implementing and promoting the use of two or more of the following activities-water supply, excreta disposal, waste andwastewatermanagement, vector control, and dead bodies management-in two or more different contexts-conflicts, natural disasters, refugee/IDP camps, etc.
• Experience in setting-up & scaling up in emergency/crisis setting
• Fluency inEnglishandFrencharehighlypreferred.
• Abilitytoprioritizecompetingneeds.
• Demonstratable(people) managementandcoaching skills.
• ’Cando’mentality,creativity,hands-on,andwith thecapacitytomotivateothersandlead a teamintoaction.
• Aflexibleandsolution-orientedmentality,andtheabilitytobedecisiveinchaoticcircumstances.
• Willingness to travelat short notice.

Desirable:

• Public healthengineeringbackground or experience.

We offer

• Afull-timeappointmentfor 1yearwiththeintentiontorenewbasedon performance
• Salarydependsonthreemainfactors:domicile, level ofresponsibility,andexperienceonthejob.Candidate’sdomiciledetermineswhichMSFsectionwill act asemployer;
• Candidate’sdomiciledetermineswhichMSFsectionwill act asemployer
• 45holidaysperyear
• Completionbonus of 1.5monthof extrasalaryaftercompletionofevery12monthscommitment
• Return travel costs to place of domicile between assignments
• Prioritizationfortrainingsin MSF (externaltrainingsadditionallyconsidered)
• Achallengingpositionwithinastimulating, professionalworkingenvironment in a majorinternationalorganization– plusgreatcolleaguestoworkalongside!

Application

If you recognise yourself in this profile, we welcome you to apply directly via our website and upload aletter of motivation + Curriculum Vitae(in English) as one combined document.

The application deadline is 20thOctober2026, at 23:59h.

Information

Additionalinformation about the vacancy can be requested from:Matt Arnold(ESDWatSanAdvisor) at [e-mail]

For any question about the recruitment process please contactMasha Petrovic(Recruitment Specialist) at [e-mail]