Waste Management Specialist

Reporting Lines

The Waste Management Specialist is under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in the Bangladesh, works in close collaboration with the Food System City Coordinator in FAO Bangladesh but under direct supervision of the Chief Technical Adviser of Dhaka Food Systems.

The incumbent shall, at all times, ensure coherence with FAO’s corporate communication policy and operational guidelines for all communication and information outputs.

Technical Focus

The Waste Management Specialist will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure continuous engagement with project stakeholders and partners.

Under the direct supervision of the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) for the Dhaka Food systems project the Waste Management Specialist will\:

• Accurately determine the amount of food waste generated by the Dhaka Metropolitan Area; and understand what currently happens to food waste in terms how it is disposed of, the management practices governing food waste at these locations, any environmental impacts, and the involvement of the informal economy
• Promote schemes for reuse and recycling, use of clean technologies, recovering and reducing the hazardousness of waste, and sending less waste to landfill
• Assist in the design of food waste processing plants, setting up logistic chains in food waste processing, preparing permit submissions to regulatory agencies, performing engineering calculations of moderate difficulty, assisting in cost estimates and completing cost benefit economic analysis
• Document what alternative and promising practices (such as bio-digestion and waste composting) are currently being tried out in Dhaka and determine their suitability for replication in strategic sites
• Examine the feasibility of alternative technologies and waste management practices that might support Local Government in their endeavors to better manage waste collection and disposal
• Develop alternative strategies to reduce the amount of food waste in the Dhaka Metropolitan Area, promote and support the implementation of a new waste management system
• Develop appropriate strategies to deal with the food waste generated by the Dhaka Metropolitan Area is a manner that is efficient, effective, ethical and sustainable
• Develop monitoring and evaluation indicators to guide project implementation in the management of the urban food waste and to assess the project impact and achievement of envisaged objectives
• Present the success of the project and results to stakeholders and Government officials of all four City Corporations
• Ensure proper communication with city corporation, market committee and other relevant stakeholders
• Support the CTA in carrying out his or her duties
• Perform other related duties as required.

• Minimum Master’s degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental science or an advanced degree in natural resource management, waste management or related field
• At least 5 years of work experience including 3 years of professional working experience in dealing with environmental management or Environmental engineering projects or WASH projects or other development projects with environmental concerns
• National of Bangladesh.

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Experience with public, private, International Organization, and particularly with UN agencies, in management, development, engineering activities dealing with environmental or WASH issues;
• Experience of working with City Government structures or similar context would be an advantage
• Very good skills in influencing, negotiation and advocacy and a high degree of discretion and integrity
• Very good competency in planning, facilitating, monitoring and implementation of project activities
• Demonstrated competency in capacity building, training and organizational development of urban poor
• Strong working knowledge of sustainable food waste management systems and best practice in developing countries