Waste Management Officer

Details

Mission and objectives

Concerned with the security, humanitarian, human rights and political crisis in the Central African Republic and its regional implications, the Security Council authorized in April 2014 the deployment of a multidimensional United Nations peacekeeping operation, MINUSCA, with the protection of civilians as its utmost priority. Its other initial tasks included support for the transition process; facilitating humanitarian assistance; promotion and protection of human rights; support for justice and the rule of law; and disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation processes. The newly established mission subsumed the UN Integrated Peace building Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA). MINUSCA current uniformed personnel levels stand at 11,650 military personnel and 2,080 police personnel, and are tasked with the strategic objective of creating the political, security and institutional conditions conducive to sustainably reducing the presence of — and threat posed by — armed groups. See http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/minusca/.

Context

Assignment is renewable on an annual basis (1 July - 30 June) up to a maximum of 4 years. Contract renewals are granted based on Mission mandate, availability of budget, operational necessity and satisfactory performance. Duty station can change in the course of an assignment based on operational necessity; UN Volunteers may be required to work and travel anywhere in the area of operations of the host organization, including in remote locations.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the Chief Engineer (CE), the duties of the Waste Management Officer will include, but are not limited to the following: - Work in close coordination with military and police contingents, including respective environmental focal points, on waste management projects and operations; - Undertake regular inspection of waste management practices in respective mission locations and waste disposal sites used by the mission with a focus on risk assessment; provide recommendations and undertake them accordingly; - Implement mission waste management plan and ensure centralized waste management yards are developed, fully equipped and functional at all times; - Operate and maintain waste management facilities and equipment; - Maintain and report inventories of hazardous/nonhazardous waste and recommend appropriate disposal actions/methods; - Develop conceptual design, feasibility studies and multi-year plans of waste management (including hazardous waste) systems to be implemented in the mission; - Prepare requirements, specifications, and bill of quantities of spare parts and consumables, and maintain critical stock of the items for smooth operation of the waste management equipment; - Implement the DOS environment and waste management policies and guidelines in the mission; - Support the preparation of consolidated reports on waste management and environmental actions of respective mission sites and identify gaps to be addressed by the relevant sections within the mission; - Support the development of training activities aimed at building mission capacity to meet mission environmental objectives; - Keep up to date on environmental developments and perform any other duties as requested by the supervisor.