6 Job Positions of Adverse Effect Coordinator at Abt Associates Inc: (Deadline 6 June 2022)

12. Adverse Effect Coordinator – 6 positions

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

The Side Effects Coordinator is responsible for safe transportation, storage, and use of all insecticide, and is responsible to effectively coordinate with District Coordinator, Environmental Compliance Officer and Operation Manager to ensure understanding and safety of all involved in IRS operations, Visit IRS operational sites to familiarize his/herself with safety information contained in the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), ensure all health facility received a copy MSDS during IRS operations, in collaboration with EC Officer  facilitate safety training on the exposure to insecticides or accidental insecticide poisoning to health professional involved in IRS Campaign, Discuss all potential safety concerns and Emergency Plan, emergency equipment and explain emergency procedures, such as the fire extinguisher in case of fire with the Line Managers and key department heads to be followed during IRS spray campaign, Document any incident report occurred in field and share the report with the District coordinator, ECO and Operation manager, 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, 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 are managed responsibly.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites:

• Demonstrate knowledge of 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

• Knowledge of facilitating trainings/workshops
• 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