JOB OPENING: Waste Treatment Advisor

SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated
Livelihoods) is
working in Haiti to transform waste into useful resources since 2006. Our
mission is to support dignity, health and sustainable social work in
transforming waste into significant resources for the nature.

SOIL
is seeking advisory support for our composting program to provide strategic
guidance and promote ongoing research collaborations. The advisor will play the
role of providing key support to the Composting Managers and acting as a
liaison between external researchers and the SOIL operational team to push
forward innovations and improve operational efficiency.

We are looking for someone with a passion for environmental protection and increasing access to sanitation who is ready to put their knowledge to work in the field. This position is critical to SOIL’s long-term vision of increasing access to affordable, dignified sanitation services and creating sustainable livelihood opportunities in Haiti.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve
  as project lead for internal research projects related to waste treatment and
  transformation.
• Act
  as a liaison between external researchers and SOIL staff on all research
  projects related to waste treatment and transformation.
• Share
  research results with relevant SOIL staff.
• Analyze
  waste treatment-related data in order to facilitate progress on SOIL’s
  strategic goals.
• Develop
  the capacity of Waste Treatment staff for data analysis.
• Research
  and share lessons learned with SOIL staff regarding similar projects around the
  world, including relevant business case studies and similar waste-to-resource
  operations.
• Provide
  engineering and design advice at SOIL’s composting sites.
• Coordinate
  between the Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haitien offices to improve information-sharing
  and to promote streamlined best practices between offices in cooperation with Senior
  Managers, Waste Treatment Managers, and the Director of Research and
  Innovation.
• Share
  challenges, new ideas and other relevant information with the Director of
  Research and Innovation.
• Review
  waste treatment data in the Results Tracker each month.
• Submit
  a monthly report to Director of Research and Innovation.
• Improve
  laboratory capacities for testing pathogens, nutrients, and other parameters
  during the composting process and on the end product.
• Research
  the market for soil lab services in Northern Haiti and develop a strategy to
  increase lab revenues.
• Analyze
  and improve SOIL’s current data management systems for compost monitoring
  (including quantities, pathogen elimination, quality etc.).
• Work
  with the operational teams and external stakeholders to update the Sanitation
  Safety Plan on a yearly basis to account for operational changes.
• Represent
  SOIL at conferences and external trainings upon request.             
• Other
  tasks as requested and mutually agreed upon.

Required Qualifications:

• Respect for co-workers
• Readiness to work in a supportive
  and collaborative capacity
• Knowledge of composting, black
  soldier fly larvae production, and/or other waste-to-resource technology
• Strong research and data analysis
  skills
• Ability to manage multiple
  projects at once
• Fluency in English
• Competency Haitian Creole (the
  primary language used within the organization) or ability and
  willingness to achieve competency rapidly

Additional Experience:

• Engineering design
• Living/working in Haiti or other
  impoverished contexts
• Producing drawings in AutoCAD or
  SketchUp
• Laboratory analysis and
  familiarity with basic lab protocols
• Preparing and managing budgets
• Fluency in French

How to apply:

Please send the following documents
(Haitian Creole or English preferred) to  [email protected].  Applications submitted via other means will
not be considered.

• Letter of Interest
• Current CV
• 3 References, at least one (1) of which must be a professional reference