Water Quality Specialist

Job title	Water Quality Specialist
Grade	Grade 6
No. of positions	4 (Only Women Candidates)
Location	Patna, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Raipur
Reporting to	State Programme Director
Reporting from	Not Applicable
Contract Duration	1 year contract (extendable)

About WaterAid India:

Jal Seva Charitable Foundation (JSCF) is registered in India as a not-for-profit company under Chapter 8 of the Companies Act, 2013. JSCF, is an associate member of the WaterAid federation and uses the brand name ‘WaterAid’ in India.

WaterAid India seeks to improve the quality of life of 5,000,000 households – with a special emphasis on the vulnerable by 2029 through the provision of climate-resilient and sustainable WASH services via demonstration, institution strengthening, and the effective utilization of public resources. We work in rural and urban areas and seek to deepen our presence in states we operate in and to workin small towns. Thanks to our amazing supporters, we have reached millions of people with these three essentials – clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene – enabling communities to unlock their potential to break free from the cycle of poverty and to change lives for good.

We will not stop. Not until clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene are a normal part of everyday life for everyone, everywhere.

WaterAid India’s (WAI) country office is based in New Delhi with State Offices in Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Patna and Raipur. We currently have a presence in ten states in the country.

WAI’s Programme focus in the next five years is on ensuring access to safe and assured drinking water in the households, as well as safely managed sanitation at both the household and habitation level. Further, we seek to ensure that anganwadis, schools and health care facilities have adequate and appropriate water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure. Finally, we seek to create integrated water and sanitation solutions in small towns. In all of these efforts, ensuring climate resilience of infrastructure and systems is critical. We seek to do this through demonstration and the provision of technical and knowledge support to governments at all levels who can facilitate adoption on scale. Implementation is primarily through our own field teams. Further details about WAI can be accessed at https://www.wateraid.org/in/

Overall Responsibilities:

• Supporting/building capacity of district teams and community volunteers to use field testing kits and community mobilization for water quality monitoring and surveillance.
• Develop and establish Water Quality Testing protocol for testing procedure at Community level and training module for training on water quality testing process.
• To use a mobile field-testing kit or innovative water quality testing technologies to undertake water quality tests at the district level of all samples found to be contaminated as per the field testing kits and a random sample of other tests to check the veracity of the results of the field testing kits.
• To ensure that all data of water quality testing at a state level is collected, collated and shared at a community level, with district and state teams and through our PMEL systems.
• On field Water sample collection for Water Quality Testing and sharing of water quality test results at community level and with relevant stakeholders. To randomly check for quality – sample collection as well as testing.
• Prepare and submit water quality test reports and maintain records of test reports
• Advise the Programme Team on the water quality contamination levels and suggest on appropriate actions/ mitigation measures to be taken (e.g., advising on infrastructure, remediation strategies, or policy advocacy)
• Prepare and submit monthly/ quarterly/ annual water quality reports on online reporting portal
• Ensure necessary procurements related to water quality reagents and other tools Eligibilities and requirements:

Education

• Post Graduate Degree in Chemistry with 2-3 years of work experience in Water Quality Testing Lab will be preferred

Experience

• Work experience on Water quality testing process and working as Water Quality Analyst/ Laboratory technician at District/ State level will be preferred
• Experience on community-based engagement and intervention on Water Quality testing mitigation measures
• In depth skills and knowledge on water quality testing and analysis
• Understanding of Drinking Water Standards and guidelines
• Working on online reporting application and Computer application 

Attitude/Aptitude:

• Fluency in English preferred. Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders especially at District level.
• Ability to work with colleagues in a culture of mutual respect and learning 

Other specifications:

• Good knowledge of the issues related to the WASH
• A clear and sound understanding of national development context, especially in water and sanitation

• Leadership skills - Strategic, decisive, action oriented, and adaptable
• Strong ability to lead, nurture and empower staff and partners at every level
• Fluency in verbal and written English and Hindi/local language
• Superior networking abilities

Women and the differently abled are encouraged to apply.

All applications should be shared on waindiahr@wateraid.org

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