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From: Donna Read <Dread@ARDINC.COM>
Subject: Request for Technical Assistance: Clean Technologies/Central
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ARD, Inc.: CENTRAL AMERICA: CLEAN PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES STAFF - WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, URBAN SANITATION, OR INDUSTRIAL WATER POLLLUTION SPECIALISTS.
If you are an integrated water resources management specialist, an urban sanitation specialist, or an industrial water pollution specialist and you speak excellent Spanish and English, ARD, Inc.(http://www.ardinc.com) would like to have a copy of your CV immediately. The current project is regional in focus but will be based in Guatemala. Candidates must have previous experience in Central America. Please see the tasks and requirements given below.
Interested, qualified candidates should email full, current, chronological curriculum vitae tocdebaise@ardinc.com. You may also fax your CV to C. Debaise, 802-658-4247. No phone calls, please. Only submissions meeting the requirements given below will receive a response. To be considered, you must fill out ARD, Inc.'s long-term application form. To access this form on our website, please visit the General Resources and Tools for Consultants page in the "Jobs" area. Please fax form to C. DeBaise at the fax number listed above or mail to C. Debaise at ARD, Inc., PO Box 1397, Burlington, VT, USA 05402. Closing Date: 26 June 2001. EOE/W/M/V/D
Integrated Water Resources Management Specialist/Chief of Party:
Tasks:
? Perform analysis of national and transboundary pollution, technology exchange/transfer, and polluter clustering;
? Perform country by country stakeholder analysis-profile to identify opportunities and incentives for clean technologies adoption;
? Identify opportunities and leverage improvements in technology leading to marked pollution reduction;
? Handle all liaison activities with government, donors, industry etc.
? Network private and public sector entities to share technology, management, and financial expertise, donor funds, credit mechanisms, etc. to promote adoption of clean technologies by municipal and private sectors.
? Handle project implementation, coordination, and reporting responsibilities including annual budgets, workplans, and program reports under the USAID results framework.
Requirements:
? Graduate degree in Urban Planning, Resource Economics, Watershed Management or related discipline;
? Previous experience as Chief of Party of USAID-funded project;
? Good knowledge of USAID results framework environment;
? Minimum 10 years international field experience which includes:
? Multidisciplinary team management;
? Participatory planning and problem-solving in pollution control;
? Development of private-public partnerships in service provision or environmental management;
? Experience with industrial, manufacturing, processing economies
? Municipal management and institutional strengthening;
? Excellent interpersonal communication and negotiating skills, ability to conduct team-building exercises, good networking skills.
Other desired skills:
? National or transborder resource management experience in Central America;
? Environment management experience in tourist-based economies
? Policy and institutional framework development in public/private partnerships, pollution prevention.
? Economic analysis of public/private provision of environmental services;
? Pollution control in waste water, solid waste, industrial pollution, agricultural chemicals.
Urban Sanitation Specialist:
Tasks:
? Lead holistic assessment of current municipal and solid waste management situation in four watersheds;
? Identify opportunities/incentives for major reductions in pollution through process optimization, facilty rehabilitation, etc.; lead strategic planning and decision-making.
? Identify regional needs for technical assistance and information, financial services, and other resources;
? Develop financing mechanisms for improved solid waste and wastewater management;
? Oversee technical exchange activities, training, and sectoral project M&E;
? Supervise staff working in watershed and solid waste management.
Requirements:
? Graduate degree in Urban Planning, Municipal Financing, Municipal Development, Civil/Environmental Engineering or related field;
? Minium 7 years field experience experience with:
? Municipal public works systems management with focus on municipal waste and solid waste;
? Participatory planning and problem-solving in field of municipal waste water and solid waste management and pollution control in Central America;
? Communications, coordination, and consensus-building between diverse stakeholders;
? Private/public partnerships in service provision or environmental management;
? Standards, policies and technical regulations, mechanisms used in waste water and solid waste management;
? Municipal management and institutional strengthening, mobilization.
Other desired skills:
? Municipal pollution control economics and cost/benefit analysis;
? Policy and institutional frameworks for Public Works financing, public/private partnerships in wastewater and solid waste management;
? Economic/financial analysis for public/private provision of environmental services;
? Operation, maintenance and management of waste water treatment and solid waste management facilities.
Industrial Water Pollution and Control Specialist:
Tasks:
? Lead assessment of current industrial and agricultural pollution situation in four target watersheds;
? Identify opportunities and incentives for major reductions in pollution through increased access to financing, process optimization, facility rehabilitation, etc. linking needs to resources; lead strategic planning and decision-making;
? Identify regional technical assistance/technical information needs, financial services, and other resources;
? Oversee technical exchange activities, training, sectoral project activity M&E;
? Supervise project staff implementing industrial and agricultural pollution prevention activities;
? Examine and propose possible models for regional technical exchange;
? Facilitate and supervise the work of short-term technical specialists.
Requirements:
? Graduate degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, or Environmental Engineering or related field;
? Minimum 7 years field experience with:
? Participatory planning and problem-solving in industrial pollution control in Central America;
? Communications, coordination, and consensus-building between diverse stakeholders;
? Cost/benefit analysis in process analysis;
? Project experience in implementing clean technologies option over wide range of industry types, ISO 14000 or similar environmental management systems;
? Management of industrial pollution control systems;
? Standards, policies, and technical regulations, mechanisms used for industrial and/or agricultural point-source pollution.
Other desired skills:
? Environmental auditing for industrial processes and waste streams;
? Policy and institutional frameworks for industrial pollution control and management financing, public/private partnerships in wastewater and solid waste management;
? Economic analysis for public/private provision of environmental services
? Operation, maintenance, and management of waste water treatment and industrial waste management facilities.
Donna C. Read
Manager, International Consultant Services
ARD, Inc.
159 Bank St., 3rd Floor
Burlington, VT 05401
Ph.: (802) 658-3890
Fax: (802) 658-4247
Email: dread@ardinc.com
URL: http://www.ardinc.com
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