Solid Waste Management Adviser (National Volunteer) at Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

VSO is the world’s leading international development charity that works through volunteers to create a fair world for everyone. At VSO we pride ourselves on doing development differently. We fight poverty not by sending aid, but by working through volunteers and partners to create long-lasting change in some of the world’s poorest regions. We bring key stakeholders together to coordinate collective action, from local organisations to national governments. Our programmes in Africa and Asia focus on health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience, peacebuilding, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead, we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change that will improve the lives of generations to come.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Solid Waste Management Adviser (National Volunteer)

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Volunteer

Job Summary

• The Solid Waste Management Adviser will support the ACTIVE Project in Nigeria and will be responsible for the project coordination and supervision of activities on site with a special focus on monitoring of the waste separation at source.
• He/she will coordinate the activities of the project partners and stakeholders involved and ensure that work plans and agreed targets are met in a timely manner while complying with cost limits.

Requirements

• The ideal role holder should possess a bachelor’s degree in fields related to, environment, solid waste management, solid waste treatment with at least 5 years’ experiencein solid waste management and treatment. 
• He/she should have provenexperiencein planning and implementation of Government and NGO’s projects and a goodunderstanding ofwaste management and issues related to solid waste, plastic, conservation, climate change, and communication for change
• This is a national volunteer position open to nationals of Nigeria only as we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position.
• All volunteers have an allowance paid in local currency. 
• The allowance meets reasonable living expenses in country but will not be enough to send money home.

Application Closing Date
15th February, 2025.