Blacksmith Institute is hiring 3 Regional Coordinators in Sub-Saharan Africa. Each Regional Coordinator is responsible for contracting and managing Global Inventory Project (GIP) Investigators, overseeing Initial Site Assessments of polluted sites and reporting regional activities to the head office. Each Coordinator must be based within the Region to which they are applying, and Nationals of the country in which they are based.

Global Inventory Project

The Global Inventory Project (GIP) is a joint effort by the Blacksmith Institute and UNIDO, and supported by the European Commission, to develop a comprehensive database of polluted places in low- and middle-income countries. Based on the existing Blacksmith database of over 2000 polluted sites and Initial Site Assessment protocol, this project seeks to fortify already catalogued sites and discover other communities impacted by industrial and mining pollutants.

Focused specifically in developing countries and those with economies in transition, the GIP is concerned primarily with identifying sites where pollution may be impacting human health, and conducting a screening health risk assessment that can be used as a starting point for the design of future interventions. Other information related to the site and its stakeholders is also collected and complied in an on-line database.

Main Purpose of the Position

Hire, train and manage a team of Investigators in African Countries who will generate an inventory of reports detailing pollution problems in each country through field visits, as per the Global Inventory Initial Site Assessment protocol. This position reports to the Head Office. A full description of the positions can be downloaded from the below links: