Vacancy - RESEARCH OFFICER The use of energy in households results in unacceptably high levels of harmful human, financial and economic consequences. Since 1994, the Paraffin Safety Association of Southern Africa (PASASA), a non-profit organization based in Cape Town, has been promoting the safe use of paraffin in low-income South African households by: . Providing training and educational material to paraffin users through a network of partnerships. These include NGOs, community groups, emergency and healthcare workers, or any other group or individual who can effectively disseminate safety information. . Working with industry, regulatory organisations and other bodies to set safety standards, lobbying government to have these made mandatory and to enforce the mandatory standards. . Compiling a knowledge base about the domestic use of energy and its consequences by conducting injury and appliance surveillance, research, and collating and interpreting all available, relevant information. The organisation is not in the business of promoting paraffin or any related products. In fact, this is an exciting time for the Association as it has just expanded its mandate to address the risks and safety issues linked to all energy carriers used within households. This includes candles, LPG,electricity, coal, wood, and ethanol gel. Job Description & Responsibilities PASASA has a vacancy in their Cape Town Office (Claremont) for a Research Officer. Although it is envisaged as a permanent project, this is an eight month contract with a view to renewal based on successful fundraising. . The purpose of the Research Officer position is to provide support to the Senior Project Manager for Research, Education and Safer Systems. . The incumbent will be involved in the development and maintenance of the GIS-based surveillance system of the Association - which includes data on energy-related injuries, paraffin usage, appliances, fires and community surveys. The system also includes information on the Association's activities in order to act as a reporting tool. . Working in collaboration with the regional staff and volunteers, the Research Officer will ensure that accurate and complete information is collected by supporting and supervising a team of part-time data capturers as well as managing databases and ensuring data quality. . The incumbent will also be involved in data analyses and in producing reports on the surveillance system data and other research matters. Requirements . A Bachelor's degree in either social, environmental or health sciences or the equivalent. Consideration will also be given to those without a degree but with relevant work experience. . Research skills including preparation of research protocols, ensuring data quality, data analysis, and monitoring and evaluation. . Research paper and report writing skills including explaining trends and interpreting data. . Experience in preparing and presenting papers at conferences is an advantage. . Working knowledge of Microsoft Office software, including Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Word. . Familiarity with database software and knowledge management. . Oral and written knowledge of English is required. . Demonstrated ability to work independently with limited supervision and to be part of a team. . Supervision experience is an asset. Salary - Between R20 000.00 - R24 000.00 per month and benefits depending on experience and qualifications. To Apply - send your motivation letter and detailed CV with contactable references by email to [email protected] or by fax 086 505 6703 before 12h00, Friday 20 April 2012. Introduce your letter of motivation by stating exactly where you first saw the advert. Regret no relocation or interview travel costs will apply. PASASA values equal opportunity and development of new local talent, therefore this position is open for local hire - limited to resident South African citizens. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Candidates will be invited to the interview process and be subjected to competency assessments. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing deadline, please assume that you have not been shortlisted. Visit www.paraffinsafety.org to find out more about the Association.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 12 April 2012 09:01 To: [email protected] Subject: Stoves Digest, Vol 20, Issue 9 Send Stoves mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists .org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Stoves digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Product list from Envirofit (Crispin Pemberton-Pigott) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:49:13 +0200 From: "Crispin Pemberton-Pigott" <[email protected]> To: "Stoves" <[email protected]> Subject: [Stoves] Product list from Envirofit Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear Stovers and Especially Vintage Stovers Who Remember How Things Used To Be Envirofit has a product catalogue out: http://www.envirofit.org/files/Envirofit%20Product%20Overview2012.pdf Look through the stoves and accessories, paying attention to the detail delivered on the pot supports. A great deal of thought has gone into these products. What is most impressive is the significant step up these products are in quality and reliability compared with the efforts the global stoves community over the previous years. It is truly a maturing industry. There are viable career paths for thermal and materials engineers, as also witnessed by the development of the GEK gasification systems. For those who recall the Shell support for stove programmes in the past, this is the result of the focussing of the funding for their 5 million stoves on 5 continents idea on a single private venture. The task was tendered (by invitation) and Envirofit was given the opportunity to come up with a set of stove solutions and bring them to the world. The performance of each product is listed but I was unable to find on their website the test protocol that it says it located at www.eecl.colostate.edu If anyone has a copy and can post a link please do so. It is important that we know how the testing was done and how the performance was calculated. Thanks Crispin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.bioenergylists.org/pipermail/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org/a ttachments/20120412/9c2e1005/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists .org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://www.bioenergylists.org/ End of Stoves Digest, Vol 20, Issue 9 ************************************* _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://www.bioenergylists.org/
