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How can you make a difference?
The WASH Officer (Sanitation & Hygiene) reports to the WASH Manager for supervision. The WASH Officer (Sanitation & Hygiene) provides technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the WASH programming process. The Officer prepares, manages and implements a variety of technical and administrative tasks, related to the development program, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH output results of the country programme.
• Programme Development and Planning: Draft updates and conduct assessments to inform WASH-related outcomes, focusing on community sanitation and hygiene. Support all stages of programming processes and participate in key sector meetings.
• Programme Management, Monitoring, and Delivery of Results: Oversee sanitation and hygiene interventions, collaborate with partners, monitor resources, and prepare reports on programme progress.
• Technical and Operational Support: Undertake field visits, provide technical support to partners, and report critical issues for timely action.
• Networking and Partnership Building: Establish partnerships with stakeholders, share best practices, and draft advocacy materials to promote WASH (sanitation and Hygiene) programmes.
• Humanitarian WASH Preparedness and Response: Develop emergency response plans, participate in coordination mechanisms, and ensure readiness for emergency WASH interventions, specifically in sanitation and hygiene.
• Innovation, Knowledge Management, and Capacity Building: Support WASH action research, prepare learning products, and conduct training to enhance sector capacity.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
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• Education: A university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health, social sciences, behavior change communication, sanitary engineering, civil engineering, or another relevant technical field.
• Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement the main degree is an asset.

Work Experience:
• DEVELOPMENTAL: a minimum of two years of professional work experience in WASH and Climate change with emphasis on sanitation and hygiene for developing countries is required.
• HUMANITARIAN: WASH, being a key sector for emergency preparedness and response, ability to work on emergency WASH will be an advantage.

Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required

Desirables:
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency.
• Expertise in rural and urban sanitation and hygiene for low- and middle-income countries, including sustainability, CATS and market-based sanitation principles.
• Proficiency in rural water supply, focusing on water safety and sustainability.
• Ability to integrate WASH-in-Schools and Health Care Facilities into overall programs.
• Promoting menstrual hygiene management.
• Analyzing and supporting government WASH policies, plans, and strategies.
• Conducting budget analysis and advocacy for WASH.
• Implementing resilient WASH and climate actions.
• Knowledge in humanitarian WASH preparedness, response, recovery, and coordination.
• Skills in program/project management, capacity development, knowledge management, and monitoring and evaluation.
• Understanding of human rights, gender equality, and WASH.

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