WASH Sector Lead

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Employee Contract Type:

International Assignment – Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

JOB PURPOSE:

The position will take the lead in developing/reviewing and implementing the WV Afghanistans WASH programming as informed by the NO Strategy. The position will ensure availability of technical expertise, support staff capacity building, innovation in design, quality results and organisational learning within World Vision based on credible evidence gained through WASH programming. The candidate is expected to possess up-to-date sectoral knowledge to ensure that current thinking is reflected in World Visions WASH programmes. The candidate will also represent World Vision in external engagement with technical sectors, donors, governments and other relevant stakeholders in the development and humanitarian community. The WASH sector lead will be responsible for the development of proposal for resource acquisition related to WASH programming.

Major Responsibilities:

Strategy and Leadership (20%)

• Refine and lead the realisation of WASH sector objectives from the WV Afghanistan Strategy, ensuring synergy, and integration with other sectors.
• Based on evidence of impact, monitor and analyse progress and provide recommendations towards achieving WASH strategic objectives.
• Demonstrate World Visions core values, vision, and mission in all aspects of the role and aspire to achieve a safe and secure future for children.
• Provide leadership and direction to the overall WASH sector in collaboration with Operations Director, Zonal Managers and Project Managers.
• Create a learning environment in which WSH staff regularly reflect, learn from mistakes, and use lessons for personal growth and to revise work plans to improve ministry impact.

Technical Expertise and organisational learning (30%)

• Provide WASH expertise, technical support and updated knowledge during project/programme design, monitoring, implementation, and evaluation, as well as to related staff across the response.
• Ensure understanding and quality embedding of WASH technical standards at project, programme, and strategic levels.
• Develop/identify written material for guiding WASH implementation, for community awareness raising/education, and for positioning WVA for efforts related to WASH advocacy.
• Together with WVAs Communications Manager, develop and disseminate WASH related promotional and evidence-based communications products
• Ensure capacity building of WASH staff where required.
• Lead development of strategic new WASH approaches in line with the programming context and imminent funding environment of emergency, recovery, and development initiatives where relevant.
• Work with other technical leads and M&E to support the coordination and exchange of lessons learned and good practice.
• Be the knowledge centre of all National Office WASH projects.
• Analyse the impact of project and promote learning by documentation of best-practices. Use this information to support decision-making processes.
• Travel regularly to all project sites to ensure proper implementation of WASH projects especially construction activities, ensuring that evidence based best practices and quality standards are being utilised in implementation.
• In collaboration with project leads and ZPMs, identify best practices and innovative ideas to do things differently
• In collaboration with project managers and ZPMs, provide technical review for progress reports for all WASH projects.

External Engagement and Advocacy (10%)

• In coordination with the Programme Director, Operations Director and National Director, establish and maintain liaison with relevant government departments.
• Represent World Vision on Cluster and working groups, in donor meetings, private sector engagements and at conferences and prepare monthly external engagement reports
• Work with Advocacy lead to develop and maintain relationships and networks with the relevant national institutions and other key stakeholders.
• Use credible and validated evidence from programming to inform policy dialogue and policy recommendations
• Represent World Vision in local coordination forums and liaise with government officials and donors, UN-bodies and other partners wherever appropriate and required.
• Effectively represent WV operations and mission when accompanying visitors, e.g. donor and/or Government representatives, journalists and other delegations to project sites

Resource acquisition (40%)

• In collaboration with the Resource Acquisition and Management team and other Sector leads/specialists, support mapping of donors and actively pursue new funding opportunities in the WASH sector.
• In collaboration with the GAM team, actively engage in designing the technical components of new project proposals and take the lead in designing WASH components and project applications for donors.
• Coordinate efforts to comply with WVI and national Cluster WASH sectoral standards and policies, ensuring projects design and implementation meets.
• Be aware of the Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs (HEA) standards and operational imperatives and cascade the same to project team.

Knowledge/Qualification for the Role:

• At least five years working experience at a senior level in WASH Resilience sector in a Development and humanitarian context.
• Excellent technical understanding of WASH sector and WASH programming
• Experience designing and facilitating WASH capacity building activities and training
• Good understanding of both the Development and humanitarian architecture
• Substantial experience in networking and positioning with external stakeholders
• Extensive experience in developing successful project proposals
• Experience in advocacy, preferably on trans-national level
• Experience of working in the Afghanistan would be an advantage
• Cross-cultural sensitivity, flexible world view, emotional maturity and physical stamina.
• Knowledge of and adherence to the Red Cross and NGO Code of Conduct and capability of incorporating standards in implementation and evaluation of relevant projects

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification:

• Knowledge of and adherence to the Red Cross and NGO Code of Conduct and capability of incorporating standards in implementation and evaluation of relevant projects

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications:

• Commitment to World Vision Core Values, Vision and Mission Statement.
• HEAT Training a MUST for the successful candidate.
• Excellent written English, with fluency in speaking English
• Prior experience in fragile contexts and humanitarian response

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement:

• The position requires ability and willingness to travel up to 60% domestically to project sites; with occasional international travel

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local and International Applicants (IA’s) Accepted

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