Snr Wash Officer - National Position job at IsraAID | Apply Now

• Program implementation, monitoring, and delivery of results, with a focus on WASH in Refugees &

• Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of IsraAID Uganda’s WASH-related programming. Ensure effective collaboration with other partners and stakeholders in the field.

• Plan and conduct promotional activities to improve the hygiene and sanitation practices of local partners as well as in host communities and the refugee settlements. Mobilize community members to participate in these initiatives, and encourage community-level associations and other groups to actively participate in the project.

• Lead and supervise the process of water supply infrastructure construction in the field including selection of borehole drilling sites; monitoring of drilling operations; design, installation, and testing of production wells; installation of pumps, well platforms, and/or water distribution systems. Water supply initiatives should ensure coverage for/access by communities as well as at schools and health care facilities.

• Lead and supervise maintenance and rehabilitation of WASH existing and new WASH infrastructure, and help local authorities and communities establish effective mechanisms for carrying this work out into the future (including financing of it through user fees or other relevant mechanisms).

• Lead and supervise installation of improved sanitation infrastructure at community, institutional, and household levels. This may include construction of pit latrines, school toilets and handwashing stations, and health facility WASH infrastructure. Ensure compliance with the local regulations and the quality of the end-result services provided at all levels.

• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, including environmental and social screening of project sites, preparation of regular progress updates, and monitoring of WASH services at implementation sites.

• Monitor, report, and certify the use of sectoral program resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verifying compliance with approved allocations, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity.

• Prepare quality and timely WASH progress reports for the Country office management, donors and partners.

Networking and partnership building

• Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with government counterparts, UN agencies, donor agencies, WASH institutions, NGOs, research institutes and the private sector to stimulate coordination and collaboration in the WASH sector.

• Produce WASH IEC materials to promote awareness raising at the community level, establish partnerships and support fundraising.

• Participate in inter-agency discussions at national and settlement level, ensuring that IsraAID’s position, interests and priorities are fully considered and integrated in the planning and agenda setting.