Overview
Senior WASH Manager role focused on improving access to safe water and sanitation practices in Niger. The position involves strategic planning, program management, and capacity building within the WASH sector.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the achievement of improved access to safe water and sanitation and hygiene practices.
- Ensure awareness of Niger government guidelines, policies, and programs, as well as donor priorities and approaches in WASH.
- Facilitate advocacy at local and national levels to achieve World Vision Niger’s WASH objectives and targets.
- Strategically integrate WASH into ADP development programs.
- Ensure alignment of Niger’s WASH programs with Partnership’s high-level initiatives.
- Foster cross-functional collaboration with ESCA, FSL, Health, and Nutrition.
- Oversee the development of WV Niger’s strategy to promote a quality culture and implement annual action plans for QAQC.
- Lead monitoring and evaluation (baseline and endline) of the NI-WASH program and all related NI-WASH projects and WASH/ PNS grants.
- Track faithful implementation of recognized WASH approaches by staff and partners in the field.
- Develop or adapt and disseminate diagnostic, analysis, and reporting tools.
- Develop innovative approaches to monitor the performance and effectiveness of NI-WASH projects and WASH/PNS grants.
- Ensure all World Vision Niger WASH data and information are aggregated, processed, and analyzed at the national level.
- Communicate program quality issues to management and colleagues.
- Submit monthly, semi-annual, and annual NI WASH program reports, as well as quarterly NI WASH project reports.
- Adopt formats proposed by the Ministry of Water and Sanitation, donors, World Vision US, or World Vision International.
- Ensure clear and accurate reporting to donors.
- Contribute to the preparation and writing of World Vision Niger’s annual reports.
- Provide regular technical support to WASH program field staff and NI-WASH project staff through targeted training, tools, and resources.
- Facilitate the introduction and adoption of innovative practices, methodologies, and approaches in the implementation of NI WASH programs and projects.
- Identify new training needs in water, hygiene, and sanitation and integrate them into the training plan.
- Establish strategic contacts and relationships with potential donors and partners for WASH project funding opportunities.
- Maintain an update on donor and key partner priorities and interventions in the WASH sector.
- Contribute to the identification, assessment, and design of grant project proposals.
- Design and implement a pre-positioning plan with key WASH sector donors in Niger.
- Ensure technical and high-quality standards in the implementation of WASH grant projects.
- Represent World Vision Niger at the UN agencies and partners’ WASH cluster.
- Ensure WASH facilitators and WASH project managers/coordinators participate in WASH working group meetings and activities.
- Support the creation or strengthening of a strategic partnership between World Vision Niger, other NGOs, universities, research institutions, and the Ministry of Water and Sanitation.
Required Experience
At least 5 (five) to 10 (ten) years of professional experience in a WASH program/project.
Qualifications
Master's degree in Hydraulics, Hydrogeology, Civil Engineering, Sanitary Engineering, or a related discipline.
