Overview
Senior WASH Manager responsible for leading the achievement of improved access to safe water and sanitation and hygiene practices, and integrating WASH into development programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the achievement of improved access to safe water and sanitation and hygiene practices.
- Ensure awareness of government and donor orientations, policies, and programs in WASH.
- Facilitate advocacy at local and national levels for WASH objectives.
- Strategically integrate WASH into ADP development programs.
- Ensure alignment of WASH programs with high-level Partnership initiatives.
- Ensure cross-functional collaboration with ESCA, FSL, Health, and Nutrition.
- Oversee the development of WV Niger's strategy for quality culture and implementation of QAQC annual action plans.
- Lead monitoring and evaluation (baseline and endline) of the NI-WASH program and related projects.
- Monitor faithful implementation of recognized WASH approaches by staff and partners.
- Develop or adapt and disseminate diagnostic, analysis, and reporting tools.
- Develop innovative approaches to monitor performance and effectiveness of NI-WASH projects.
- Ensure aggregation, processing, and analysis of WASH data at the national level.
- Communicate program quality issues to management and colleagues.
- Submit monthly, semi-annual, and annual NI WASH program reports and quarterly project reports.
- Ensure clear and accurate reporting to donors.
- Contribute to World Vision Niger's annual reports with WASH data.
- Provide regular technical support to WASH program field staff and Ni-WASH project staff.
- Facilitate the introduction and adoption of innovative practices in WASH programs.
- Identify new training needs in WASH and integrate them into training plans.
- Establish strategic contacts and relationships with potential donors and partners.
- Maintain an update on donor and partner priorities and interventions in WASH.
- Contribute to the identification, evaluation, and design of grant proposals.
- Design and implement a pre-positioning plan with key WASH donors.
- Ensure technical standards in WASH grant project implementation meet or exceed donor expectations.
- Represent World Vision Niger at the UN agencies and partners WASH group.
- Ensure WASH facilitators and managers/coordinators participate in WASH working group meetings.
- Support the creation or strengthening of strategic partnerships for sustainable WASH service access.
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 related discipline.
