Overview
Senior WASH Manager role focused on improving access to safe water and sanitation, and promoting hygiene practices in Niger. The position involves strategic planning, project monitoring and evaluation, capacity building, resource acquisition, and external engagement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the achievement of improved access to safe water and enhanced hygiene and sanitation practices.
- Ensure awareness of Niger government guidelines, policies, and donor priorities in WASH.
- Facilitate advocacy at local and national levels for WASH objectives.
- Integrate WASH into ADP development plans.
- Ensure alignment of WASH programs with high-level Partnership initiatives.
- Oversee cross-functional collaboration with ESCA, FSL, Health, and Nutrition.
- Drive the development of WV Niger's strategy for quality culture and implement QAQC 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 NI WASH project reports.
- Ensure clear and accurate reporting to donors.
- Contribute to World Vision Niger's annual reports with WASH data and information.
- Provide regular technical support to WASH program field staff and Ni-WASH project staff through training, tools, and resources.
- Facilitate the introduction and adoption of innovative practices, methodologies, and approaches in WASH program and project implementation.
- 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 WASH.
- 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 WASH grant project implementation meet or exceed donor expectations.
- Represent World Vision Niger at the WASH cluster of UN agencies and partners.
- Ensure WASH facilitators and project managers/coordinators participate in WASH working group meetings and activities.
- Support the creation or strengthening of strategic partnerships 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 related discipline.
