The WASH Specialist will provide senior technical leadership for all WASH interventions under the CARFEWW project, ensuring high-quality, sustainable, and climate-resilient solutions. The role will drive strategic planning, integration of WASH with broader natural resource management, and adoption of innovative, evidence-based approaches. The incumbent will mentor and build the capacity of field teams, promote inclusive and gender-sensitive programming, and strengthen partnerships with government and community stakeholders. By ensuring compliance with national policies, donor standards, and WaterAid best practices, the role will enhance project impact, capture lessons learned, and support replication of successful models to improve health, hygiene, and community resilience.

Accountabilities:

• Lead the design, planning, implementation, and quality assurance of WASH interventions across CARFEWW districts and sub-catchment teams, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy and project objectives.
• Provide technical guidance and coordination to field teams and district partners, ensuring timely delivery of WASH activities within budgets.
• Drive innovation in climate adaptation and resilience by promoting best practices within the catchment
• Design and implement climate-resilient, evidence-based WASH solutions that integrate with natural resource management and community resilience strategies.
• Develop technical guidelines, tools, and frameworks for community-led WASH interventions and behaviour change programmes.
• Represent CARFEWW WASH interventions initiatives in district and regional coordination platforms, government engagements, working MWE deconstructed structures, and community networks.
• Ensure that key WASH approaches, such as System strengthening, Gender equality, and social inclusion, Modelling service delivery approaches, are used in all WASH interventions.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with local communities, government agencies, NGOs, and other stakeholders to enhance WASH service delivery.
• Represent CARFEWW WASH interventions programmes in district and regional forums and advocacy platforms to promote best practices, advocacy, and influence policy.
• Oversee collection, analysis, and reporting of WASH indicators to support project decision-making and compliance.

• Bachelor’s degree in water resources, Environmental Engineering, Public Health, or related field. A master’s degree in a relevant field is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant WASH experience, preferably in multi-district projects or climate-resilient WASH programs.

• Demonstrable experience in community-led WASH programming, hygiene promotion, and behaviour change interventions.
• Strong knowledge of WASH standards, climate adaptation principles, and environmental sustainability practices.
• Experience with donor reporting and compliance (Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund, DFID, USAID, EU, or similar) is an advantage
• Competence in applying partnerships, convening, systems strengthening, inclusion, behavioural change, and mainstreaming gender and youth engagement approaches.
• Strong analytical, planning, and organisational skills, with the ability to handle multiple priorities effectively.