These responsibilities shall be adapted to the particularities of the job location and context, phase of operation, strategic focus, and type of programme intervention. This section shall be revised whenever a new employee is hired or the context changes significantly.

• Support the coordination of assessments at state levels and provide support in identification of needs for cluster and Inter-Cluster initial rapid needs assessments (IRNA), humanitarian needs overview (HNO), WASH Vulnerability analysis, etc.
• Promote the use of the agreed cluster tools and guidance for surveys and assessments.
• Based on the inputs from the SNCs provide the National WASH Cluster with inputs from crisis-affected states for the development and revision of cluster response strategy ensuring that state inputs are adequately reflected in the overall country and cluster strategies.
• Ensure that the WASH Cluster responses at the state level are in line with the National WASH Response Strategy, existing policy guidance and technical standards.
• Regularly monitor implementation of WASH emergency activities in all crisis-affected states to ensure that cluster members are adhering to national and international best practice.
• Draw lessons learned from past activities and provide inputs to the national WASH Cluster for revising strategies and action plans accordingly.
• Supporting the development of exit, or transition, strategy, contingency planning, and preparedness plans for the state clusters.
• Undertake regular monitoring visits to all crisis-affected states.
• Support SNCs in ensuring regular quality reporting against the WASH Cluster indicators of service delivery (quantity, quality, coverage, continuity, and cost) through communication and discussions with cluster partners and provision of technical support for timely and quality reporting.
• Identify core pipeline supply issues and bring them to the attention of the national WASH Cluster and supply managers.
• Organize and facilitate capacity building workshop with the SNCs at least once per year.
• Support SNCs and cluster partners in identification of core advocacy concerns, including resource requirements, and communicate those to the National WASH Cluster.

Eligibility Criteria

• Degree in Public health, social work, or any relevant field of study
• Master’s degree WASH and/or related field is an added advantage.
• Minimum 3 years of experience from working in a humanitarian coordination system and specific experience in WASH.
• Knowledge of WASH in emergencies interventions.
• Knowledge of the Cluster approach guidelines and terms of Reference (and knowledge of how to apply them)
• Knowledge of cluster partners (their mandates, capacities, attitudes, limitations,) and how to integrate them into the cluster approach.
• Ability to mitigate and mediate conflict and disagreements among cluster partners.