Regional Water, Sanitation
& Hygiene (WASH) Advisor
Contract Type:
Level C1; Global – Open ended, fully accompanied by recognised family members.
Based in
Nairobi, Kenya
Oxfam, one of
the world’s leading humanitarian agencies, continues to fight to end poverty
and suffering through combining emergency response work, long-term development
programmes and campaigning for lasting change. Oxfam works in rural and urban
areas, in camps for refugees and internally-displaced persons, and amongst host
communities
The Horn, East,
and Central Africa (HECA) Region is the largest region within Oxfam, covering 8
countries, including Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Democratic Republic of
Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda.
The Regional
Centre is based in Nairobi and is mandated to provide leadership in
prioritising a preventative approach to public health, improving WASH
conditions and consequentially addressing poverty reduction and quality of
life, in addition to its disaster response mandate.
Be challenged
You will promote
public health innovation and learning right across the region, building the
technical capacity of our country teams and partners to design and implement
quality water and sanitation interventions.
We’ll expect you
to take the lead on long-term strategic thinking and operational planning. And
when a disaster strikes, you’ll make sure that we’re ready for it - and that we
have all the right kind of public health initiatives in place.
Be involved
As well as a
degree in water & sanitation or engineering (or the equivalent in technical
knowledge), you’ll have a strong engineering background and, more specifically,
possess significant practical experience of water and sanitation programming in
developing countries.
Experience of
working in complex emergency situations is important too.
We’ll also be
looking for a background in integrated public health programming with an
emphasis on engineering and a proven understanding of health promotion
approaches and methodologies.
Be Oxfam
A simple,
inescapable truth underlines everything we do at Oxfam.
There’s enough
wealth in this world to go around. It’s not unfortunate that people live in
poverty. It’s unjustifiable. It’s not their problem. It’s ours too.
And with the
right support, we can beat poverty and injustice. Thousands of Oxfam employees
already commit their time and talents to our humanitarian and long-term
development projects. Now we’re looking for yours.
To find out more
about this role and to apply, visit www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs quoting ref: INT6551.
Closing Date: 11th October 2013.
We are committed
to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.
