Wash Technical Officer - National Position

Job title : Wash Technical Officer - National Position

Your Responsibilities

• Support procurement processes for WASH infrastructure projects, including contractor sourcing, bid evaluation, due diligence, and contract documentation.
• Provide technical oversight, supervision, and quality assurance for the construction and rehabilitation of boreholes, latrines, medical incinerators, and other WASH facilities.
• Prepare technical designs, Bills of Quantities (BOQs), progress measurements, and ensure contractors comply with contractual obligations, organizational policies, and quality standards.
• Coordinate with government authorities, WASH stakeholders, community structures, and WASHCOMs to ensure compliance, community participation, and successful project implementation.
• Monitor project activities against work plans, conduct site inspections, and contribute to timely delivery of project outputs and effective use of resources.
• Develop and maintain project documentation, monitoring systems, and contribute to weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports, lessons learned, success stories, and program updates.
• Integrate community engagement, gender, protection, accountability to affected populations, and capacity-building approaches into all WASH activities while adhering to organizational security and operational policies.

Your profile

• University degree in Environmental Health, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in WASH emergency programming with strong focus on community mobilization and familiarity with Sphere and WASH Cluster standards.
• Experience in conducting hygiene promotion, training, NFI distribution, planning, and reporting.
• Knowledge of behaviour change approaches and community engagement methodologies.
• Strong understanding of gender, protection, and inclusion in humanitarian work.
• Strong written and spoken English required, Hausa and/or local language skills are an asset.
• Ability to travel frequently to remote areas and work under emergency conditions.