Sector Lead-WASH

Job Description

Title: Sector Lead-WASH

Company Name: CARE Bangladesh

Vacancy: --

Location: Cox's Bazar

Minimum Salary: Tk. 20000 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ 6 to 8 years

Published: 5 Mar 2024

Education:
∎ Master's degree in Engineering or humanitarian/disaster management, with significant experience in the WASH sector.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 6-8 years experience in managing WASH programs in emergencies; experience working in camp settings is an added advantage.
∎ Experience leading water, sanitation and hygiene assessments and in designing, implementing and monitoring innovative and suitable interventions.
∎ Experience in developing high-quality funding proposals.
∎ Experience in writing clear and complete project reports.
∎ A thorough understanding of and ability to apply the Sphere standards on WASH is a must.
∎ Sound knowledge of and experience in working in the UN cluster system.
∎ Strong project cycle management skills: assessments, design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and strategic planning skills.
∎ Strong commitment to accountability, social justice, and promoting gender awareness and equality.
∎ Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and management skills.
∎ Experience in managing a team as a strong team player with a positive attitude.
∎ Strong communication skills in both verbal and written English and Bangla.
∎ Computer skills in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
∎ Minimum 6-8 years experience in managing WASH programs in emergencies; experience working in camp settings is an added advantage.
∎ Experience leading water, sanitation and hygiene assessments and in designing, implementing and monitoring innovative and suitable interventions.
∎ Experience in developing high-quality funding proposals.
∎ Experience in writing clear and complete project reports.
∎ A thorough understanding of and ability to apply the Sphere standards on WASH is a must.
∎ Sound knowledge of and experience in working in the UN cluster system.
∎ Strong project cycle management skills: assessments, design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and strategic planning skills.
∎ Strong commitment to accountability, social justice, and promoting gender awareness and equality.
∎ Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and management skills.
∎ Experience in managing a team as a strong team player with a positive attitude.
∎ Strong communication skills in both verbal and written English and Bangla.
∎ Computer skills in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Location: Based in Cox’s Bazar Regional Office
∎ Duration: Duration of the Contract will be up to February 28, 2025.
∎ I. Job Summary: CARE is one of the world's leading international humanitarian and development organizations, committed to helping people in poor communities improve their lives and alleviate poverty. Founded in 1945, CARE is working in over 100 countries to fight global poverty and marginalization. CARE has been active in Bangladesh since 1949 and is one of the largest programs in the CARE confederation. Women and girls are at the core of all CARE programs because they represent half of the marginalized group, and it is not possible to overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. CARE Bangladesh works to implement programs with long-term impacts that result in sustainable changes for the extremely poor and marginalized communities.
∎ Since August 2017, the heavy influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox's Bazaar has required an emergency response in accordance with CARE's humanitarian mandate to meet the needs of crisis-affected populations in the poorest communities. CARE is responding to the crisis in multiple sectors including GBV, Health, WASH, Nutrition and SMSD programming. To lead the design, coordination, management, quality implementation of the WASH Sector, CARE is recruiting WASH Sector Lead for its emergency operation in Cox’s Bazar.
∎ The principal purpose of the position and overall responsibility is lead on a) designing of WASH response mechanisms based on assessments/analysis of WASH situations of households and communities, working with team members to provide inputs for project proposals and compile regular action plans and quality program reports; b) coordination with relevant stakeholders and WASH actors (UN agencies, Inter Sector Coordination Group, WASH Cluster/Sector, Government agencies, INGOs, local and international partners), positioning CARE as key leading agency for the WASH response; c) providing technical assistance to the field staff and partners, designs and rolls out capacity building activities (on the job assistance) on WASH and oversees the strategic management and successful program implementation ensuring program quality according to CARE standards and incorporating learnings into the programming cycle.
∎ Reporting to the Head of Cox’s Bazar Regional Office, the WASH sector lead will be based in the Cox’s Bazar and lead the field-based team in collaboration with CARE partners’ staffs and volunteers.

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

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Company Information:
∎ CARE Bangladesh
∎ RAOWA Complex, Level: 7-8, VIP Road, Mohakhali, Dhaka - 1206, Bangladesh

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∎ RAOWA Complex, Level: 7-8, VIP Road, Mohakhali, Dhaka - 1206, Bangladesh

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Application Deadline: 17 Mar 2024

Category: NGO/Development