Senior Advisor, WASH Monitoring at WaterAid

About the Team:
This position will be based in the Quality Programmes (QP) team of the Programme Support Unit (PSU), part of the WaterAid UK International Programmes Department (IPD). IPD operates in over 20 countries with approximately 600 staff in total. PSU is a diverse, motivated, and fun group of 30 technical experts, specialists, advisors, and managers, passionate about bringing sustainable WASH access to the world's poorest and most marginalised people.

About the Role:

• In order to increase WASH coverage in an equitable way, improve the sustainability of WASH and improve transparency, it is necessary for service providers and regulators to collect data on the status of WASH.
• Monitoring is an essential component of a strong WASH system that can both deliver and sustain WASH outcomes.
• The Senior Advisor, WASH Monitoring provides and coordinates thought leadership, strategic advice and support on national and local processes for monitoring the status of WASH as part of a wider 'system strengthening' approach.
• The role focuses on the use of WASH data for planning, budgeting, transparency and accountability.

The Senior Advisor, WASH Monitoring will:
Develop guidance, standards, and address knowledge gaps

• Lead the co-design and development of relevant normative frameworks, standards and guidance materials related to WASH monitoring for both internal and external audiences in collaboration with country teams, regional teams and other thematic experts.
• Provide and coordinate in-depth thought leadership and strategic advice on WASH monitoring, framed within a system strengthening approach.

Provide and coordinate targeted technical support to countries and regions on WASH monitoring

• Respond efficiently and effectively to ad hoc requests from country and regional colleagues for support on WASH monitoring related matters.
• Lead the integration of WASH monitoring into WaterAid's core programme work, advising on closer alignment between WASH monitoring and WaterAid's M&E processes

Consult and collaborate with other WaterAid teams on WASH monitoring

• Support preparation of funding proposals and donor engagements.
• Support the PSU Research & Learning team in maintaining and promoting information management system and knowledge sharing platforms (e.g. KnowledgeNet, WASH matters) that provides access to guidance and knowledge products.

About you:

• Extensive commitment, experience and demonstrable knowledge and skills in the area of WASH monitoring, systems thinking and sustainable WASH in developing countries, demonstrated through a progressive career record with at least the most recent significant experience being in a similar level role.
• A relevant Post Graduate degree or equivalent.
• Proven intermediate level competence in use of ICT tools such as mWater, ArcGIS, and Excel.
• Very strong writing ability in English. Ability to synthesise information, analyse its relevance and communicate it in accessible formats that target the needs of different audiences.
• Proven experience of working with local government, national government and service providers (including utilities) in low income settings.
• Working style that reflects WaterAid's values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation.

Our Benefits

• Salaries and benefits for different countries will vary in line with the location of the successful candidate and depending on experience.