WASH Supervisor at Foundation for Refugee Economic Empowerment (FREE)

About the Role
The FREE Nigeria WASH programme is looking for a talented, enthusiastic and experienced person with expertise and keenness to lead its WASH interventions in Northeast Nigeria. The
position works under the Programme M&E Officer, and supervises WASH Field Officers and Volunteers.

The WASH Coordinator will be responsible of:

• Following-up implementation and increasing the quality of the WASH Programs in both bases (South and Bekaa) in close collaboration with technical teams. The Technical Coordinator will
• also liaise with both WASH PMs to support on reporting, project design and monitoring of current interventions.
• WASH Coordinator is also in charge of orienting the direction of the Department, aligning the strategy of the Department with the overall mission strategy and the Technical Programming
• Framework defined at HQ level. The WASH Coordinator will be in charge to decide which sub- sectors will be prioritize in the country based on the needs and gaps identified by the teams.
• The position also entails a considerable amount of time spent on nourishing external relationships, liaising with all type of external stakeholders: donors, local, regional, national
• authorities, working groups and overall representing Action Against Hunger in the country. Finally, WASH Coordinator will be in charge of capitalizing lessons learnt and build the
• capacity of ACF WASH teams, feeding up the future ACF Sectorial Strategy in Lebanon.
• Position Objective 1: (50%):Ensure quality implementation of WASH activities, providing technical advice and guidance to the technical teams at base level
• Define programme implementation modalities and methodology, from emergency relief to long term actions in collaboration with the technical teams including, but not limited
• to, technical specifications, BOQs, identification of activities and follow-up and workplans.
• Provide technical guidance and advice to the technical teams when required: program orientation, monitoring, team support and follow-up at field level, ensuring quality and timely implementation of the WASH activities.
• Support, when needed, on the timely procurement of goods and services and budget follow-up of programmes, in close coordination with Finance Unit and the WASH PMs.
• Ensure team’s monitoring and evaluation plan is effective, logical, and moving towards achieving the expected results and indicators of the project.
• Identify, jointly with the WASH teams program constraints and bottlenecks during implementation, propose solutions and support teams while implementation the proposed actions.
• Participate in the development of technical and programmatic tools related to monitoring and evaluation of WASH projects (Monitoring tools, ToRs for consultants and
• evaluators, ad hoc reports) in direct relation with Programme M&E, Executive Director,

Response Coordinator.

• Objective 2: (50%): Identification of needs, evaluation assessments and project design – Strategy of the WASH Department
• Collect and analyse primary and secondary data from different sources related to the WASH sector gaps in Northeast Nigeria, especially focusing on Borno and Adamawa.
• Design and define needs assessments to be performed at field level and identify WASH needs of the most vulnerable populations across the country.
• Propose cost-effective implementation options and high-impact humanitarian responses to identified needs. Define program implementation modalities and methodologies, from
• emergency relief to long-term actions.
• Design and prepare WASH interventions in coordination with other Departments ensuring the technical relevancy of the Action by providing expertise, assertive and
• efficient inputs to each proposed intervention.
• Based on the identified needs and in alignment with the FREE objectives, define WASH Strategy for the coming periods in collaboration with the programme team.

Training/ Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Public Health Specific training on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in humanitarian context.
Technical specific knowledge:

• Good analytical skills and capability to work in a precise, structured, and detailed manner.
• Must have good drafting and reporting skills.
• Experienced on the development of technical assessment and monitoring tools.
• Significant understanding and experience with project budgets and logistic procedures.
• Good communication skills, diplomacy, and coordination skills.

Previous experience:

• 3 years of previous experience in similar position or relevant experience in the in the WASH Sector for at least 2 years
• Previous experience in WASH Programme management in emergencies and Water Governance.
• Experience in conflict/post-conflict contexts, preferably with experience supporting emergency response in Northeast Nigeria.
• Experienced in training and team capacity-building.
• Experience in representation/external coordination.

Languages:
English (compulsory working language, spoken, read and written). Knowledge of Hausa is an asset.
IT and specific systems:
Strong computer skills in Office environment and data management. Knowledge of GIS software and KoboKollect is a plus.