WASH and Shelter Coordinator | Shire

Role and responsibilities

The main purpose of the position is to ensure effective coordination of the WASH activities in IDPs and Host communities in Tigray region, Ethiopia. The WASH coordinator leads and oversees the NRC WASH sector strategy at the area level and will assist the area program manager in providing technical input in the program development.

Generic responsibilities 

• Line management of WASH Project staff
• Adherence to NRC policies, guidance, and procedures
• Contribute to WASH strategies development, and project proposals and provide input on needs and gaps

• Manage and implement a delegated portfolio of WASH projects (activities, budget, and project
• documentation) as delegated from AMP in line with proposals, strategies, and donor
• requirements, and ensure high technical quality
• Provide regular progress reports to APM
• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and asses new
• and better ways to assist
• Promote and share ideas for improvement and necessary changes in the activities
• Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
• Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy.

Specific Responsibilities 

• To ensure minimum standards of technical quality in all activities and interventions, which are
• technically appropriate, realistic, in line with project-specific objectives, and on budget
• Undertake contract management and tendering processes of the diverse contractors for
• WASH hardware and software activities
• Plan, coordinate, and implement NRC WASH activities (Public Health Engineering, Public Health
• Promotion, Construction) in the Somali Region
• Ensure that assessment, program design, and implementation consider the needs and
• vulnerabilities in the Somali Region
• Ensure that WASH program design is informed by and integrated with NRCs’ other priority
• sectors of ICLA, Livelihood and Food Security (LFS), Education and Protection
• To ensure that sustainable systems are set in place for longer-term operation and maintenance
• of all water and sanitation infrastructure, including the provision of all necessary training.
• Prepare and oversee the implementation process to ensure the timely delivery of program
• activities (for example, monitoring against log frames, individual performance management
• workplans).
• Prepare timely financial and narrative reports on project activities in compliance with internal
• NRC requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.
• Always ensure appropriate management and use of NRC resources
• Manage project staff on a day-to-day level working with other technical departments, security,
• logistics, administration, and senior management staff (depending on assignment)
• Ensure that NRC’s work in WASH programming is coordinated with the efforts of other agencies
• and Government and represent the organization at Interagency Coordination meetings
• Contribute to learning, experiences, and evidence to relevant global advocacy objectives
• relating to WASH through case studies and documentation

1. Competencies

Competencies are important for the employee and the organization to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:

• Degree in Water Engineering, Public Health, Civil Engineering, Public Health, Environmental
• Health, Hydrology, irrigation engineering
• 5 years experience working in senior WASH positions (Manager and Coordinator) or similar in a humanitarian/recovery context with an INGO/ NGOs
• Experience in implementing integrated WASH activities (both software and hardware)
• Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in Tigrigna and English, both written and verbal

• Knowledge of the operating context in the Somali Region.
• Knowledge of the local languages is an advantage
• Experience in the use of design software like AutoCAD, ArcGIS, and statistical packages
• Knowledge and experience of the application of SPHERE and links to emergency and longer-term development practice
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills