Regional WASH Coordinator - Southern Africa
Harare, Zimbabwe
2 Year Full-Time Fixed Term National Contract
The successful candidate will be offered a market related salary including related benefits.
Public health (water and sanitation hygiene or WaSH) plays a central role in the poverty continuum of Southern Africa. WaSH is key in addressing issues of HIV, food security, livelihoods and emergencies. Oxfam in Southern Africa through its public health programmes in the region has an opportunity to increase the scale of our public health work, and more importantly to increase the impact of the programme, by ensuring that it is structured to most appropriately respond to the real underlying problems and to ensure that it integrates more effectively with other existing programmes and complements the implementation of WaSH related policies in the countries and the region.. The Regional WASH coordinator will play a pivotal role in cementing water and sanitation as a core component of the region’s programme and will ensure that Oxfam continues to maintain key competencies in access to public health and emergency WaSH preparedness and response. Based in Zimbabwe, the Regional WASH Coordinator will be responsible for leading regional WASH programme development and implementation support and regional WASH emergency preparedness and response.
This is an exciting opportunity to undertake pioneering work and innovation in humanitarian as well as development contexts working in both urban and rural settings. This is also an opportunity to inform and influence Oxfam’s regional and global WaSH priorities in areas such as risk reduction, resilience and integrating and aligning WaSH with Oxfam’s livelihood and gender work. Oxfam in Southern Africa has upgraded this position to reflect the importance and commitment to these expectations.
The successful candidate will have a Master’s degree in water engineering (or similar) and / or equivalent technical experience and training in the design and implementation of water hygiene systems in Africa. The successful candidate should also demonstrate sound experience in leading public health programmes, programme policy and strategy development as well as the monitoring and management of large budgets. Experience in assessing and responding to emergencies is essential, and the successful candidate should be willing to travel up to 50% of the time.
How to apply:
To find out more about this role and to apply, please visit www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs and quote ref: INT5881
Oxfam is an equal opportunities employer. We particularly encourage applications from people living with HIV and AIDS, people with disabilities, women and previously disadvantaged people.
Please Note: We can only accept applications from qualified candidates with the right to live and work in Zimbabwe.
Closing Date: 15 January 2013
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