Technical Director, WASH Quality and Innovation Job at World Vision in Freetown

Overview With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type : Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description :

This role, which reports to the Global Director, WASH, provides strategic leadership that influences the quality and impact of WASH sector programming globally. This will entail the leadership and quality control of key evidence based intervention packages, project models development and review, and impact measures in alignment with the Partnership Strategy and ensures integration of WV’s programmes. Champions cross-sector collaboration around scalable innovative solutions. In collaboration with other ministry leaders, oversees the development of sector guidance (including global minimum standards, project models, and capacity building strategies and curricula, and M&E tools) for World Vision’s WASH sector works in development, fragile states, and WASH in Emergency Response contexts. Represents World Vision in global technical networks for increased learning, impact, income and influence.

Preferred locations : Mali, Burundi, Angola, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Ghana, Niger and locations where WVI is registered.

Major responsibilities

Set Strategic Priorities Support the development and updating of Core Project Model, sector guidance in alignment with partnership strategies and organizational standards. Ensures sector guidance is complete, current and practical for field purposes.

Support the development, updating and review of sector program approach in alignment with partnership strategies and organizational standards.

Develop global WASH standards, and connections to indicators. Ensures it reflects WV’s distinctive of being child-focused, Christ-centered and community empowering.

Oversees the quality of sector programming, assures alignment with sectoral approach, prioritized project models, and established standards. Provides related high level support to Regional Offices, National offices and Support offices around sector guidance, including quality assurance and sector alignment of all WASH programming tools and documentation.

Strengthen Organisational Capabilities

With Regional WASH Directors, build organizational agility and culture that supports quality and innovation in sector programming.

Provides thought leadership in order to find evidence based and high impact solutions to WASH sector challenges.

With WASH DME and Knowledge Management staff, and through CoP events, apply sector learning to ensure improvement of sector guidance.

Designs and manages processes to identify, vet and pilot innovative approaches in the sector both from within WV and outside that can maximize WV’s contribution to CWB in alignment with strategic priorities.

Defines the sector research portfolio, partnership and documentation / publication agenda and works with E&L and WASH Sector Leads on implementation of this agenda.

Ensure Accountability

With Global Field Operations, assesses quality and coverage of WV WASH sector programming within development, disaster and conflict contexts, to support increased quality in sponsorship, grant, and privately funded projects.

Oversee the quality of sector programming, in alignment with global sectoral approach and prioritized project models.

Promote WV Way

With other sector counterparts, champions cross sector collaboration for integration of WASH sector with other sectors and themes, working closely with other teams and colleagues to integrate our ministry distinctive including faith and development and advocacy and develop global ministry standards.

Identifies, explores and acts on improvement opportunities

External Engagement

Supports the identification, cultivation and development of relationships with international strategic WASH partners.

Keeps abreast of latest developments and innovations in the broader sector that is relevant to WV and share them internally

Benchmarks with peers and other relevant organizations to learn best practice and ensure we are cutting edge

Required Education, experience, training, license, registration, and / or Certification

Master’s degree in a relevant academic field

Bachelors degree in Engineering, Hydrology, IWRM or other technical background in WASH systems design and supervision

Minimum of 5 to 10 years experience in sector programming in field location.

Experience in overseeing or supporting multi country programmes

Experience in grant funded programmes by bilateral and multilateral donors

Experience in working with faith, faith actors and faith related issues in development

English and French required

Spanish, Arabic or Portuguese good to have

Preferred Experience, Knowledge and / or other Qualifications

In-depth knowledge of sector programming including evidence based sector programming

Good writing skills with evidence of writing / articles and or publications to sector peers

Experience working in fragile contexts with humanitarian experience

Experience working with partners, multiple stakeholders including government partners

Applicant Types Accepted : Local Applicants Only

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