Job Description
Head of Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) (INT11440)
- Location:Yemen
- Sana'a
- Workplace
Type:On-site
- Hours:40
hours per week
- Salary:Competitive
- Job
Family:Programme
- Division:International
- Grade:C1
- Job
Type:Fixed Term
- Closing
Date:3 February 2026
- Country:Yemen
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end
the injustice of poverty.
Do you have a qualification in any discipline relating to
Public Health Engineering?
Do you have minimum of 5 years’ international experience in
emergency WASH in leadership positions with reputed WASH agencies/UN in large
scale humanitarian response?
Do you have ability to lead technical working groups and
facilitating training/workshop and technical presentations?
If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.
Job Purpose:
Provide strategic vision, guidance, and technical leadership
to Oxfam’s country WASH programme and sector in Yemen. The incumbent will be
responsible for strengthening lifesaving rapid response in areas of WASH
through strong preparedness & contingency plan for conflict / epidemics
while scaling up urban and rural WASH services, including promoting resilience
and sustainability in relatively stable context. S/he will lead on the process
of regular assessment, program design and fund-raising efforts. The job holder
will take the prime responsibility of the technical quality of donor reports
and accountability. S/he will work with the WASH Lead in the field to strengthen
the capacity of national staff. S/he will ensure that WASH programme
mainstreams gender, protection, and promotes safe programming and safeguarding.
Dimensions of the Role:
- Coordinates
and delivers agreed plans or strategies over which the job holder has some
strategic input.
- Impact
and influence of the job is mostly within the job holder’s own programme
unit (ie country/region).
- Helps
shape local level objectives within in a specific team
- Provides
specialist advice or specific skills to their team or programme unit
- Their
plans and objectives are developed to contribute to country, region and
broader programme strategy and can involve collaboration with other
programme units (e.g. other affiliates in-country or colleagues in
different country programmes) or departments (e.g. head office).
- Management
tasks are complex and non-routine within their specialist unit or
function.
- Requires
the ability to analyse and communicate complex information to a wide
audience.
Key Responsibility:
Strategic and technical leadership
- Provide
strategic and operational management of WASH programs, technical people
and funds
- Influences
the development/update of Country WASH strategy including contingency
planning and ensures and supports operational implementation. Ensure that
the strategy is informed by sound analysis, with consultations with teams
and concerned stakeholders and are devised in promotion of Oxfam's values,
culture and beliefs.
- Lead
the actualization/development and endorsement at mission level of the
OXFAM WASH sector strategy document.
- Contribute
to knowledge building and sharing within Yemen and other Oxfam offices,
sectors.
- Ensure
that “lessons learned” from the emergency interventions in Yemen is
conveyed to the departments to influence future policies and planning.
- Explore
and develop strategic partnership with ministries, technical departments
and local govt/councils including development of MoUs contributing to
quality and scaling up of program
- Liaise
with donors and dev partners on WASH technical issues of the program (as
required)
- Advocate
on programmatic options and link in with policy/advocacy team as required.
- Contribute
to HRP/HNOs and WASH cluster strategy, SoPs for cholerae/IDPs/Famine, SAG
where appropriate lead TWGs and developing guideline and agreed standards.
- Represent
Oxfam at national Coordination and relevant sub-cluster meetings
- Developing
innovative wash approaches around recycling, bio-initiatives..etc
Project design and implementation:
- To
continuously assess the context, and design/adapt the program and team
composition as required by the context, ensuring that operational plans
take into consideration risks
- Provide
guidance on technical assessment of large water supply schemes, design and
implementation in collaboration with water authorities at capital(s) and
governorate level.
- Develop
guidelines and tools with teams for implementation, ensure compliance with
established country policies, guidelines and agreed standards.
- Ensure
a high quality, multi-sectoral approach, aiming at reaching minimum
SPHERE, CHS, AAP and internal technical standards, with a focus on quality
and accountability.
- Promote
active participation of Local Partners in the development and
implementation of new projects in a process of transferring of
responsibilities. Build their capacity in WASH.
- Support
the preparation/ inception of projects, including recruitment of key WASH
staff and activity planning as required.
- Work
closely with Oxfam’s technical team, Civil Society Program, implementing
partners and other stakeholders in monitoring needs and identifying opportunities
for effective program actions.
- Endeavour
to ensure a good working relationship with support functions, preparing
supply requisitions, distribution plans, staffing requests, budgets etc in
a timely manner
- Proactively
ensure that gender equity issues are taken into account in all aspects of
Oxfam’s work and encourage mainstreaming of gender into all program
aspects by increasing knowledge of the staff, community structures and
beneficiary communities through trainings/ awareness raising activities
and incorporating gender data in program monitoring and design.
- Ensure
that the program is accountable to beneficiaries through promoting their
participation, providing them with information about program activities
and ensuring that beneficiary feedback is used effectively to adapt the
program.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning:
- Provide
technical support on developing new MEAL tools to be used by the team to
ensure that
- relevant
information is being collected to inform strategy and implementation, and
to ensure accountability and learning.
- Guide
and support field staff in effective on-going monitoring on project
outcomes/impacts, and render technical advice for fine-tuning
plans/modalities where required.
- Guide
the team in planning and analysis in the baseline, mid-term review and
final evaluations.
- Ensure
project learning is captured, consolidated and disseminated.
- Incorporate
best practices in projects, and guide program staff on sharing strategies,
procedures, successes and lessons learnt at national level and if
appropriate regional level with appropriate partners and within Oxfam.
Leadership
- Responsible
for WASH contribution to Oxfam’s work, representing and developing good
relationships with clusters, UN and other agencies, authorities, be
proactive in ensuring that Oxfam develops and maintains a positive
profile.
- Keep
informed of relevant program issues and context and to contribute to wider
program learning.
- Work
together with the Technical Leads advocating on issues raised by program
team
- As and
when requested lead on reporting writing and provide updates to WASH
cluster
- Actively
contribute to disseminate Yemen experience and best practices with the
regional office and other MENA countries.
Management
- Be an
example of Oxfam style of management and values. Empowering and developing
WASH staff, being inclusive while taking decisions and accountable to the
team, partners and beneficiaries.
- Update
and advice on WASH staffing architecture with transition and succession
plan according to program needs and scenario context
- In
line with Oxfam performance management procedures, matrix line management
of PHE TLs and PHP TLs ensuring that overall performance management is in
place and used effectively by the team in Yemen scale program.
- Build
a strong team spirit and vision, ensuring that discussions on Oxfam
country strategy, project implementation strategies and detailed
implementation planning are shared with the team, understood and
implemented
- Ensure
internal coordination mechanism is in place (regular staff meeting and
reporting) and feedback is provided to program managers, HPC and DCD in a
timely way.
Risk Management
- Support
the team in detailed activity planning, procurement and distribution
planning.
- Provide
regular, consistently high-quality reports on program and projects by
ensuring that proper monitoring is included in all work. This includes
donor as well as internal narrative and financial reports
- Maintain
contact with authorities, UN and other agencies and ensure that Oxfam
complies with relevant legislation and that its activity is understood and
publicized.
- Proactively
participate in WASH cluster meeting, ensuring issues of concern are
advocated for.
- Please
see more details in the attached Job Profile
What we are looking for:
We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's
mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and
values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.
An ideal candidate for the role will also have:
Essential
- A
suitable qualification in any discipline relating to Public Health
Engineering is the necessary educational background. Experience could
substitute for a formal qualification, but not vice versa.
- A
minimum 5 years’ experience in emergency WASH in leadership positions with
reputed WASH agencies/UN in large scale humanitarian response.
- Ability
to lead technical working groups and facilitating training/workshop and
technical presentations.
- Strategic
development skills, with the ability to translate concepts easily into
practical actions
Desirable
- Good
understanding of programmatic application of humanitarian mandate and
principles.
- Prior
experience in working in a fragile state and leading positions
- Balanced
Urban/Rural WASH resilience and experience of CASH/Market base
intervention
- Excellent
understanding and ability of applying SPHERE, CHS. AAP and Oxfam’s
internal min standards/tools.
- Able
to influence/negotiate and advocate technical options and strategy to
govt, UN, donors and team
We offer:
We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional
benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme,
annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and
a range of other benefits.
From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and
learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities
includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning
opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.
You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.
How to Apply
As part of your online application, please upload your up to
date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential
criteria in the job profile.
Note:
Oxfam doesn't charge any fees for recruitment and
doesn't have any relationship with recruitment agencies in or out Yemen
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