Regional Wash Programme Advisor

With over 70 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:
Empleado de Plazo Determinado (duración determinada)

**Job Description**:
Major Activities

Strategic Leadership:

- Ensure WASH programming is in alignment with WV’s WASH Core Project Model, Global WASH Business Plan, and global sector standards (SDGs, etc.).
- Coordinate the implementation of technical guidance, the WASH business plan, and conduct regular performance reviews of the targets set as part of the Global Business Plan and WASH sector scorecard.
- Coordinate the measurement of the impact of WASH interventions on Child Well-Being Objectives (CWBO) and targets.
- Engage and support Support Offices (SOs) in regional investment allocation decisions for WASH.
- Ensure support to Field Offices (FOs) for strategy, technical programs, and business plan development.
- Monitor WASH programs in the region by providing direction, input, and feedback to ensure effective and efficient program delivery.
- Engage with other members of the Strategy and Innovation team at the EASO to integrate the WASH sector with relevant sectors appropriate for child wellbeing..

Technical Oversight and Support:

- Provide close support to three Field Offices (FOs) implementing the WASH business plan (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam).
- Provide technical oversight and support for major WASH initiatives in the region.
- Provide leadership in mainstreaming, integration, and scaling up evidence-based best practices in WASH.
- Provide technical support in the development, adaptation, and scaling up of project models and approaches that contribute to specific child well-being outcomes.
- Engage with the WV US WASH team and EASO team to develop appropriate WASH technical trainings in an integrated manner to build the skills and expertise of the FO teams.
- Engage with the Regional Office (RO) team to integrate WASH in advocacy, climate change, GEDSI, Faith and Development, HEA, and other technical programming work at the country level, in alignment with the Technical Programme design and donor demands at the country level.
- Support FOs with WASH project implementation (grant and sponsorship projects), quality assurance, review of expenditure reports, and provide advice accordingly.
- Monitor and support risk management and mitigation for WASH projects in collaboration with the Regional Risk Management Officer.

Resource Development

Prepositioning work:

- Explore potential funding sources for WASH programming to support the Regional Office and Field Offices, and work with appropriate staff on these opportunities.
- Work with FOs and SOs to develop a sustainable pipeline of WASH grants.
- Work with the Regional Resource Development & Field Offices to maintain strong WASH donor relationships at the regional level, developing WASH engagement strategies for each donor or a group of donors.
- Provide technical support to the Regional Resource Development Unit and FOs during prepositioning meetings with bilateral, multilaterals, foundations, and Public Private Partners.
- Monitor the WASH donor competitive landscape; provide support and guidance to FOs in the development of WASH capacity statements aligned with FO strategy, Technical Programmes (TPs), grant projects, and WASH research projects to be utilized during prepositioning meetings with donors.
- Collaborate with the EASO Resource Development Unit (RDU), FOs, and SOs to support resource development for WASH programming.

Grant Acquisition and Management:

- Provide support in the development of multi-country WASH proposals.
- Provide technical assistance for WASH project design in the region and work collaboratively to ensure that Field Offices (FOs) have adequate public and private funding to scale up high-quality programming.
- Work with Support Offices (SO) and Field Office (FO) WASH teams, and other regional ministries and functions to ensure that large-scale grants and other specially funded initiatives are implemented in alignment with WV models, and that they achieve best practice standards of programming with financial accountability.

External Engagement:

- Establish and strengthen linkages and networks with leading institutions, academia, governments, and other organizations to establish formal or informal partnerships.
- Support significant FO-level donor and technical partner engagements.
- Represent WV in global, regional, and FO WASH events, conferences, fora, seminars, and technical working groups.
- Effectively communicate program impacts, successes, and challenges with stakeholders, donors, and partners to increase the visibility of WASH within the region.

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