Background information about the job or company:

Welthungerhilfe (WHH), founded in 1962, is one of Germany’s largest non-governmental aid and development agencies. We have worked in Uganda since 1986, in partnership with the Government of Uganda, national and local NGOs, jointly improving the livelihoods of the most vulnerable population in rural areas through interventions that increase their Food and Nutrition Security, improve sustainable access to WASH services, innovative youth skilling and women’s empowerment programs in five regions of Uganda.

Responsibilities or duties:

• Lead the development and implementation of WHH Uganda’s WASH strategy, ensuring alignment with national frameworks, WHH country strategy, and global standards (SPHERE, CHS, WHO).
• Provide technical leadership for the design and delivery of emergency, transitional, and long-term WASH interventions.
• Promote systems strengthening in WASH, addressing institutional, policy, financial, and technical aspects for sustainable service delivery.
• Ensure integration of WASH with health, nutrition, protection, livelihoods, and climate resilience programming.
• Lead the technical design of WASH project components, including BoQs, engineering designs, and budgets that meet donor and WHH standards.
• Oversee implementation quality, conduct supervision visits, and ensure robust quality assurance and risk management mechanisms.
• Strengthen capacity of WHH staff and partners through structured training, mentoring, and technical guidance.
• Provide expertise in community-based WASH approaches (CLTS, PHAST/PATS, MHM, water safety planning, waste management, climate-smart WASH).
• Support partners to build institutional capacity for sustainable WASH service delivery and governance.
• Represent WHH in national and sub-national WASH coordination platforms, fostering collaboration and sector alignment.
• Advocate for systemic change in WASH through engagement with government, donors, and private sector actors.
• Collaborate with MEAL teams to design and apply monitoring tools for WASH access, quality, and sustainability indicators.
• Lead sector diagnostics and assessments to inform program design and adaptive management.
• Document and share best practices, innovations, and lessons learned to strengthen learning and reporting.
• Contribute to global WHH WASH learning platforms, bringing evidence and field insights from Uganda.

Qualifications or requirements:

• Master’s degree in Civil, Water Resources, Environmental Engineering, Public Health, Hydrogeology, or a related WASH field.
• Bachelor’s degree with substantial relevant experience may be considered.
• Specialized training in water and sanitation system design, hygiene promotion, humanitarian WASH standards (Sphere, CHS), climate-resilient WASH, DRR, and emergency response.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in technical leadership roles within international development or humanitarian settings.
• Proven experience in resource mobilization, donor engagement, and technical input for competitive proposals.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategy development, program quality assurance, innovation, adaptive management, and systems strengthening.
• Strong ability in external representation, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement with donors, government, and sector networks.
• Excellent leadership, team management, and capacity-building skills.
• Solid understanding of Ugandan WASH policies, regulations, and institutional frameworks.
• Strong analytical, reporting, and presentation skills, with fluency in English.
• Proven ability to build partnerships, represent WHH in technical forums, and promote collaborative learning.
• High integrity, adaptability, and commitment to sustainable WASH systems and WHH’s humanitarian principles.

Experience needed:

Minimum 7 years of experience in technical leadership roles within international development or humanitarian settings.

• Lead the development and implementation of WHH Uganda’s WASH strategy, ensuring alignment with national frameworks, WHH country strategy, and global standards (SPHERE, CHS, WHO).
• Provide technical leadership for the design and delivery of emergency, transitional, and long-term WASH interventions.
• Promote systems strengthening in WASH, addressing institutional, policy, financial, and technical aspects for sustainable service delivery.
• Ensure integration of WASH with health, nutrition, protection, livelihoods, and climate resilience programming.
• Lead the technical design of WASH project components, including BoQs, engineering designs, and budgets that meet donor and WHH standards.
• Oversee implementation quality, conduct supervision visits, and ensure robust quality assurance and risk management mechanisms.
• Strengthen capacity of WHH staff and partners through structured training, mentoring, and technical guidance.
• Provide expertise in community-based WASH approaches (CLTS, PHAST/PATS, MHM, water safety planning, waste management, climate-smart WASH).
• Support partners to build institutional capacity for sustainable WASH service delivery and governance.
• Represent WHH in national and sub-national WASH coordination platforms, fostering collaboration and sector alignment.
• Advocate for systemic change in WASH through engagement with government, donors, and private sector actors.
• Collaborate with MEAL teams to design and apply monitoring tools for WASH access, quality, and sustainability indicators.
• Lead sector diagnostics and assessments to inform program design and adaptive management.
• Document and share best practices, innovations, and lessons learned to strengthen learning and reporting.
• Contribute to global WHH WASH learning platforms, bringing evidence and field insights from Uganda.

• Strong analytical, reporting, and presentation skills
• Excellent leadership, team management, and capacity-building skills
• Proven ability to build partnerships and promote collaborative learning
• Specialized training in water and sanitation system design, hygiene promotion, humanitarian WASH standards
• Demonstrated expertise in strategy development, program quality assurance, innovation, adaptive management

• Master’s degree in Civil, Water Resources, Environmental Engineering, Public Health, Hydrogeology, or a related WASH field
• Bachelor’s degree with substantial relevant experience may be considered
• Minimum 7 years of experience in technical leadership roles within international development or humanitarian settings
• Specialized training in water and sanitation system design, hygiene promotion, humanitarian WASH standards
• Strong ability in external representation, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement with donors, government, and sector networks