Vacancy title:
Project WASH Specialist

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Professional Services, Category: Management]

Jobs at:
WaterAid Uganda

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, October 21 2025

Duty Station:
Uganda | Kampala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, October 2 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Contract: Fixed, Renewable based on performance and funding

Location: Uganda

Salary and Benefits:  competitive salaries with excellent benefits

Change starts with water. Change starts with you.

Every day, millions of people live without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid exists to change that – for everyone, everywhere. Join us, and your energy will help unlock people’s potential and create a fairer future.

About WaterAid

Want to use your skills in Uganda to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene for everyone everywhere?

We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.

Join WaterAid as a CARFEWW Project WASH Specialist to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.

About the Team

WaterAid is an international organization whose vision is that of a world where everyone has access to safe water, hygiene, and sanitation. WaterAid works to transform lives by improving access to safe water and good hygiene and sanitation conditions among the poorest and most marginalized populations in the world. In the implementation of its strategic plan for 2023-2028, WaterAid Uganda places particular emphasis on Health, also on increasing the quantity and quality of the WASH sector financing in Uganda, mobilizing resources, establishing multi-stakeholder partnerships, utilizing action research and innovation, while drawing on the lessons learned from previous strategies. In this process, WaterAid Uganda is seeking a qualified and motivated individual candidate to fill the position of CARFEWW Project WASH Specialist based at the Mbale Office in Uganda.

About the Role

The WASH Specialist will provide senior technical leadership for all WASH interventions under the CARFEWW project, ensuring high-quality, sustainable, and climate-resilient solutions. The role will drive strategic planning, integration of WASH with broader natural resource management, and adoption of innovative, evidence-based approaches. The incumbent will mentor and build the capacity of field teams, promote inclusive and gender-sensitive programming, and strengthen partnerships with government and community stakeholders. By ensuring compliance with national policies, donor standards, and WaterAid best practices, the role will enhance project impact, capture lessons learned, and support replication of successful models to improve health, hygiene, and community resilience.

Accountabilities:

• Lead the design, planning, implementation, and quality assurance of WASH interventions across CARFEWW districts and sub-catchment teams, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy and project objectives.
• Provide technical guidance and coordination to field teams and district partners, ensuring timely delivery of WASH activities within budgets.
• Drive innovation in climate adaptation and resilience by promoting best practices within the catchment
• Design and implement climate-resilient, evidence-based WASH solutions that integrate with natural resource management and community resilience strategies.
• Develop technical guidelines, tools, and frameworks for community-led WASH interventions and behaviour change programmes.
• Represent CARFEWW WASH interventions initiatives in district and regional coordination platforms, government engagements, working MWE deconstructed structures, and community networks.
• Ensure that key WASH approaches, such as System strengthening, Gender equality, and social inclusion, Modelling service delivery approaches, are used in all WASH interventions.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with local communities, government agencies, NGOs, and other stakeholders to enhance WASH service delivery.
• Represent CARFEWW WASH interventions programmes in district and regional forums and advocacy platforms to promote best practices, advocacy, and influence policy.
• Oversee collection, analysis, and reporting of WASH indicators to support project decision-making and compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in water resources, Environmental Engineering, Public Health, or related field. A master’s degree in a relevant field is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant WASH experience, preferably in multi-district projects or climate-resilient WASH programs.

• Demonstrable experience in community-led WASH programming, hygiene promotion, and behaviour change interventions.
• Strong knowledge of WASH standards, climate adaptation principles, and environmental sustainability practices.
• Experience with donor reporting and compliance (Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund, DFID, USAID, EU, or similar) is an advantage
• Competence in applying partnerships, convening, systems strengthening, inclusion, behavioural change, and mainstreaming gender and youth engagement approaches.
• Strong analytical, planning, and organisational skills, with the ability to handle multiple priorities effectively.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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