WaterAid's overall goal is to influence, deliver and scale-up WASH solutions that are sustainable, climate-resilient, gender-responsive and address key cross-cutting elements of other development goals including health, education, poverty, economic growth, and nutrition.
As our Programme Support and Knowledge Director, you will play a key role in delivering our mission by providing strategic leadership to the Programme Support & Knowledge (PSK) team and the wider International Programmes Department (IPD), as part of the department’s Senior Management Team (SMT). You will also input into organisation-wide initiatives, external collaborations and global networks to drive sustainable change.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and technical leadership to WaterAid UK’s programmes.
- Lead the Programme Support & Knowledge Team.
- Lead programme learning and knowledge management.
- Oversee programme support and capacity development.
- Support fundraising, external engagement, partnerships and communications.
- Champion WaterAid’s commitment to equity, inclusion and safeguarding.
Requirements
To be successful, you will need:
- Extensive and deep experience in WASH development across multiple contexts.
- Strong technical WASH skills – e.g. sustainable rural and/or urban water supply service delivery and management, climate resilient WASH.
- Systems-thinking capability to support transformational WASH programming.
- Proven ability to lead strategic, impactful initiatives in large organisations.
- Strong understanding of planning, monitoring and evaluation in development.
- Experience in knowledge management, learning and capacity development.
- Proven experience of developing propositions and donor engagement.
- A track record of leading high-performing teams and supporting change.
- A BA/BSc/HND qualification in a relevant field.
Preferred Qualifications (Non-essential):
- Working knowledge of French, Portuguese or Spanish.
- Experience leading or managing applied research.
- Experience establishing and promoting technical standards.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online through the WaterAid recruitment portal on Workable via the link provided below.
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