Summary
Date Posted: Friday, February 07 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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About WaterAid
Want to use your skills in climate resilience and WASH to help ensure clean water, sanitation, and hygiene for everyone, everywhere?
We need passionate, dedicated professionals. In return, you will be empowered to make a real impact. Together, we will create lasting change.
Join WaterAid as Regional Climate Resilient WASH Advisor to strengthen climate-resilient WASH services in East Africa, helping communities adapt and thrive.

About the Role
The purpose of this role is to lead the delivery of the Climate Change Aim. The incumbent will provide technical support and oversight and lead in achieving its influencing outcomes. The position-holder will lead and/or facilitate the development of quality, impactful, inclusive and innovative strategy and programmes on WASH and Climate Change and provide technical guidance and advice in their delivery. The incumbent will achieve this through a programmatic approach combining field-based programmes with learning, research and advocacy initiatives and work in collaborative partnerships with various stakeholders in the public and private spheres, including civil society organizations, National and Local Governments in East Africa and the private sector.

WASH and Climate Programme development:
• Provide contextualised support in climate proofing of the ongoing WaterAid East Africa (WAEA) programmes.
• Analyse the evolving political economy of climate-resilient WASH to guide WAEA for adaptive programming and planning.
• Support WAEA in developing the capacity of the relevant staff and partners on Climate change, water security and its links with WASH.
• Develop, implement, and oversee a comprehensive climate-resilient WASH five-year strategy for the East African region, considering local climate challenges, vulnerabilities, and available resources.

Technical and operational support for programme implementation
• Provide technical and operational support to CPs, NGO partners and other relevant actors to implement WASH and Climate programmes
• Identify technical gaps and use WaterAid ‘’Build-Borrow-Buy’’ approach to increase capacities of CPs on WASH and Climate
• Participate on behalf of the Regional Team in WASH and Climate Change programme meetings to review progress, share WaterAid's good practices and models, and provide expert advice and guidance.
• Develop policy papers, briefs and other strategic materials for use by CPs and the Regional Team for advocacy and policy influencing purposes.

Innovation, Programme Learning for sustainability and Influencing
• Ensure the capture and documentation of Climate Change and WASH models and practices for influencing WASH and Climate Change policy and practice.
• Support the development and delivery of robust advocacy strategies necessary for integrating WASH in Climate Change process, plans and strategies at different levels (using analysis of published documents, research, public debates and WaterAid’s own country programme experience).
• Advocate for policies and practices that promote climate-resilient WASH at the regional, national, and local levels and provide technical input to relevant policies and guidelines.

Sector engagement and networking
• As delegated by the Region, represent WaterAid in relevant national CSO, donor, and government forums related to Climate Change and WASH to influence the thinking of other stakeholders, persuasively advocate for WaterAid’s WASH and Climate Change agenda and build WaterAid’s reputation as a sector leader.
• Represent WaterAid in regional and global processes and debates on climate change especially on Climate Change and WASH.

Requirements
To be successful, you’ll need:
• A Master’s degree in Climate Change, Environmental Studies, Water Resource Management, or Climate Financing.
• 10+ years’ experience in climate-related programming at a senior level.
• Strong expertise in WASH, water resource management, and climate adaptation.
• Proven ability to develop and lead policy and advocacy strategies.
• Experience in securing climate funding and developing donor proposals.
• Strong networking and partnership building skills across governments, NGOs, and agencies.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with fluency in English.
• Willingness to travel regularly within East Africa and occasionally beyond.

Desirable:
• Experience influencing government climate policies and integrating WASH into climate change strategies.
• Proven ability to innovate and drive climate action at scale.



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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