Main Tasks and Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership and Program Development

• Lead the development and periodic review of the mission WASH strategy and response plans.
• Ensure alignment with national WASH policies, cluster standards, and IMC global frameworks.
• Identify gaps and priorities in WASH service delivery across Sudan operations.
• Contribute to proposal development, including technical design, budgets, and log frames.

Technical Oversight and Quality Assurance

• Provide technical oversight for all WASH interventions, including: Water supply systems (boreholes, piped systems, trucking), Sanitation infrastructure (latrines, waste management systems), Hygiene promotion and behavior change activities and Infection prevention and control (IPC) in health facilities
• Ensure all WASH infrastructure meets SPHERE standards and national guidelines.
• Conduct regular field visits to ensure quality implementation and provide technical guidance.
• Review and validate engineering designs, BOQs, and implementation plans.
• Lead WASH emergency preparedness planning and contingency development.
• Ensure rapid response capacity for outbreaks (e.g., cholera, AWD) and displacement emergencies.
• Support pre-positioning of WASH supplies and emergency kits.
• Coordinate with health and nutrition teams during public health emergencies.
• Promote strong integration of WASH with: Health (IPC, facility WASH improvements), Nutrition (hygiene practices in CMAM settings), Protection (safe water access in IDP/refugee settings)
• Support multi-sectoral assessments and joint programming.
• Develop and implement capacity-building plans for WASH staff and partners.
• Conduct trainings on WASH standards, emergency response, and hygiene promotion.
• Provide mentoring and technical support to field engineers and hygiene promoters.
• Oversee procurement planning for WASH supplies and construction materials.
• Ensure timely delivery and quality control of construction works and supplies.
• Ensure proper documentation of infrastructure assets and handover processes.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Ensure effective WASH monitoring systems are in place across all project sites.
• Review program data including water quality, access coverage, and functionality rates.
• Contribute to timely donor reports and internal reporting requirements.
• Support learning and adaptation based on field evidence and assessments.

Coordination and Representation

• Represent IMC in national and sub-national WASH cluster meetings.
• Coordinate with government counterparts, UNICEF, NGOs, and other stakeholders.
• Participate in joint assessments, response planning, and technical working groups.
• Promote improved WASH service delivery in underserved and high-risk areas.

Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily comprehensive.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in civil engineering, Water Resources, Environmental Health, Public Health, or related field.
• Minimum 7–10 years of experience in WASH programming in humanitarian or fragile contexts.
• Strong experience in emergency WASH response (cholera outbreaks, displacement settings).
• Proven experience managing infrastructure-based WASH projects.
• Experience with donor-funded programs (ECHO, UNICEF, DoS-OFA, etc.) is an asset.
• Strong technical expertise in WASH engineering and public health integration.
• Excellent leadership and coordination skills
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.
• Ability to work in high-pressure, insecure environments.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond appropriately to questions from senior management in the field and HQ, counterparts, government representatives and other stakeholders.

If you are interested and meeting needed minimum requirements highlighted in the advertisement JD details, please submit your applications, C.V, qualifications & experience certificates, national card, birth certificate, through Labor office and Sudan job website, before May 7th, 2026. 

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