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Christian Aid (CA) is a UK-based international NGO, partnering with others to end poverty in Africa. At the heart of this vision is the transformation of the lives of people who live in poverty, empowering them to have a brighter future. Christian Aid works in more than 30 countries and has been operating in Nigeria since 2003. The Nigeria Country programme focuses on Community Health and HIV, Accountable Governance including humanitarian response and Gender.

About You:

You will lead the WASH component of the project, which has both hardware and software components. The role holder will have high level of knowledge and expertise in implementing WASH projects in humanitarian context, with a strong understanding of MEAL practices. The role holder will liaise with various WASH coordinating bodies in the state and effectively represent Christian Aid in various forums. You should have a first degree in social sciences or BSC in Geology, water engineering, public health, environmental science, rural development, epidemiology and any other related fields with at least 4-5-years’ experience of working in humanitarian response with local and/international partner organizations. A strong positive attitude and ability to manage a wide range of issues of complicated procedures, indicated by 4-5 years learning period is essential.

Further Information:

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, religion or belief.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Competency questions

As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:

Build partnershi

Tell us about a time when you were proactive in taking on new and additional work to achieve a team or organisational goal. What was the situation? What was the new/additional work? What was your task? Why did you need to be pro-active? What did you do? What was the outcome? What was the impact of what you did?

Communicate effectively

Give us an example of a time when you communicated something complex in a way that could be easily understood by others. What was the situation? What did you need to communicate effectively? How did you make sure the message was understood by others? What was the impact? How did you know you were successful?

Deliver results

Tell us about a time when you had to make recommendations or take decisions after analysing data, information and other evidence. What was the background? What recommendations or decisions did you have to take? What was your particular task or responsibility? What actions did you take? How did analyse the information and data? What was the outcome? Were you successful?

Document:

• WASH Coordinator – role profile (Final).pdf (296.39 KB)