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Join WaterAid as Project Design Specialist to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you’ll be joining a 2018 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

Strengthening our project design to do better programming.

The WaterAid Accountability & Effectiveness team is determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. Join us as the Project Design specialist to strengthen organisational capacity in this key area.  You’ll be helping staff across our Country Programmes, Regional Teams and UK functions to do develop better projects, programmes and funding proposals, through both hands on support in the design of specific projects, programmes or funding proposals, and through capacity building, using a variety of techniques, in the project design process

This post is a two-year fixed term position and the successful candidate will need to travel almost 20 weeks per year.

To be successful, you’ll need to have:

• Substantial experience in designing successful international development projects and programmes at project, country and global levels.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and train others in the design process.
• Excellent understanding of the current challenges in project design in the international development sector and current initiatives to strengthen project design for improved effectiveness.
• Proven ability to work with technical programme advisors and finance staff in order to develop well-designed, high quality, suitably resourced projects with clearly defined monitoring and evaluation processes.

With a commitment to our vision, you’ll get inspiration from the changes you can contribute through strengthening project design across the organisation, contributing to better planned, more effective projects.

Other Information

Excellent benefits include: 

• 28 annual holiday days, plus bank holidays and additional leave purchase
• 10%employer pension contribution when you contribute 5%
• Agile/flexible working and family friendly policies

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post.  In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. 

Availability for interview is required w/c 14 January. Second interviews w/c 21 January. Applications will close one minute before midnight on Sunday 6 January 2019.

WaterAid is fully committed to protecting those with whom it comes into contact in the course of its work and will conduct appropriate pre-employment referencing and checks. WaterAid is an equal opportunities, disability-confident employer and committed to achieving the highest standards of diversity, fairness and equality.