WASH SPECIALIST-MALAWI
Work Location:
Malawi - Lilongwe
Other Possible Locations:Liwonde, Machinga district; Balaka district
Expected Travel: Greater than 50%
Language Requirement: Fluency in spoken and written English
Employee Duration: Active Full-Time
Type of Post: Accompanied - Family
Funding: THIS POSITION IS PENDING DONOR APPROVAL
Application Deadline: Description
CARE Malawi seeks a WASH Specialist to support the upcoming, USAID-funded, Girls' Empowerment through Education and Health Activity (ASPIRE). ASPIRE will improve reading skills for girls in upper primary school so they have the foundation of reading to be able to succeed in secondary school. ASPIRE's focus on reading is a continuation of what the Early Grade Reading Activity is already effecting in lower primary school.
ASPIRE will focus on all primary and secondary schools in Balaka and Machinga districts, two of USAID/Malawi's focus districts under its Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS).
Interventions will achieve the following outputs:
- Reading skills for girls in upper primary school improved;
- Adoption of positive sexual and health-care seeking behaviors, and social norms among youth ages 10-19 increased; and
- Key structural and cultural barriers for girls' access to schooling decreased.
Implemented together, the three outputs [improved reading skills (Output 1) supported by increased sexual and health seeking behaviors (Output 2) and decreased structural and cultural barriers to girls' education through community support and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions at schools (Output 3)] will lead to improved achievement of girls in upper primary and secondary school.
Job responsibilities:
- Address the lack of appropriate WASH facilities and practices at school, particularly facilities for menstruating youth.
- Ensure infrastructure design meets global best practices in WASH.
- Design innovative approaches for ensuring that girls have access to appropriate menstrual management resources.
- Support existing hygiene education programs in schools, or support schools to integrate hygiene education into existing education approaches.
Minimum qualifications:
- A Master's degree or higher in one of the following fields: engineering, construction or other field related to WASH is required.
- At least 7 years of demonstrated technical expertise, with substantial developing country experience in development and implementation of innovative strategies within their subject areas and experience and expertise to effectively provide technical assistance and oversee the design and implementation of national and community †level activities is preferred.
- At least three years of demonstrated excellence in a management position, preferably including direct supervision of professional and support staff, quality evaluation of staff performance and deliverables, and contract/grant management is preferred.
- Ability to organize and conduct trainings and technical workshops related to the subject matter is preferred.
- Experience and skills necessary for facilitating collaborative approaches to primary literacy or WASH is preferred.
- Proven track record of working on primary literacy or WASH development is preferred
- Proven track record contribution to knowledge management and policy development is preferred.
- Excellent track record as a trainer is required.
- A thorough understanding of issues relating to primary literacy and reading or WASH is preferred.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are required.
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