What we are looking for:
Are you ready to lead impactful WASH programming across the Latin America, and Asia and Europe region?
As NRC’s Global WASH Adviser, you’ll provide strategic and technical guidance to country and regional teams - strengthening WASH strategies, systems, tools, and policies that drive real change. You'll also support proposal development, ensure donor compliance, and help identify new funding opportunities.
In this role, you’ll act as a technical focal point for the region or a key thematic area, providing hands-on support, building capacity, and contributing to global WASH initiatives. Collaboration is key - you’ll work closely with NRC’s global, regional, and country programme teams to align our WASH interventions with strategic goals and share learning across the organisation.
Apply now and help shape sustainable WASH solutions with NRC!
What you will do:
Here are some of your specific responsibilities.
- Providing technical support and guidance to country offices in all of the WASH workstream outlined in the Global WASH Programme Development Strategy
- Gather and analyse relevant evidence and learning from country offices relevant for answering the main learning questions included in the global learning agenda for WASH
- Lead specific technical areas in WASH for NRC globally, becoming the technical focal point
- Ensure compression and application of the Global WASH Safety SOP in county offices
- Ensure COs have read, understood and are implementing the NRC Water Quality Testing guidance/SOP. Provide support where there are gaps or challenges.
- Encourage and support uptake of Changing Behaviour training among COs and follow up to ensure practice and compliance with NRC Response Policy
- Support on the development of CO capacity building plans focused on identified WASH competencies, utilising resources on WASH Learning Page on Kaya
- Roll-out of WASH SIP training either in CO during visits, remotely on-line or via ToT
Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position.
What you will bring:
- Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in a similar position within the humanitarian field or similar.
- Understanding and experience of the specific demands of WASH within Latin America, and Asia and Europe contexts.
- In-depth knowledge of and experience with NRC’s specialised areas of expertise.
- Proven experience in programme quality and strategic approaches to programme development.
- Experience of developing practical tools and resources.
- Experience of programme quality assessments, programme development and delivery.
- Experience of delivering learning and development as part of quality improvement and capacity building.
- Experience from different countries from across more than one NRC region.
- Extensive experience in programming in complex and volatile contexts.
- Willingness to travel to high-risk COs (including area offices and field offices).
- Willingness to keep HEAT training valid.
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Knowledge of Spanish is considered an advantage.
- Understanding of and commitment to organisational learning, and the role and contribution of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning to quality management and development.
- Understanding of, and commitment to working collaboratively with technical and operational colleagues within a matrix structure, including capacity building.
- Understanding of and commitment to integrated response approaches.
What we offer:
- Duty station: Warsaw, Poland or Bogota, Colombia (Preferred) - other countries within the region/s may be considered.
- Contract: 2 years.
- Travel: up to 40% including up to 30 days deployment at a time.
- Contract Type: National employment contract - Hosting countries/EOR countries approved by NRC. Note: for Hosting/EOR countries employee must have their own right to work/work visa in the relevant country.
- Salary/benefits: grade 9 on NRC’s salary scale, with accompanying terms and conditions. Mobile contract (only applies in Poland) or National resident contract (applies to Poland).
- NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
- We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.
Find out more about the benefits of working for NRC
Important information about the application process
- For Internal candidates: To apply as an internal candidate, log in with your official email or click on Opportunity MarketPlace.
- When creating your profile, include your full name as given on your passport. Complete all the system-required fields for experience, employment history and education.
- Submit your application and CV in English, taking care to attach your latest CV.
- Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered. Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
- We receive many applications for each vacant position and so only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
If you have any questions about this role, please email ho.recruitment@nrc.no with the job title as the subject line.
Why NRC?
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.
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We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. Are you one of those people? If you are, NRC offers you the opportunity to:
- do demanding and professional work, often in challenging contexts.
- join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.
- be part of a welcoming and supportive community committed to human dignity.
Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world's most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people.
At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Together, we save lives and rebuild futures.
Safeguarding is central to NRC’s work. We expect all employees to: • treat everyone with respect and dignity • contribute to building a safe environment for all • never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH) • always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH