The position sits on GOAL Uganda’s Management Team and will contribute towards strategic planning, strengthening of programme design and implementation, communications, learning and monitoring and evaluation. The team is made up of a WASH Managers, WASH Officers (engineering and community engagement), a Water Quality Officer and more.
If you have experience in WASH, and are interested to explore innovative approaches to promoting sustainable access to water, including operations and maintenance for WASH in rural areas, this job will suit you. You will have an appreciation of the importance of behaviour change at all levels, be enthusiastic about relationship building – both internally and externally, understand and demonstrate efficiency and organisation, and excel at project and process management. Having an analytical mind, being open, transparent and collaborative will be essential to your role. Conducting your work to the highest level of integrity, and communicating and demonstrating GOAL’s values and behaviours will ensure you successfully deliver in this role.

The key responsibilities of the role will be:
• Portfolio strategic development
• Portfolio implementation and management.
• Monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning
• External / internal representation and coordination
• Resource mobilisation
• Human resource management

To be successful in this role, you will need:
• University degree at Master level in Public Health, Environmental Health, Social Sciences, Business, Economics, Civil Engineering, Management or related discipline. Experience may substitute for qualifications, but not the other way around
• Minimum 3 years at a coordinator level, managing multiple projects and teams
• Minimum 5 years professional experience in managing complex WASH programming in developing countries, including strategic planning, grant and budget management
• Experience in developing WASH strategies and implementation plans at a portfolio level
• Experience in leading the implementation of both infrastructure and behaviour change oriented WASH projects and programming, with an understanding of technical principles and community engagement approaches for WASH such as CLTS and DRA
• Demonstrated experience in WASH proposal development and preparation of internal and donor reports
• Experience and understanding of key donor policies, guidelines and strategies, eg USAID, FCDO, UN, foundations
• Experience supervising and managing partners and staff from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences
• Experience in networking and coordination at the national and international levels
• Excellent writing, communication, organization, prioritization and negotiating skills
• Excellent (English) verbal and written communication skills
• Strong financial literacy and financial management skills
• Strong computer literacy with a full knowledge of MS Office applications