WASH Officer

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity 

The WASH Officer will plan, implement, and monitor all Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) activities within the Shelter and WASH intervention project, ensuring safe water supply, sanitation facilities, and hygiene promotion. The role also supports integration with emergency shelter interventions in line with Sphere standards, UNOCHA EHF guidelines, and humanitarian best practices.

The main purpose of the position is to implement the WASH project, focusing on the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, while improving access to water supply and sanitation coverage for refugees.

The Individual

Qualifications/ Experience/Skills Essential:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Water Resources Engineering, Civil /Hydraulic Engineering, Environmental Health, Sanitary Engineering, Public Health, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in WASH programming in humanitarian/refugee or emergency contexts.
• Proven experience in infrastructure design, construction supervision, contract management, and quality assurance.
• Experience in hygiene promotion methodologies (PHAST, CHAST, CLTSH, MHM).
• Experience integrating WASH with health and nutrition services.

• Strong experience in preparing BOQs, technical specifications, bid documents, evaluation, contract documents, and negotiation management.

• Knowledge of Sphere, UNHCR, UNICEF, and WASH Cluster standards.
• Prior work with refugee/displaced populations is highly desirable.

• Experience and knowledge of Water-CAD, AutoCAD, and related software is advantageous.
• Strong technical skills in monitoring, reporting, and supervision of WASH facilities.

Languages required:

• Fluency in English language is essential
• In addition to Amharic other local Knowledge of Local Languages is a desirable

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Safeguarding Children and Program Participants (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed per the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understand their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

Location: Gambella Program Area 

Type of Role:  Project based contract until August 2026 

Reports to: WASH Coordinator 

Closing Date: March 03, 2026

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.