Project Coordinator - WASH and Shelter Project

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 and Shelter/NFI Coordinator provides strategic leadership and technical oversight for the effective planning, coordination, and implementation of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Emergency Shelter construction, and Non-Food Item (NFI) interventions in Gambella. The role encompasses program implementation design, contextual adaptation, and technical support to proposal development, while ensuring the efficient management of day-to-day project activities. The Coordinator ensures that all interventions adhere to recognized humanitarian standards, including Sphere, UNHCR, UNICEF, and relevant national guidelines, and are delivered in compliance with donor and organizational requirements. The position also ensures that assistance is targeted toward the most vulnerable populations and implemented in a timely, accountable, and high-quality manner.

The coordinator represents the organization in program-area and field-level coordination forums, facilitates collaboration with government authorities, key stakeholders, clusters, and implementing partners, and ensures full compliance with organizational policies, minimum standards, and safeguarding requirements.

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Plan, implement, and monitor WASH, Shelter, and NFI activities according to project objectives and standards.
• Provide technical guidance on WASH infrastructure, emergency shelters, and NFIs.
• Ensure quality assurance, adherence to Sphere, UNHCR, and national standards.
• Maintain monitoring and reporting systems; track KPIs and report to management.
• Coordinate with clusters, government counterparts, NGOs, and partners.
• Train, supervise, and mentor field staff and partners.
• Promote gender-sensitive, protection-focused, and community-engagement approaches.

The Individual

• Education in Master’s Degree/ Bachelor’s degree in Hydraulics, Water Engineering, Civil/Construction Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Public Health, Humanitarian, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of direct experience in WASH, Shelter, and NFI program coordination in humanitarian, recovery, or camp-based settings.
• Experience in project start-up, field-level implementation, emergency response, rapid assessments, and multi-sectoral coordination.
• Proven record-keeping, reporting, and project management skills.
• Demonstrated ability in team management, capacity building, and stakeholder coordination.
• Knowledge and application of Sphere standards in emergency and development contexts.
• Experience with ERP/logistics management (e.g., SAP, Kobo, ODK) and technical software (AutoCAD, GIS, Google Map, EPANET) is an asset.

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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 PA, Nyinyange

Type of Role: Project based contract until August 2026

Reports to: Program Implementation Manager    

Grade: D1

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.

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