- Location: Bangladesh – Cox’s Bazar
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week. This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements which candidates can discuss with the Recruiting Manager at the interview stage
- Salary: BDT. 2,104,742.00 gross per annum (13 month).
- Region: Asia
- Job Family: Programme
- Division: International
- Grade: National C2
- Job Type: Fixed Term
- Closing Date: 26 October 2024
[Applicants must be Bangladeshi nationals to be eligible for the application.]
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
Have you gained practical experience in the WASH sector, particularly within refugee contexts, by leading large-scale engineering projects focused on sanitation or water supply?
Do you have experience in Emergency WASH preparedness and response?
Have you developed and demonstrated the ability to plan, build, and deliver WASH initiatives?
If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.
The Role:
The WASH Specialist will provide strategic vision, guidance, and technical leadership for Oxfam’s country programme in the WASH sector. Responsibilities include delivering the WASH strategy, leading the design and scaling of the WASH portfolio, and strengthening emergency response through preparedness and contingency plans. The role ensures technical quality in donor reports, mainstreams gender and protection, and promotes safe programming. Additionally, the Specialist will shape response approaches, engage in advocacy, represent Oxfam on WASH issues at high levels, and maintain professional relations with donors and stakeholders.
What we are looking for:
We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam’s mission to end poverty and is personally aligned with our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability, and inclusion in all you do.
An ideal candidate for the role will also be/have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Sanitation, Water Resources, Hydrogeology, or a related WASH field.
- A postgraduate degree in a relevant field or a diploma in project management is an asset.
- Minimum of 6 years of practical WASH sector experience, including 2 years in a refugee context, leading large-scale sanitation or water supply projects.
- At least 5 years of experience in Emergency WASH preparedness and response in leadership roles.
- Proven ability to plan, build, and deliver WASH initiatives.
- Strong skills in developing vision into strategy and effectively communicating and influencing a wider audience.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and collaborate with others, navigate complex problems, and manage multiple stakeholders.
- Proven track record in teamwork, building trust, and empowering teams.
We offer:
We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, a generous grATUITY scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance, and a range of other benefits.
From the day you join Oxfam, we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the-job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.
You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.
How to apply:
As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.
Our values and commitment to safeguarding
Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.
The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job 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 his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
About us
Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.
Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.
A thriving diverse Oxfam:
It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.
To do that:
- We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
- We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
- We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.
