WASH and Infrastructure Team Leader
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), one of the world’s leading NGOs, with a focus on responding to displacement, have been registered in Sudan since 2004, delivering life-saving programming in protection, emergency response, shelter, food security and livelihoods, disaster risk reduction, camp management, and humanitarian mine action. DRC has implemented projects in Central Darfur, South Kordofan, Gedaref, Port Sudan, and White Nile. Sudan hosts one of the largest displaced populations in Africa, with over 3.7 million internally displaced people and over 1.1 million refugees from South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Chad, Yemen and Syria. Against a background of political crisis, Sudan faces economic and social turmoil, with sharp increases in food and energy costs, further exacerbated by disease outbreaks and ongoing conflict.
POSITION PROFILE
Overall purpose of the role:
The WASH & Infrastructure Team Leader is responsible for leading and managing all Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) activities under DRC’s intervention. The role ensures the effective design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of high-quality WASH programs that meet the needs of vulnerable communities. It involves providing technical guidance, managing staff, ensuring program quality and compliance with donor requirements, and fostering collaboration with stakeholders.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
To achieve the overall and specific position’s objectives the job holder tasks and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Management
- Ensure effective planning and quality implementation of the sector/support activities
- Lead and manage the team (including people planning, performance, well-being and development)
- Ensure daily monitoring of area
- Provide technical support and inputs
- Manage procurement, track progress, and ensure donor compliance.
- Reporting
- Supervise WASH staff, mentor team members, conduct performance reviews, and build team capacity.
Programming & Operations
- Ensure efficient and effective program implementation while following the budget and work plan
- Participate in preparing monthly/quarterly/annual highlights/reports and proposals and budgets for donors
- Lead the team in carrying out monitoring and evaluation exercises.
- Oversee all WASH components (water supply, sanitation, hygiene promotion, emergency WASH), review designs and BoQs, and apply international best practices.
- Lead emergency WASH interventions, coordinate with other responders, and ensure timely services.
Coordination and representation
- Collaborate with relevant internal and external technical experts on sector relevant issues
- Represent DRC at meetings and other relevant technical coordination meetings
- Ensure integration with other DRC sectors
Project development
- Develop project plans and budgets for funding
- Lead needs assessments, contribute to proposal development, align activities with strategic and donor goals, and ensure design standards
- Develop projects tools
- Project implementation and reporting
- Monitor and evaluate projects
Logistics/Finance
- Support the monitoring of financial commitments and expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow-up
- Plan and coordinate proactively logistics and movements of staff from and to different operational areas
- Initiate procurements and ensure their execution
- Ensure distribution plans are prepared and shared with logistics in a timely manner
As Team Leader the post-holder is responsible for the following:
- Accountable for people management of employees, usually working in the same area of work
- Accountable for ensuring that agreed work plans and tasks set by the next-level up Manager are implemented on time
- Hiring and termination of employees and conducting performance appraisals (closely overseen by the next-level manager)
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES
To be successful in this role we expect you to be quality-focused, organized and able to use technology in a smart way to facilitate your work. You take pride in offering top-notch service to colleagues and external stakeholders, and you love working in an international, dynamic and fast-changing environment. Moreover, we expect the following:
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:
- Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes.
- Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
- Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
- Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.
- Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.
Required experience and competencies:
- Minimum 3 years of management experience at a mid to senior lev
- el, preferably with experience in the field of humanitarian response and refugee protection working for an international NGO, UN agency, relevant ministry, or local authority
- Minimum 3 years of practical experience in sector area working for an INGO
- Proven management skills and a competence in people management
- Commitment to learning and implementing organizational policies and procedures.
- Excellent skill in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Full professional proficiency in English
- Field experience
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- University degree in Water Engineering, Civil Engineering, or Environmental engineering or Public Health
LANGUAGES
- Good English communication skills
- Arabic
ALL EMPLOYEES ARE EXPECTED TO DEMONSTRATE DRC FIVE CORE COMPETENCIES
- Striving for excellence: You focus on achieving results while maintaining efficient processes.
- Collaborating: You engage with relevant stakeholders and encourage constructive feedback.
- Taking the lead: You take ownership of tasks and are open to innovation.
- Communicating: You are clear, concise, and respectful in your communication.
- Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest ethical standards and DRC’s Code of Conduct.
Key stakeholders:
- External: Suppliers, landlords, repairs,
- Internal: Programme, Finance, HR, MEAL,
POSITION DETAILS
- Type of contract: National
- Contract Length: 9 Months
- Band: G step 1 -Management
- Duty station: Kosti
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Closing Date for Application: 03 September 2025
Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for national employees.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Two Bonuses (during two Eid festivals)
- National Social Insurance
- Medical Insurance.
- Excellent Working Environment and Opportunity for Growth
- Various Learning and Development Platforms
APPLICATION PROCESS
- Applications must be submitted through the mentioned link on the page by clicking on Apply Button.
- All applicants must send a cover letter along with an updated CV (we encourage CV no longer than four pages) in English.
- Mentioning three referees’ details of your present supervisor and HR along with past employment supervisor with CV.
Note: Applications sent by email will not be considered. In addition, DRC doesn’t charge any fee for any of its recruitment process & believes in equal opportunity in employment regardless.
If you have questions, you can visit our FAQ page.
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website: www.drc.ngo.
Gender Equality: DRC is committed to achieving gender parity in staffing at all levels. In light of this, female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply to bridge the gender gap.
Equal Opportunities: DRC is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, disability status, religion, ethnic origin, color, race,
marital status, or other protected characteristics.
***FRAUD ALERT***
It has been brought to the attention of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) that there have been instances of fraudulent job offers, purporting to be from DRC in Sudan. These offers reportedly concern fraudulent employment opportunities to applicants asking for money. DRC would like to stipulate that the organization never charges or accepts any money from job seekers during the recruitment process. DRC recommends that you do not respond to unsolicited offers of employment.
