Senior Advisor, WASH Technical Director PRO-WASH & SCALE (P4)

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places – over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you’re creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

The Role

As the WASH Technical Director of the US Department of State (DoS)-managed  PRO-WASH & SCALE  activity, you will be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future.  In this role, you will provide expertise in a variety of sub-sector topics including (but not limited to): adult learning, emergency response programming, behavior change, marketing approaches, and research methods in support of DoS. In this capacity you will lead strategic and sustainable capacity strengthening, learning, and knowledge-sharing activities focused on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). You will serve as the primary WASH liaison and representative of the project to DoS’s WASH technical experts, colleagues at the Global WASH cluster and with other partners to ensure project responsiveness to the donors and key stakeholders. You will exercise independent judgment and discretion on significant matters and will implement objectives independently to achieve key milestones and overall success.

NOTE – this role is contingent on award funding that is anticipated to end late February 2027.

Location

Hybrid – Washington DC, Fairfield, CT or Lexington, KY office locations

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

Technical Leadership and Support (60%)

• Provide leadership for the implementation and monitoring of program workplan activities related to WASH and water resource management (WRM);
• Ensure annual workplan activities focusing on WASH/WRM are successfully carried out  on time and with quality;
• Oversee the implementation of the project capacity strengthening, partner & stakeholder engagement and learning activities, curricula to achieve longer-term, sustainable learning capacities  within implementing organizations;
• Work with DoS, implementing partners, and other stakeholders to identify WASH and WRM gaps, needs, and knowledge sharing opportunities to ensure cost-effective and quality implementation of lifesaving support
• Provide quality assurance and oversight for PRO-WASH & SCALE capacity strengthening tools, trainings, and practice materials focused on integrated water resources management ( WRM )and WASH through multiple channels, including in-person trainings, distance learning, low-resource and low bandwidth A/V, and mentoring methodologies;
• Provide follow-up remote mentoring support to DoS implementing partners, as needed, to deliver quality capacity-strengthening and learning activities and other technical assistance needs as indicated by the donor or implementers;
• Provide technical oversight for learning events and webinars focused on sharing successes and lessons learned around implementation of activities inclusive of WASH and IWRM;
• Lead the development of documentation, learning documents, toolkits, and data collection and management methods for sharing with the larger food security and humanitarian community, including via FSN Network;

Management, Representation and Coordination (40%)

• Serve as the primary WASH liaison with DoS implementing partners, the Global WASH Cluster and other relevant stakeholders
• Coordinate with consortium partners to ensure multi-sectoral collaboration and workplan achievement
• In coordination with the Project Director and other SCUS staff, ensure overall WASH program targets are met and help manage the WASH program budget in accordance with Save the Children standards and protocols;
• Manage WASH technical staff in the PRO-WASH & SCALE activity and consultants and oversee their professional development
• Contribute to the capacity strengthening and professional development of PRO-WASH & SCALE technical Save the Children staff
• Build and nurture partnerships and/or networks with external agencies and organizations including multilaterals, NGOs, communities of practice, technical working groups, Global WASH Cluster, and contractors to share and promote WASH and IWRM learning and innovation and pursue opportunities to disseminate relevant tools;
• Identify and support the solicitation of relevant qualified short-term technical assistance based on specific program needs;
• Contribute to Save the Children’s quarterly and annual reporting,