Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

• Do you have suitable qualification in any discipline relating to Public Health Sciences/Engineering is the necessary educational background. Experience could substitute for a formal qualification, but not vice versa.

• Do you have 10 years of WASH experience and minimum 5 years’ international experience in emergency WASH in technical leadership positions with reputed WASH agencies/UN in large scale complex humanitarian response.

• Are you able to influence/negotiate and advocate technical options and strategy to govt, UN, donors and team

If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.

The Role:

Oxfam GB is looking for Country WASH Manager who will:

Provide strategic, technical, and managerial leadership in the development and quality delivery of Oxfam’s WASH programme in South Sudan, ensuring alignment with Oxfam’s policies and strategies. The role supports the Country Management Team in positioning Oxfam as a leading and trusted partner in advancing climate-smart, inclusive, and accountable WASH systems across humanitarian and development contexts

What we are looking for:

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.

An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have:

• Provide overall strategic vision, technical guidance, and operational oversight for the country’s WASH Strategy & portfolio/programme management, ensuring alignment with Oxfam’s humanitarian and development goals
• Lead the development and implementation of preparedness and contingency plans to respond to conflict, epidemics, other humanitarian crises and transition to development/triple nexus.
• Lead design of regular needs assessments, program design, and proposal development in coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
• Drive innovation and scale-up of both rural and urban WASH interventions, integrating climate & resilience-building where conditions allow.
• Oversee the technical quality and relevance of WASH programmes, including responsibility for ensuring timely, high-quality donor reporting and strong accountability mechanisms to beneficiaries and partners.
• Exercise supervision and control over project financial procedures, encompassing budgeting, budget tracking, financial control, invoice payment, and reporting for gender and protection projects.
• Maintain strict budgetary control over all program budgets and ensure compliance with grant rules and regulations set by donors
• Provide technical leadership and mentor country WASH staff including in field to build technical and managerial capacity. Foster a collaborative, learning-focused team environment in often high-pressure, complex contexts.

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension 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.