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

Do you have at least five years of relevant experience at the WASH–health interface, including disease surveillance, environmental health, hygiene, or outbreak preparedness and response?

Do you have experience in humanitarian coordination, including representing an organisation and working with government, UN agencies, NGOs, and local partners?

Do you have experience in research, assessment, data interpretation, and technical reporting to translate public-health risks and evidence into practical WASH actions?

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

[ONLY BANGLADESHI NATIONALS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY]

The Role:

Oxfam in Bangladesh is looking for a WASH Sector Support professional to strengthen the quality, sustainability, and accountability of WASH interventions in the Rohingya humanitarian response. The role will support WASH sector coordination, strengthen collaboration between WASH and Health actors, and translate disease surveillance, joint assessments, and other public-health evidence into practical, verifiable actions. The post holder will also lead or support research, evidence generation, and learning to inform programme adaptation, partner capacity strengthening, advocacy, and future programme design, while ensuring meaningful participation of local partners.

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:

• A university degree in public health, environmental health, WASH, epidemiology, health sciences, or a closely related discipline, with postgraduate training in public health, epidemiology, research methods, humanitarian WASH, or a related area.
• At least five years of relevant experience at the WASH–health interface, including WASH-related disease risks, surveillance, environmental health, hygiene, or outbreak preparedness and response.
• Experience with EWARS, JART, or comparable alert, joint-assessment, and response mechanisms; experience in Cox’s Bazar will be an advantage.
• Experience representing an organisation in humanitarian coordination and working constructively with government, UN agencies, NGOs, and local partners.
• Strong research, assessment, data interpretation, evidence synthesis, and technical writing skills, with the ability to translate public-health findings into practical WASH actions.
• Strong facilitation, relationship-building, and diplomatic communication skills, including the ability to support meaningful local-partner participation.
• Sensitivity to gender, protection, disability, cultural differences, and equal opportunities in humanitarian and development work.
• Competence in data organisation, analysis, visual presentation, and evidence synthesis using appropriate digital tools.
• Clear written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences, demonstrate professional humility, and follow through on agreed actions.

We offer:

 We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff, including flexible working options, generous payment scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, 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.