Sustainability Team Leader – Water Safety and Operations

About the role

Water for Good-Ethiopia is hiring a Sustainability Team Leader for its Bensa or Dodola programme area. The post provides field-level leadership for sustainability, monitoring and operations and maintenance of water services, leads and supports field teams, coordinates with government and regional stakeholders, and oversees assigned Sustainability Program Groups. It is a one-year contract with a 60-day probation period; salary is negotiable.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, supervise and support the sustainability field team, and coordinate monitoring and operations and maintenance activities.
• Provide oversight and technical follow-up to Sustainability Program Groups and local service providers, and collect, validate and use water point functionality and service performance data.
• Assess water systems, identify maintenance and rehabilitation needs and follow up on corrective actions.
• Prepare activity reports, progress updates and field findings for the Programs Director, and coordinate with the Sustainability Coordinator.
• Coordinate with regional, zonal and woreda government offices and other stakeholders, and promote accountability, documentation and compliance with WFG standards.
• Lead preparation and updating of water safety management plans, assess water quality and safety risks from source to point of use, and coordinate sanitary inspections and water quality monitoring.
• Follow up on corrective actions such as repairs, cleaning, disinfection, drainage improvement, fencing and source protection, and train field teams, service providers and water committees on water safety management.
• For the Bensa-based post: oversee Bensa and Nensebo Sustainability Program Groups and field teams, and support water safety management where applicable.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or master's degree in water resources engineering, hydraulic engineering, civil engineering or a closely related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in WASH, rural water supply, water-system sustainability, O&M, rehabilitation, water safety or community-based water service delivery.
• Proven experience working with NGOs in the WASH sector is mandatory.
• Demonstrated experience supervising field teams and coordinating with government institutions, local authorities and communities.
• Willingness to travel regularly to field locations and work in rural and remote areas.

Required skills

• Strong practical experience with HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, ArcGIS Pro or QGIS, EPANET, AutoCAD/Civil 3D and WEAP.
• Knowledge of water-point functionality monitoring, data quality assurance, reporting and evidence-based program planning.
• Leadership, stakeholder engagement, planning, monitoring, reporting and data analysis.