Senior Programme Manager

Monrovia, Liberia

Deadline 19 April 2022

Interviews 27 April 2022 (TBC)

Salary TBA

It’s hard to believe that today 844 million people do not have clean water and 2.3 billion do not have decent toilets – around one in three of the world’s population. Every two minutes a child under five dies from diarrheal diseases caused by poor water and sanitation.

WaterAid has developed a new Global Strategy to help end the water, sanitation and hygiene crisis together – for everyone, everywhere by 2032.

The Global Strategy is aimed at providing universal, sustainable & safe services in focused geographical areas where we work; using WASH to improve public health, climate change resilience, and better financing of the WASH sector. WaterAid Liberia will adopt this based on the local context and develop its country-specific strategy that will address underlining issues of WASH Governance and Sustainable Service Delivery in Urban and Rural areas, integrated with the areas of nutrition, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and use WASH to improve public health and Education.

Another key role of WaterAid Liberia is to harness existing partnerships, build new ones and network with key sector players including the Government of Liberia and donors for better results in delivering our Strategy.

The Senior Programme Manager will serve as a member of the Country Programme Senior Management Team (CP-SMT), support the development of the new Country Programme Strategy (CPS) and sub-strategies for programmes as well as lead the Programme Team. He/She will be responsible for managing and coordinating WaterAid Liberia’s Integrated WASH and Urban Programmes, and support fundraising for all service delivery work in the CP.

He/she will also be responsible for managing and developing strategic relationships with the national government, local governments, external partner organisations and private sector to ensure the effective implementation of sustainable water supply, sanitation and hygiene projects. The post holder will oversee the management of programme planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting (PMER). This will help develop CP’s annual and long-term planning, working closely with both the programme and policy departments to ensure programme and projects statements, and Result Framework (RF) indicators are adequately captured and periodically updated to reflect global level accountability and reporting. She/he will also be involved in communicating lessons learnt from the field for use in advocacy messages.

Working within the Programme Team, the Senior Program Manager will be responsible for:

✓ Supporting the Country Director in providing strategic leadership and management including technical oversight of the programmes whilst serving on the CP’s Senior Management Team

✓ Overseeing the management and supporting the implementation of all service delivery work including supervision of Urban WASH and Integrated WASH Programmes

✓ Supporting reviews/development of specific programme strategies (especially for service delivery in urban and rural settings), ensuring integration with WASH Governance, promoting innovation, scalability and sustainability and adherence to WaterAid’s programme quality standards.

✓ Leading WaterAid Liberia’s annual planning and reviews with partners to facilitate the development of annual Partners Project Agreements (PPAs) with a clear commitment to WA programme quality standards including water quality, health and safety, E&I, Gender and Safeguarding.

To be successful, you’ll need to have:

✓ A Degree or professional qualification in a relevant subject (for example water and sanitation engineering, geology, hydrology, international development, public health, programme management, economics or other social sciences).

✓ Postgraduate qualification in engineering, public health or social development is desirable.

✓ Significant experience of community-based water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion projects.

Successful candidates will have to be fully committed to WaterAid’s vision, mission and values and a way of working that demonstrate this, with the ability to communicate this enthusiasm to others.

By 2030 we want everyone everywhere to have clean water, sanitation and hygiene. We need you to help us make it happen. If you bring your expertise, passion and professionalism, we’ll give you a lot back.

We started because no NGO like us existed. We’ll end when no organisation like us is needed. In the meantime, we’re making great progress – since 1981, we have reached 25 million people with clean water and, since 2004, 24 million people with sanitation.

We’re looking for people who share a commitment to our vision. We’re looking for people with an appreciation and respect for different people and ideas, and the energy and expertise to help tackle the most important challenges. In return, you can expect to get inspiration from the change you help make happen, a sense of belonging and the feeling of being part of a global community. You will also experience stimulation and fulfilment, the chance to grow, and space to be yourself at your best. This is our pledge to you.

You can download the job description click here .

If you are interested in the position and have the right skills and attributes, send your application, consisting of a letter of interest and a CV to

recruitmentwli@wateraid.org, using ‘Senior Programme Manager’ as the subject of the email.

Please note: to apply for this role you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in Liberia.

WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.

WaterAid is an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and committed to achieving the highest standards of diversity, fairness and equality.

Only candidates shortlisted for an interview will be contacted within two weeks of the closing date for applications.

No recruitment agencies, please.