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Wash & Nutrition Specialist Job IRES

Responsibilities or duties

• Lead the technical assessment of Stabilization Centers (SCs) in Ethiopia, including review of infrastructure, equipment support, and service delivery outcomes.
• Assess the effectiveness and impact of humanitarian WASH interventions including water supply, sanitation, hygiene promotion, and emergency response mechanisms.
• Evaluate nutrition programming interventions targeting PLW (Pregnant and Lactating Women), caregivers, and vulnerable populations.
• Support the development of nutrition and WASH evaluation indicators and survey tools.
• Conduct technical KIIs with Ministry of Health officials, SC staff, WASH officers, and humanitarian actors.
• Review treatment protocols for SAM/MAM and assess operational effectiveness.
• Contribute to nutrition and WASH case studies and technical analysis.
• Support triangulation of qualitative and quantitative findings.
• Contribute technical inputs to the final evaluation report and recommendations

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• Master’s Degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Water and Sanitation Engineering, Environmental Health, or related field.
• Strong technical advisory capabilities.
• Excellent analytical and assessment skills.
• Ability to work effectively in fragile and resource-constrained settings.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Knowledge of humanitarian standards and emergency response frameworks.
• Fluency in English required.

Experience needed

• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in humanitarian WASH and Nutrition programming and/or evaluations.
• Strong understanding of acute malnutrition management protocols, therapeutic feeding programmes, and emergency nutrition service delivery systems.
• Proven experience in emergency nutrition programming and WASH interventions.
• Familiarity with the humanitarian context in Somalia, Ethiopia, and the Horn of Africa.
• Experience working with NGOs, UN agencies, or humanitarian donors.
• Excellent analytical and technical report writing skills.

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Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

• Lead the technical assessment of Stabilization Centers (SCs) in Ethiopia, including review of infrastructure, equipment support, and service delivery outcomes.
• Assess the effectiveness and impact of humanitarian WASH interventions including water supply, sanitation, hygiene promotion, and emergency response mechanisms.
• Evaluate nutrition programming interventions targeting PLW (Pregnant and Lactating Women), caregivers, and vulnerable populations.
• Support the development of nutrition and WASH evaluation indicators and survey tools.
• Conduct technical KIIs with Ministry of Health officials, SC staff, WASH officers, and humanitarian actors.
• Review treatment protocols for SAM/MAM and assess operational effectiveness.
• Contribute to nutrition and WASH case studies and technical analysis.
• Support triangulation of qualitative and quantitative findings.
• Contribute technical inputs to the final evaluation report and recommendations

• Strong technical advisory capabilities.
• Excellent analytical and assessment skills.
• Ability to work effectively in fragile and resource-constrained settings.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Knowledge of humanitarian standards and emergency response frameworks.
• Excellent analytical and technical report writing skills.

• Master’s Degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Water and Sanitation Engineering, Environmental Health, or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in humanitarian WASH and Nutrition programming and/or evaluations.
• Strong understanding of acute malnutrition management protocols, therapeutic feeding programmes, and emergency nutrition service delivery systems.
• Proven experience in emergency nutrition programming and WASH interventions.
• Familiarity with the humanitarian context in Somalia, Ethiopia, and the Horn of Africa.
• Experience working with NGOs, UN agencies, or humanitarian donors.