WASH Technical Lead

Food For The Hungry Inc • Phoenix, AZ

12d • Remote

About The Position

The WASH Lead is responsible for developing and implementing water, sanitation, and hygiene programs across the organization. Serves as FH’s global WASH technical lead with accountability for technical quality, standards, and performance across humanitarian, emergency, and development programming. Ensures WASH programming supports resilience building, emergency preparedness, and systems transformation. Leads FH WASH technical strategy through a multi-sectoral and collaborative approach and strengthens staff capacity and learning through the WASH community of practice. Directs the design, monitoring, and evaluation of WASH projects, including proposal development, implementation backstopping, and technical input into project reporting. Promotes WASH innovation and the development of scalable approaches that can be piloted, adapted, and sustained over time.

Requirements

• Demonstrated computer operating skills, including proficiency in Google platforms, Microsoft Office products, and virtual technologies such as Skype and Zoom.
• Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage colleagues and partners across diverse contexts.
• High integrity and a strong sense of professional ethics.
• Knowledge and application of WASH guidelines and standards, including Core Humanitarian Standards and Sphere Standards.
• Demonstrated ability to provide global technical leadership, set WASH standards, and ensure technical quality across humanitarian, emergency, and development programs.
• Demonstrated experience integrating WASH into resilience programming, including absorptive, adaptive, and transformative capacities within WASH systems.
• Demonstrated experience in systems strengthening, community-led WASH approaches, and capacity building.
• Experience working in fragile, conflict-affected, and emergency settings.
• Ability to sit or stand at a computer for up to 8 hours per day performing repetitive keyboard tasks.
• Able to lift up to 25 lbs individually and up to 50 lbs as a team lift.
• Ability to travel up to 20 percent of the time per year domestically and internationally, including to insecure or high-risk contexts.
• Bachelor’s degree in civil or environmental engineering or a related WASH field.
• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in engineering and or WASH programming within a global organization.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a senior or global WASH technical advisor or lead with accountability for technical quality across multiple country programs.
• Proven experience supporting humanitarian proposals and emergency WASH assessments and programming.
• Demonstrated experience integrating WASH into resilience, risk reduction, or humanitarian development peace nexus programming.
• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring, and capacity strengthening to WASH staff and partners across diverse contexts.
• Experience in budget development and technical reporting.
• Full professional proficiency in English with strong writing, reporting, and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a WASH-related discipline or international development preferred.
• Familiarity with GIS, CADD, data analysis software, and water modeling software preferred.
• Experience working in a nonprofit or faith-based organization preferred.
• Additional languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, or French, are an asset

Responsibilities

• Lead the integration of WASH into FH’s resilience-based humanitarian and development programming, ensuring alignment with the organizational program model, resilience framework, and evolving strategic priorities.
• Serve as FH’s primary WASH technical authority, providing global technical leadership and final validation of WASH designs, standards, and approaches across humanitarian, emergency, and development contexts.
• Ensure technical quality and effectiveness of WASH programming globally, including oversight of WASH infrastructure, service delivery approaches, sustainable systems-based solutions, and hygiene promotion.
• Lead and steward the WASH Community of Practice, promote cross learning and best practices, and strengthen technical capacity across regions and sectors.
• Lead WASH technical inputs for proposals, support contextualized emergency and development designs, ensure integration of gender and youth considerations, and contribute to accurate budgeting.
• Lead the development and refinement of WASH strategic priorities, work plans, standards, indicators, and technical guidance in response to organizational and contextual shifts.
• Provide technical leadership and surge support to humanitarian response operations as required, including assessments, design, implementation, and participation in WASH coordination mechanisms.
• Work closely with RHA and Resilience teams, engage in inter agency coordination, and represent FH’s WASH programming with donors, partners, and technical platforms.
• Identify, pilot, and scale innovative WASH solutions and approaches that enhance sustainability, resilience outcomes, and organizational impact.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Directly supervises staff. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints, resolving problems, etc.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior