Vacancy for: WASH Program Development Manager

WASH Program Development Manager – NRC Mozambique

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is strengthening its WASH response in Mozambique, integrating water, sanitation and hygiene with renewable energy, durable solutions and local partnerships. We are looking for a senior, dynamic and collaborative professional who wants to co-create an innovative program with local authorities, NGO partners and the private sector. If you have experience in complex humanitarian contexts and a passion for integrated programs, this is your opportunity to lead a dedicated team and make a real impact.

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What the role involves

As WASH Program Development Manager (PDM), you will be responsible for developing and providing strategic direction to the WASH program in the country office, ensuring technical quality and alignment with the NRC's global priorities. You will lead the WASH core competency (CC) strategy, oversee proposals and budgets, and ensure synergies with the Shelter, Energy, Education and ICLA sectors. Additionally, will represent the NRC in humanitarian forums and with donors and national authorities.

General Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the CC WASH strategy, technical guidance documents, Theory of Change and Macro LFAs

• Ensure compliance with NRC policies, guidelines and procedures

• Contribute to fundraising, develop and review proposals, budgets and reporting to donors

• Identify trends in technical standards and donor priorities

• Track compliance with contractual commitments within the CC, ensuring high technical quality and synergies in project implementation

• Provide technical direction and project implementation support to partners

• Ensure that key learnings from CC implementation are extracted and incorporated into the CC and project development processes team

• Provide systematic training and capacity building of WASH and Shelter staff

• Represent the NRC in relevant forums/clusters, including national authorities and donors

• Promote the rights of displaced/returned populations, in line with advocacy strategy

Specific Responsibilities

• Responsible for development technical and quality of the WASH CC program in the country, promoting and operationalizing synergies between WASH, Shelter & Settlements, Energy and other NRC programs, towards integrated programming (including Education and ICLA)

• Develop WASH strategies, technical guidance and Macro LFAs aligned with regional and global strategies and priorities

• Lead the development of WASH proposals, budgets, modifications, project reviews and reports, ensuring high technical quality

• Conduct needs assessments (in collaboration with Program, Protection and MEL teams) and support programmatic MEL and indicator tracking

• Facilitate collaboration between relevant agencies, implementing partners (including local civil society) and local authorities; represent the NRC to donors, ministries and in humanitarian coordination meetings

• Support recruitment processes for WASH positions grade 7 or higher

• Responsible for organizational learning from program implementation, sharing of good practices and capacity building. Lead the implementation of Minimum Standards for Safe and Inclusive Programming across all programs

• Incorporate exit strategies into WASH interventions and undertake training of local/permanent staff to ensure knowledge transfer and sustainability

The profile we are looking for

Generic Professional Skills

• Minimum 5 years programming experience WASH (as Specialist, Program Leader, PDM or Project Manager) in humanitarian/recovery contexts

• Masters in Water Engineering or closely related field

• Experience in complex and volatile contexts

• Experience in working strategically with local authorities and public services

• Experience in initiating and scaling up ambitious WASH programs

• Experience in designing WASH interventions for housing and public infrastructure

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Portuguese

• Desirable: experience in developing WASH strategies as part of an approach area-based multi-CC

Contextual/Specific Knowledge and Experience

• Good knowledge of the context of Mozambique

• Experience in building local partnerships and capacity building

• Technical knowledge and experience in the process of community engagement in a humanitarian context

How to apply

Meets the requirements and identifies with this mission, apply until 07/04/2026. Prepare your resume and a application letter that highlights your experience in WASH and humanitarian contexts. To maximize your chances, read the guide How to get a job in Mozambique quickly, even without experience and the step-by-step guide How to apply for the best vacancies in Mozambique.

What we offer

• Work location: Pemba, Mozambique

• Contract: national, duration undetermined

• Availability to travel: 50% of the time

• Salary/benefits: Grade 9 national contract

• NRC is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity without regard to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality or physical ability

• We encourage innovation, initiative and responsibility at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative