The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian network, with 191 member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. IFRC uses the Triple R – response, resilience and respect – to deliver on Strategy 2030. IFRC responds to disasters and crises, ensuring timely, coordinated and locally led humanitarian action. IFRC supports its members in building community resilience in the areas of climate and environment, health and wellbeing, and migration and displacement. IFRC promotes respect for our fundamental principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality, including in our work on values, power and inclusion. The IFRC focuses throughout on our core mandate – our raison d’être – of strategic and operational coordination, humanitarian diplomacy, National Society development, and accountability.
IFRC is led by its Secretary General and has its Headquarters in Geneva and five regional offices in Africa (Nairobi); the Americas (Panama); Asia Pacific (Kuala Lumpur); Europe (Budapest); and MENA (Beirut) as well as representation offices, service centres and delegations across the globe.
IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.
The Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) has been reported in 63 health zones across seven provinces: Ituri, North Kivu, Haut-Uélé, Tshopo, Bas-Uélé, South Kivu and Sud-Ubangi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ituri remains the main epicentre, with 28 of its 36 health zones affected, followed by North Kivu with 16 of 34.
The WASH Delegate will provide technical leadership and guidance for the development, coordination, quality assurance and implementation of WASH preparedness and emergency response activities in DRC. The position supports the National Society (NS) and IFRC operational teams to deliver timely, appropriate, inclusive and technically sound WASH interventions, with particular attention to BVD response, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)/WASH, WASH in health-care facilities, community-based WASH and outbreak prevention, emergency water supply and water-quality management, sanitation, environmental health, hygiene promotion and safe and dignified burial measures.
The WASH Delegate supports the coordination and technical leadership and implementation of country level WASH operations in cooperation with National Societies (NS), IFRC WASH and Health clusters, and the National Government. The role will actively contribute to the rapid reduction in risk of Ebola and WASH related diseases, and efficient and effective WASH activities.
The Delegate guides, plans and develops with the NS and partners the overarching emergency and recovery plan of WASH action and implementation of activities. This must build on evidence, best practices, solid understanding and participation of local communities, the changing external humanitarian context and the interests and capacities of the host National Society as well as internal and external stakeholders. The position holder works closely with the Health Coordinator, the Operations Manager and others to coordinate the implementation of measures that ensure health and dignity considerations and needs are met through high quality, effective and appropriate WASH interventions. This includes direct support to WASH programming implementation that builds upon community capacities and accountability to affected populations.
The position contributes to preparedness and capacity strengthening, surge capacity, assessments, response planning, resource mobilization, technical coordination, partner coordination, monitoring and learning, and quality assurance, while ensuring alignment with IFRC standards, relevant technical guidance and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Fundamental Principles.
The WASH Delegate will work as part of a team of International Red Cross and Red Crescent public health, clinical and operational management staff. The role holder will actively engage in supporting water supply and sanitation activities in health facilities and the Ebola Treatment Centres in high and low risk areas. The role will provide coaching, mentoring and technical guidance to international and national staff involved in the operation.
The WASH Delegate provides technical support, coordination and guidance for emergency and recovery WASH programming in collaboration with the National Society (NS). The role supports the strengthening of NS capacity to plan, implement and monitor WASH interventions through mentoring, coaching and on-the-job technical assistance. The position contributes to the quality assurance, coordination and implementation of IFRC-supported WASH activities, including providing technical guidance to WASH personnel and surge capacity deployed to the operation. The WASH Delegate also supports the appropriate use, maintenance and monitoring of WASH equipment and resources within the operation, ensuring compliance with IFRC standards, technical guidance and operational priorities.
The Coordinator, WASH will:
Values: Respect for diversity; Integrity; Professionalism; Accountability
Core competencies: Communication; Collaboration and teamwork; Judgement and decision making; National society and customer relations; Creativity and innovation; Building trust
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