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.
The 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 Maputo Cluster Delegation based in Mozambique provides representation and support to the two National Societies (NS) of Angola and Mozambique, in line with the IFRC mandate. This position will be based in Maputo, Mozambique, with regular travel to the field. The WASH Senior Officer will report to the Programme and Operations Manager based in Maputo.
Mozambique is exposed to tropical cyclones, riverine flooding, and drought. . The country experiences recurrent cholera outbreaks and gaps in access to safe water and sanitation, particularly in peri-urban and rural areas.
The WASH Senior Officer is responsible for supporting the WASH Coordinator and the Programme and Operations Manager to carry out implementation, coordination and management of the country level WASH activities in cooperation with National Society of Mozambique (NS), with a focus on implementing awarded WASH project.
The WASH Senior Officer is responsible as part of the WASH intervention to safeguard and improve the public health of the affected population by supporting Red Cross Red Crescent-National Societies to:
Promote safe WASH practices through provision and rehabilitation of sanitation and water facilities/services which includes community involvement in design and planning.
Work closely with the Health team, Information Management team and others to set up the necessary steps for guaranteeing that health and dignity considerations and needs are met in the immediate response through high quality, effective and appropriate WASH interventions.
Support NS to ensure the rapid reduction in risk of WASH related diseases and efficient and effective WASH activities.
The WASH Senior Officer ensures effective integration with long-term development efforts through a resilience-based approach. It also involves documenting lessons learned to enhance future emergency preparedness and response.
The Senior WASH Officer provides technical support, quality assurance and capacity strengthening for the Mozambique Red Cross Society. The role ensures that emergency and longer-term WASH interventions meet Sphere and IFRC standards, are integrated with health, shelter and climate programming, and are delivered accountably to affected communities.
The position leads WASH preparedness and response for disasters and water related disease outbreaks, supports programme design and resource mobilisation, and strengthens the National Societies' WASH systems, human resources and pre-positioned capacity for sustainable, locally led action.
The role will support coordination of country level emergency and recovery WASH programming in conjunction with NSs of Mozambique and Angola. The aim of working with the NS is to build the skills and capacity of the NS to enable them to manage country level WASH interventions. The senior officer is also responsible for technical oversight of IFRC WASH programs and involves representation of IFRC at WASH technical level coordination meetings. The focus of the WASH Senior Officer is, but not limited to, the ongoing implementation of the Floods Emergency Appeal WASH activities, including the WASH activities from complementary programming in Mozambique funded under specific donor awards.
The WASH Senior Officer is expected to dedicate approximately 50-60% of their time to field-based support, monitoring, technical supervision, and direct engagement with National Society branches and communities, ensuring the quality and effectiveness of programme implementation.
Key tasks and responsibilities
1.Technical support and programme quality
3. Information management and reporting
4. Implementation
5.Monitoring, evaluation and reporting
6. Management and compliance
Duties applicable to all staff
1.Work actively towards the achievement of IFRC’s goals.
2.Abide by and work in accordance with the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles.
3.Perform any other work-related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager.
Required
Preferred
Training in Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) and Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI).
Required
Preferred
Required
Preferred
Languages
Fluently spoken and written English and Portuguese. Required
Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic).Preferred
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