YEMEN - WASH ADVISOR (F/M) - ADEN

• Job number: SRH06841
• Status: Employee
• Area of expertise: Water Sanitation and Hygiene promotion
• Position: Missions
• Country: Yemen
• Contract Type: Short term contract

About us

Desired start date: December 2026 (remote start to be considered depending on visa)

Duration of the mission: 3 months, renewable upon budget availability

Location: Aden

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is a French humanitarian organization that provides aid and assistance to victims of war or natural disaster. For over 39 years, our organization has worked towards meeting the three basic needs - water, food and shelter – of vulnerable and crisis-affected populations, and has been more specifically committed to fight against waterborne diseases, leading cause of death in the world. SI’s interventions are carried out based on its expertise in the field of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, but also in the essential ones of food security and livelihoods. SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL is currently present in about 20 countries where SI staff – a total of 2,000 people comprising expatriates, local staff, HQ employees and some volunteers – implements programs with professionalism and commitment whilst being mindful of respecting other cultures.

About the mission

SI opened its mission in Yemen in 2017, establishing its coordination in Aden. Since then, SI expanded the geographical scope of its intervention, and established offices in Taiz City and Al Mokha in Taizz Governorate and operational presence Governorate.

The country office is in Aden city in the South, with 2 regional field offices (one on the Red sea West Coast and one in Central Taiz governorate) and a sub-base in Marib Governorate.

The mission is composed of approx. 4 expatriates and about 60 national staffs.

SI implements emergency and WASH programs with activities of water trucking, rehabilitation of water network, construction of emergency latrines and showers, distribution of hygiene kits, hygiene promotion, and cleaning campaigns. Under its FSL portfolio, SI distributes unconditional, multi-purpose cash to IDPs and host communities, support the livelihood component by supporting in Income Generating activities.

SI has been one of the first humanitarian actors to access the West Coast and remains as of today positioned in hard-to-reach areas close to the frontline of Marib, Hodeidah and Taiz. SI aims at maintaining this positioning and further expanding its presence.

About the job

The WASH Advisor is responsible for ensuring the technical quality, harmonization, and strategic relevance of long‑term WASH interventions across bases. The role provides strategic, technical, and methodological leadership to strengthen sustainable, climate-resilient, and risk-informed programming, ensuring interventions are evidence-based, context-appropriate, and aligned with Solidarités International's technical standards and strategic priorities.

They contribute to the development, capitalization, and continuous improvement of Solidarités International's WASH approaches and methodologies, while promoting technical innovation, capacity strengthening, and cross-sector integration. The Advisor works in close collaboration with the Program Coordinator, relevant technical advisors, and the HQ Program Expertise and Quality Division.

Your profile

Academic background

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Water Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Public Health, or a related field. A master's degree is an asset.

Experience and technical skills

• At least 4 years of relevant experience in the humanitarian sector.
• Experience in supporting emergency response in tense security context and remote setting;
• Experience in the Middle East is highly appreciated.
• Strong technical knowledge of WASH programming, including water supply systems, sanitation, and public health-related interventions.
• Experience in technical assessments, feasibility studies, design review, implementation monitoring, and quality assurance of WASH interventions.
• Knowledge of sustainable WASH approaches, climate resilience, DRR, and WRM. Experience in anticipatory action, shelter, and governance is an asset.
• Ability to provide constructive technical feedback, facilitate learning, and promote harmonized approaches across operational bases.
• Detail oriented, organized, and able to manage competing urgent requests and priorities;
• Flexible and able to handle pressure well;
• Full English proficiency;
• Proficiency in French will be considered as an advantage
• + Experience and / or knowledge of the Yemeni crisis is a major asset.
• + Experience with SI is a major asset.
• English language is mandatory
• Arabic language is an asset.

SI will offer you

A salaried position: starting from 2,150 euros gross per month and a monthly per diem of 750 USD a month. Please note that salary is not negotiable with SI.

Vacation: During the assignment, a system of alternation between work and time-off is implemented at the rate of one break after two months spent on the field. For a one-year assignment, the expatriate will have a 7-day break (with 850 USD allocated by Solidarités as break allowance).

Social and medical cover: Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which reimburses all healthcare expenses (including medical and surgical expenses, dental care and ophthalmological expenses, repatriation) and a welfare system including war risks. Essential vaccination and antimalarial treatment costs are refunded.

Security and Living Conditions

The situation in terms of security remains volatile in Aden, linked to the political tensions and presence of several armed groups competing over the control of the city. In the context of Aden however, INGOs are not a direct target. Main risks for INGOs in Aden relate to crossfire (wrong location at the wrong moment), crowd mob and road accidents. To mitigate these risks, SI has developed strict security rules that the applicant needs to be ready to abide to.

Comment : The WASH Advisor should have a good level of experience in exposure to complex security contexts and a capacity to in some level take responsibility for their own personal safety. Previous experience in fragile or conflict-affected contexts is desirable, along with the ability to adapt technical support and monitoring approaches to access restrictions.

Key information about living conditions

The coordination office in Aden is shared with the guesthouse (same building). Security rules in Aden are rather restrictive, with a curfew at 08:00 pm. Expatriates are allowed to go to the supermarket, restaurants, and malls. Guesthouse is comfortable as per middle-east standards (large rooms with AC, good-standard bathrooms with running water). A rest area have recently been built on the roof of the Guesthouse to improve expatriates’ living conditions

Application process

Do you recognize yourself in this description? If yes, please send us your CV and cover letter!

Please note that CV-only applications will not be considered, and that the vacancy may close before the deadline.

Thank you for your understanding.

To learn more about Sl: www.solidarites.org

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Solidarités International (SI) is determined to prevent and fight all type of abuse – all act of exploitation, abuse and/or sexual harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or collaborators, fraud, corruption, violation of persons and/or property, funding of activities harmful to human rights – that could be perpetrated in the frame of its interventions. SI implements a zero-tolerance policy regarding acts of abuse, notably acts of SEAH.

Solidarités International is an equitable employer committed to find all forms of discrimination. SI will ever ask for any

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