Project Officer, WASH job at WaterAid
Posted by: great-volunteer
Posted date: 2026-Nov-13
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Project Officer, WASH 2026-11-12T13:27:05+00:00 WaterAid https://cdn.ugashare.com/jsjobsdata/data/employer/comp_1634/logo/WaterAid.png https://www.ugashare.com/jobs/ FULL_TIME Kampala Uganda 00256 Uganda Nonprofit, and NGO Social Services & Nonprofit, Admin & Office, Business Operations 2026-11-25T17:00:00+00:00 8 About WaterAid We are a global federation driven by one vision: a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030. Powered by our values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation, we work alongside communities, partners and supporters to make change happen. About the Team WaterAid wants to use your skills in Uganda to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene for everyone everywhere? We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, we will encourage and empower you to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference. Join WaterAid as a Project Assistant to change the normal for millions of people, helping them unlock their potential, break free from poverty, and change their lives for good. About the Role As our Project Assistant for the Shame to Action (S2A) Project, you will be part of WaterAid Uganda’s Programme Department and will support the implementation of the Shame to Action (S2A) Project. The project is delivered through a consortium approach involving WaterAid Uganda, UWASNET, grassroots organisations, government institutions, and the Water Integrity Network (WIN). The team is responsible for project delivery, stakeholder engagement, monitoring, evidence generation, learning, advocacy, and reporting. The role reports to the Head of Programmes and works closely with the MEAL Manager, Knowledge Management & Learning Officer, Director of Advocacy, Safeguarding Focal Person, GEDSI Focal Person, Communications for Development Officer, and implementing partners. In this role, you will: - Coordinate the planning, implementation, and monitoring of all project activities in line with approved workplans, budgets, donor requirements, and WaterAid standards.
- Coordinate project implementation with consortium partners including UWASNET, grassroots organisations, Water Integrity Network (WIN), district local governments, and other stakeholders.
- Support delivery of community awareness campaigns, dialogues, capacity-strengthening initiatives, policy engagement activities, and community oversight mechanisms.
- Support the establishment and strengthening of inclusive community accountability structures, including women WASH Watchdogs, enabling community members, specially women and marginalized groups to monitor WASH services, identify risks, raise concerns safely and engage duty bearers.
- Organise project meetings, trainings, workshops, monitoring visits, learning events, and stakeholder engagement activities.
- Monitor project progress against agreed targets and ensure timely collection, verification, and reporting of project data and results.
- Support baseline assessments, monitoring exercises, reviews, evaluations, and learning processes throughout the project lifecycle.
- Prepare high-quality donor reports, activity reports, success stories, case studies, briefing notes, and other project documentation.
- Coordinate day-to-day collaboration among consortium partners, ensuring clear roles, timely delivery of agreed activities, information sharing, quality assurance and follow-up of agreed actions.
Requirements To be successful in this role, you will need: - A bachelor’s degree in project/Programme Management, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Business Management/Administration, Public Health or related field.
- A minimum of 4 years of related experience implementing grassroots WASH projects, governance, accountability, safeguarding, gender equality, social accountability or community-based programming.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex development projects involving multiple stakeholders and partners.
- Experience applying safeguarding, GBV risk mitigation, survivor-centred approaches, protection principles or safe referral mechanisms is strongly desirable.
- Experience in project planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and budget tracking.
- Strong understanding of community development, governance, accountability, gender, safeguarding, or WASH programming.
- Ability to collect, analyse, and present information for decision-making and donor reporting.
Although not essential, we’d prefer you to have: - Understanding of integrity, accountability, anti-corruption, power dynamics and mechanisms for preventing exploitation and abuse in service delivery, gender eguality social inclusion and rights programming.
- Demonstrated understanding of confidentiality, informed consent, do-no-harm and survivor-centered principles when working with communities and sensitive information.
- Experience collaborating with international partners and managing relationships across organisations and countries.
- Familiarity with MEAL systems, evidence generation and knowledge management approaches.
- Knowledge of Uganda’s WASH, governance, gender, or local government systems.
- Knowledge of the local language of the Project area – Fortportal and Bunyangabo Districts
- Coordinate the planning, implementation, and monitoring of all project activities in line with approved workplans, budgets, donor requirements, and WaterAid standards.
- Coordinate project implementation with consortium partners including UWASNET, grassroots organisations, Water Integrity Network (WIN), district local governments, and other stakeholders.
- Support delivery of community awareness campaigns, dialogues, capacity-strengthening initiatives, policy engagement activities, and community oversight mechanisms.
- Support the establishment and strengthening of inclusive community accountability structures, including women WASH Watchdogs, enabling community members, specially women and marginalized groups to monitor WASH services, identify risks, raise concerns safely and engage duty bearers.
- Organise project meetings, trainings, workshops, monitoring visits, learning events, and stakeholder engagement activities.
- Monitor project progress against agreed targets and ensure timely collection, verification, and reporting of project data and results.
- Support baseline assessments, monitoring exercises, reviews, evaluations, and learning processes throughout the project lifecycle.
- Prepare high-quality donor reports, activity reports, success stories, case studies, briefing notes, and other project documentation.
- Coordinate day-to-day collaboration among consortium partners, ensuring clear roles, timely delivery of agreed activities, information sharing, quality assurance and follow-up of agreed actions.
- Project/Programme Management
- Social Sciences
- Development Studies
- Business Management/Administration
- Public Health
- Grassroots WASH projects
- Governance
- Accountability
- Safeguarding
- Gender equality
- Social accountability
- Community-based programming
- Complex development projects
- Stakeholder engagement
- GBV risk mitigation
- Survivor-centred approaches
- Protection principles
- Safe referral mechanisms
- Project planning
- Project implementation
- Project monitoring
- Project reporting
- Budget tracking
- Community development
- WASH programming
- Information collection
- Information analysis
- Information presentation
- Donor reporting
- Integrity
- Anti-corruption
- Power dynamics
- Confidentiality
- Informed consent
- Do-no-harm principles
- Survivor-centered principles
- International partner collaboration
- MEAL systems
- Evidence generation
- Knowledge management
- Uganda's WASH systems
- Uganda's governance systems
- Uganda's gender systems
- Uganda's local government systems
- Local language (Fortportal and Bunyangabo Districts)
- A bachelor’s degree in project/Programme Management, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Business Management/Administration, Public Health or related field.
- A minimum of 4 years of related experience implementing grassroots WASH projects, governance, accountability, safeguarding, gender equality, social accountability or community-based programming.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex development projects involving multiple stakeholders and partners.
- Experience applying safeguarding, GBV risk mitigation, survivor-centred approaches, protection principles or safe referral mechanisms is strongly desirable.
- Experience in project planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and budget tracking.
- Strong understanding of community development, governance, accountability, gender, safeguarding, or WASH programming.
- Ability to collect, analyse, and present information for decision-making and donor reporting.
- Understanding of integrity, accountability, anti-corruption, power dynamics and mechanisms for preventing exploitation and abuse in service delivery, gender eguality social inclusion and rights programming.
- Demonstrated understanding of confidentiality, informed consent, do-no-harm and survivor-centered principles when working with communities and sensitive information.
- Experience collaborating with international partners and managing relationships across organisations and countries.
- Familiarity with MEAL systems, evidence generation and knowledge management approaches.
- Knowledge of Uganda’s WASH, governance, gender, or local government systems.
- Knowledge of the local language of the Project area – Fortportal and Bunyangabo Districts
JOB-6af5bea951fba Vacancy title:
Project Officer, WASH Jobs at:
WaterAid Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, November 25 2026 Duty Station:
Kampala | Uganda Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, November 12 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed JOB DETAILS:
About WaterAid We are a global federation driven by one vision: a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030. Powered by our values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation, we work alongside communities, partners and supporters to make change happen. About the Team WaterAid wants to use your skills in Uganda to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene for everyone everywhere? We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, we will encourage and empower you to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference. Join WaterAid as a Project Assistant to change the normal for millions of people, helping them unlock their potential, break free from poverty, and change their lives for good. About the Role As our Project Assistant for the Shame to Action (S2A) Project, you will be part of WaterAid Uganda’s Programme Department and will support the implementation of the Shame to Action (S2A) Project. The project is delivered through a consortium approach involving WaterAid Uganda, UWASNET, grassroots organisations, government institutions, and the Water Integrity Network (WIN). The team is responsible for project delivery, stakeholder engagement, monitoring, evidence generation, learning, advocacy, and reporting. The role reports to the Head of Programmes and works closely with the MEAL Manager, Knowledge Management & Learning Officer, Director of Advocacy, Safeguarding Focal Person, GEDSI Focal Person, Communications for Development Officer, and implementing partners. In this role, you will: - Coordinate the planning, implementation, and monitoring of all project activities in line with approved workplans, budgets, donor requirements, and WaterAid standards.
- Coordinate project implementation with consortium partners including UWASNET, grassroots organisations, Water Integrity Network (WIN), district local governments, and other stakeholders.
- Support delivery of community awareness campaigns, dialogues, capacity-strengthening initiatives, policy engagement activities, and community oversight mechanisms.
- Support the establishment and strengthening of inclusive community accountability structures, including women WASH Watchdogs, enabling community members, specially women and marginalized groups to monitor WASH services, identify risks, raise concerns safely and engage duty bearers.
- Organise project meetings, trainings, workshops, monitoring visits, learning events, and stakeholder engagement activities.
- Monitor project progress against agreed targets and ensure timely collection, verification, and reporting of project data and results.
- Support baseline assessments, monitoring exercises, reviews, evaluations, and learning processes throughout the project lifecycle.
- Prepare high-quality donor reports, activity reports, success stories, case studies, briefing notes, and other project documentation.
- Coordinate day-to-day collaboration among consortium partners, ensuring clear roles, timely delivery of agreed activities, information sharing, quality assurance and follow-up of agreed actions.
Requirements To be successful in this role, you will need: - A bachelor’s degree in project/Programme Management, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Business Management/Administration, Public Health or related field.
- A minimum of 4 years of related experience implementing grassroots WASH projects, governance, accountability, safeguarding, gender equality, social accountability or community-based programming.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex development projects involving multiple stakeholders and partners.
- Experience applying safeguarding, GBV risk mitigation, survivor-centred approaches, protection principles or safe referral mechanisms is strongly desirable.
- Experience in project planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and budget tracking.
- Strong understanding of community development, governance, accountability, gender, safeguarding, or WASH programming.
- Ability to collect, analyse, and present information for decision-making and donor reporting.
Although not essential, we’d prefer you to have: - Understanding of integrity, accountability, anti-corruption, power dynamics and mechanisms for preventing exploitation and abuse in service delivery, gender eguality social inclusion and rights programming.
- Demonstrated understanding of confidentiality, informed consent, do-no-harm and survivor-centered principles when working with communities and sensitive information.
- Experience collaborating with international partners and managing relationships across organisations and countries.
- Familiarity with MEAL systems, evidence generation and knowledge management approaches.
- Knowledge of Uganda’s WASH, governance, gender, or local government systems.
- Knowledge of the local language of the Project area – Fortportal and Bunyangabo Districts
Work Hours: 8 Experience in Months: 48 Level of Education: bachelor degree Job application procedure
Applications will close at 12:00 PM (UK time) on 25th November 2026. Click Here to Apply Now
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