Project Officer, WASH-SRHR Project

Project Officer, WASH-SRHR Project

Contract type: Fixed, Renewable based on performance and funding

Location: Buyende District, Uganda

Salary and Benefits: Competitive salaries with excellent benefits

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 Officer 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 Officer for the WASH-SRHR integration Project, you will be part of WaterAid Uganda’s Programme Department and will support the implementation of the project.

You will lead the day-to-day delivery of the project in Buyende. You will turn our theory of change into district and facility work plans, work closely with the District Health Team and local government, and make sure health facilities, schools and communities get safe, inclusive and gender-responsive WASH and SRHR services. You will manage two community facilitators.

This project brings water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) into sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services in Buyende District. It uses a maternal and child health (MCH) led model so that women, girls and people who are often left out can use safe, dignified services.

The project has four outcomes and a learning component. Outcome 1 improves WASH services in selected health facilities. Outcome 2 shifts social norms so that hygiene behaviours and respectful SRHR care become the norm. Outcome 3 builds governance, planning and financing for WASH within SRHR. Outcome 4 strengthens gender equality, inclusion and accountability. Learning and evidence runs through all four.

In this role, you will:

• Lead participatory assessments of WASH access, safety and infrastructure gaps in selected health facilities. Include women, girls, young people and people with disabilities in each assessment.
• Run the integrated health system and WASH building-block assessment and use the results to prioritise improvements and inform planning and budgeting.
• Work with the district engineer and contractors on water supply, toilets, handwashing points, placenta pits, waste bins and water storage. Check bills of quantities, supervise works on site, check quality, accessibility and privacy, and sign off completion with the facility in-charge.
• Establish and train IPC committees to assess WASH and waste management using the WASH FIT tool.
• Coordinate the design of a culture-appropriate WASH-SRHR counselling package and job aids, building on MoH-approved materials, and oversee their printing and distribution.
• Plan the project's role in global and national days such as Hand Hygiene Day and World Water Week.
• Support the formative research on hygiene, menstrual health and SRHR norms, and use findings to adjust activities.
• Help designated structures roll out hygiene behaviour change in facilities, schools and communities.
• Guide quarterly community dialogues and the community and facility accountability platforms.
• Lead community scorecards, quarterly joint monitoring visits and community-provider barazas, and follow up agreed actions with service providers.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• A bachelor's degree in public health, environmental health, social sciences, development studies, water or civil engineering, or a related field.
• At least three years' experience delivering WASH, SRHR, health systems or community development projects, preferably in Eastern Uganda.
• Experience working with district local governments, health facilities and community groups, and managing small teams or field staff.
• Good knowledge of the WASH FIT tool, IPC, and social accountability tools such as scorecards and barazas.
• Experience planning and tracking a budget and writing clear narrative and data reports.
• Computer skills, including Microsoft Office and mobile data collection tools.
• Fluent English and Lusoga or another Local language in the Project area.
• A valid motorcycle riding permit
• Commitment to WaterAid’s values and to principles of gender equality, disability and social inclusion, accountability, and safeguarding

Although not essential, we’d prefer you to have:

• A recognised project management or monitoring and evaluation qualification.
• Experience with gender transformative approaches, disability inclusion and adolescent SRHR.
• Experience supervising small construction works or working with district engineers.
• Experience of donor-funded projects with reporting to donors such as SIDA.
• Knowledge of Uganda’s WASH, governance, gender, or local government systems.

View full job description here

Closing Date: Applications will close at 12:00 PM (UK time) on 25th November 2026.

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