Wash and Shelter Specialist

About the role

The Wash and Shelter Specialist will provide technical oversight and strategic direction for NRC’s WASH and Shelter programmes in Cameroon, ensuring high‑quality implementation and capacity building across field offices.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical support and quality assurance for WASH and Shelter projects, including field travel and mentorship of staff and partners.
• Develop partnership‑inclusive WASH and Shelter core competency strategies, technical guidance, and macro‑logframes aligned with regional and global priorities.
• Contribute to fundraising by preparing proposals, budgets and donor reports, and develop donor strategies to expand the programme.
• Ensure compliance with contractual commitments, NRC policies and procedures, and extract key learnings for continuous improvement.
• Represent NRC in relevant forums, clusters, and with national authorities and donors.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years of technical experience in humanitarian or recovery contexts, with at least 2 years in WASH and/or Shelter as a specialist or project manager.
• Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field and fluency in both French and English.
• Experience working in complex, volatile environments and documented results related to the role’s responsibilities.

Required skills

• Technical knowledge of borehole programme management.
• Understanding of SPHERE and INEE Minimum Standards.
• Familiarity with alternative WASH approaches in humanitarian settings.
• Knowledge of environmental and climate tools such as NEAT+.
• Experience with cash and market‑based project approaches and House, Land and Property rights in WASH/Shelter responses.

What we offer

• 12‑month resident/national contract based in Yaounde, grade 9 on NRC’s salary scale.
• Equal‑opportunity workplace that values diversity and encourages initiative at all levels.