WASH & Shelter Specialist

About the role

The WASH & Shelter Specialist will provide technical oversight and strategic direction for NRC’s WASH and Shelter programmes in Cameroon, ensuring high‑quality implementation and supporting field teams across multiple crisis‑affected regions.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and quality assurance for WASH and Shelter projects, including field travel for monitoring.
• Develop and mentor staff and partners on WASH and Shelter standards, training, and capacity‑building activities.
• Lead the creation of partnership‑inclusive strategies, technical guidance, and macro‑logframes aligned with regional and global priorities.
• Support fundraising by preparing proposals, budgets, and donor reports.
• Ensure compliance with contractual commitments, NRC policies, and high technical quality across programmes.
• Represent NRC in coordination forums, with national authorities and donors.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years of humanitarian technical experience, 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.
• Experience working in complex, volatile contexts and with diverse donors.
• Fluency in French and English (written and spoken).
• Willingness to travel up to 60 % of the time.

Required skills

• Knowledge of SPHERE and INEE Minimum Standards.
• Experience with borehole programme management.
• Familiarity with cash and market‑based project approaches.
• Understanding of NEAT+ environmental and climate tools.
• Technical expertise in behaviour‑change processes and community engagement, including gender and diversity integration.

What we offer

• 12‑month resident/national contract based in Yaounde.
• Grade 9 salary on NRC’s scale with benefits.
• Equal‑opportunity workplace that values diversity and encourages initiative.