Sector Programme Officer - WASH, Health & Nutrition

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

Purpose

The Sector Project Officer - WASH, Health & Nutrition supports the Programme Manager in planning, implementing, monitoring and reporting CARE IPF WASH, Health and Nutrition interventions across assigned Area Programmes and project locations. The role coordinates community and partner engagement, strengthens local capacities, integrates sponsorship, safeguarding, Faith and Development, GEDSI and climate resilience, and ensures quality delivery, accountability, learning and compliance with World Vision Ghana, donor and sector standards to improve child wellbeing and access to inclusive WASH, health and nutrition services.

Key Responsibilities

Project Design, Planning, Implementation of the Integrated Programme Framework (IPF) and Quality Assurance:

• Support needs assessments and community reviews to identify WASH, health and nutrition priorities in assigned locations, in line with WVG strategy and CARE IPF objectives.

• Develop and implement annual work plans, detailed implementation plans, budgets and activity schedules with guidance from the Programme Manager and relevant Technical Specialists.

• Coordinate day-to-day delivery of approved WASH, health and nutrition project models and approaches, including COMM, PDH, Nurturing Care Groups, Channels of Hope for MNCH, Celebrating Families, CVA and WASH Sermon Guide activities.

• Work with other Project Officers, Technical Specialists, Faith and Development Coordinators, partners, volunteers and community structures to integrate activities and avoid duplication across locations.

• Build the capacity of community development workers, volunteers, churches, government partners and community groups on WASH, health, nutrition, safeguarding and child wellbeing priorities.

• Represent WV at district, regional and community sector events as delegated by the Programme Manager and share relevant updates for follow-up.

• Support implementation of safeguarding and child protection protocols, including incident reporting, preparedness plans, partner/volunteer training and community sensitization.

Sponsorship Management:

• Ensure Registered Children, their families and the most vulnerable children are intentionally included in relevant CARE IPF activities and appropriately documented in sponsorship systems.

• Participate in child mapping, monitoring and community engagement to track participation, benefits and emerging wellbeing concerns for children and families.

• Support timely achievement of sponsorship KPIs, including Sponsorship 2.0/3.0 child and community content requirements.

• Promote safe, meaningful and age-appropriate child participation throughout the project lifecycle and in local decision-making platforms.

• Integrate child monitoring into WASH, health and nutrition project implementation and submit accurate information for entry into Hope and other approved systems.

Cross-cutting themes & Integration:

Faith and Development Integration

• Work with churches, faith leaders and other faith communities to integrate values-based, spiritual nurture and positive family practices into WASH, health and nutrition interventions in line with World Vision's Christian ethos.

• Apply relevant models such as Channels of Hope for MNCH, Empowered World View and Celebrating Families to strengthen family wellbeing, caregiver practices and child health outcomes.

• Mobilize faith communities to promote inclusive WASH, health, nutrition, child protection and environmental stewardship messages for girls, boys and vulnerable groups.

Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI)

• Mainstream GEDSI principles across planning, implementation, monitoring and learning, ensuring girls, boys, women, children with disabilities and socially excluded groups can participate and benefit.

• Identify and address structural, cultural and practical barriers affecting access to WASH, health and nutrition services, including menstrual hygiene and nutrition-related stigma.

Environmental Sustainability, Climate Action, HEA and Peacebuilding

• Promote climate-smart and environmentally sustainable WASH, health and nutrition practices, including safe water management, waste management, hygiene promotion and climate-resilient community actions.

• Support disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness and peacebuilding actions with communities, local authorities and partners, escalating risks to the Programme Manager as required.

Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learnings & Reflection and Knowledge Management:

• Support design, monitoring and evaluation of WASH, health and nutrition interventions in line with WV strategy, programme standards and donor requirements.

• Conduct routine and joint monitoring visits to assess progress against targets, verify quality, identify gaps and provide coaching to partners, volunteers and community groups.

• Track CARE IPF indicators and project outputs using approved tools and digital platforms, including Horizon/IMPAQ, mWater, mHealth and other WV systems, and ensure data quality.

• Support output monitoring surveys, mapping of completed WASH interventions and routine use of sector data for decision making.

• Coordinate community feedback and accountability mechanisms and use feedback to improve implementation.

• Identify emerging risks, propose mitigation actions and escalate significant issues to the Programme Manager and relevant Technical Specialists.

• Document lessons learned, best practices, human interest stories and evidence of impact for internal learning, external sharing and donor engagement.

• Prepare and submit quality activity, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports using approved templates and guidance.

• Support baseline, midterm, end-line assessments and relevant research related to WASH, health, nutrition and child wellbeing.

Community Engagement, Partnering, Networking, External Engagements & Advocacy:

• Build and maintain effective relationships with beneficiary communities, local authorities, District/Municipal Assemblies, Ghana Health Service, water and sanitation actors, NGOs, faith leaders and other partners.

• Facilitate partner capacity assessments, capacity building and joint planning to strengthen local ownership and sustainability of WASH, health and nutrition interventions.

• Represent WV Ghana at relevant district, sector and community coordination meetings as delegated by the Programme Manager.

• Support community advocacy groups, Child Parliament, kids clubs and Citizen Voice and Action platforms to advocate for improved WASH, health, nutrition and child wellbeing services.

• Promote CARE IPF objectives, progress and learning through appropriate communication with government, communities, media and partners.

• Ensure MoUs, ToRs and other partner documents are in place, understood and followed.

Resource Acquisition and Management of Grants & PNS:

• Identify community needs, implementation gaps, promising practices and funding opportunities from assigned locations and share evidence with the Programme Manager and RAM team.

• Support development of concept notes, proposals, budgets and technical inputs for WASH, health and nutrition resource acquisition.

• Generate field evidence, impact stories and learning products that strengthen donor engagement and technical branding.

• Build and maintain relationships with local donors, private sector actors and partners as delegated, while ensuring alignment with WV policies.

• Support effective, efficient and timely implementation, monitoring and reporting of grants and PNS projects in assigned locations.

Procurement, Financial Management, Risk & Compliance:

• Prepare activity budgets, procurement plans, funding requests and supporting documentation for assigned project activities.

• Coordinate logistics with the Programme Manager, Supply Chain and Finance teams to ensure timely delivery of inputs, materials and services.

• Follow up project requests, payments and supplier deliveries to avoid implementation delays.

• Monitor project expenditure, budget variance and asset use, and alert the Programme Manager to issues requiring action.

• Ensure project finances, assets and records are managed in line with WV policies, donor requirements and audit standards.

• Support implementation of audit, risk assessment and compliance recommendations and maintain appropriate documentation.

• Identify operational, safeguarding, financial and partner risks and support timely mitigation.

Other responsibilities

Perform any other tasks assigned by the Programme Manager or management in line with the purpose of the role.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Minimum Qualification required: Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Environmental Health, Water and Sanitation Engineering, Hydrogeology, Behavioural Science, Project Management, Community Development, Social Sciences or any related field.

• At least three (3) years' experience implementing community-based WASH, health, nutrition or related development projects.

• Experience in work planning, activity delivery, budget monitoring, procurement follow-up, partner coordination and donor/organizational reporting.

• Knowledge of WASH, health and nutrition project models, social and behaviour change communication, hygiene promotion and community mobilization approaches.

• Strong development facilitation skills and practical experience using participatory approaches with communities and local partners.

• Demonstrated ability to engage government, community-based organizations, local NGOs, faith actors, donors and internal stakeholders.

• Strong partnering, conflict management, consensus building, communication, presentation and report writing skills.

Language Requirements

Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

Ability to communicate in local languages relevant to assigned project locations is desirable.

Working Environment

Office-based with frequent travel to assigned project locations, including rural and peri-urban communities. Domestic travel and occasional work outside normal hours may be required for project delivery, monitoring or emergency response.

Ability to undertake routine field visits, community meetings, training sessions, WASH facility monitoring and data collection activities in varied field conditions. Reasonable accommodation may be considered where required.

Locations: Various

• Builsa
• WA
• Zabzugu
• East Gonja
• Bawku
• Sekyere Afram Plains
• Diaso
• Fanteakwa
• Krachi Cluster
• Agortime

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only