WASH Coordinator at Lindii Peace Foundation (LPF) – Borno

Lindii Peace Foundation (LPF) is recruiting a WASH Coordinator in Borno State to lead the planning, technical oversight and delivery of water, sanitation and hygiene programmes for vulnerable and conflict-affected communities.

Programme planning and coordination

• Lead WASH workplans, implementation schedules, budgets, technical specifications and procurement forecasts.
• Coordinate staff, government institutions, technical providers, donors, field teams and community structures.
• Ensure WASH activities are inclusive, timely, accountable and compliant with relevant technical, safeguarding and humanitarian standards.
• Contribute to project design, concept notes, reporting, programme monitoring and evaluations.

Water and sanitation interventions

• Oversee assessment, design, construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of boreholes, water points, storage and distribution systems.
• Coordinate technical surveys, bills of quantities, water-quality testing and infrastructure quality assurance.
• Support safe and inclusive sanitation infrastructure, latrines, drainage and waste management.
• Lead hygiene promotion, handwashing, menstrual hygiene and safe-water behaviour-change activities.
• Plan emergency WASH responses, essential-supply distributions and community mobilisation.

Supervision and accountability

• Provide technical direction and mentoring to WASH staff, volunteers and contractors.
• Build community WASH committees, feedback mechanisms and sustainable water management structures.
• Monitor results, budgets and risks, maintain accurate programme records and prepare donor reports.
• Promote gender, disability and protection inclusion across WASH programme delivery.

Minimum qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Water Resources, Civil or Environmental Engineering, WASH, Public Health, Environmental Health or a related discipline.
• At least five years’ relevant professional WASH programme experience, preferably in humanitarian or development contexts.
• Practical experience coordinating water supply, sanitation and hygiene projects and supervising infrastructure work.
• Knowledge of water quality, sanitation and hygiene standards, Sphere standards and public-health WASH approaches.
• Ability to manage workplans, budgets, technical teams, contractors, reporting and complex field operations.

Additional advantages

• A related master’s degree, NGO or emergency response experience, and knowledge of Northeast Nigeria.
• Experience in cholera prevention, cluster coordination, donor-funded WASH or inclusive programme design.
• Relevant WASH training, GIS/AutoCAD capability and relevant local languages.