WASH Assistant – National Position

**Location:** Nyakabande

**Duration of contract:** 12 months

**Report to:** Senior WASH Officer

**About IsraAID:**

IsraAID is an international non-governmental humanitarian aid organization based in Israel. Since we were founded in 2001, our teams have worked in emergency and long-term development settings in more than 60 countries around the world. IsraAID responds to emergencies and helps communities affected by crises rebuild their lives and their futures together. From hurricanes to refugee crises to global pandemics, we mobilize quickly and collaborate with communities at the deepest level, accompanying the process of becoming self-reliant in the ability to prepare and respond to emergencies and crises and return to adaptive functioning.

In Uganda, we support the recovery and restoration of people affected by humanitarian crises and to cultivate and nurture resilience and build agency while establishing systems and partnerships to reduce the risk of future disasters. We work in 3 geographical locations in Uganda. In Northwestern Uganda in the Palorinya refugee settlement and Southwestern Uganda in the Nakivale Settlement and Nyakabande Transit centre.

**About The Position**

IsraAID Uganda is seeking a dedicated and skilled WASH Assistant to join our team to implement our WASH activities in Nyakabande Transit Center, Kisoro. Under the guidance of the Senior WASH Officer, the WASH Assistant will implement field level institutional and community WASH interventions in line with program targets, national and humanitarian standards in Nyakabande TC and host communities. This position will play a key role in planning, implementing, and monitoring WASH projects to ensure that Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons (FDSPs) and host communities including institutions have access to adequate quantities of safe drinking water, improved sanitation facilities, and promoting the practice of optimal WASH behaviors for better health and nutrition outcomes.

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