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Watsan Mobile Support Specialist (MSS) at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
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Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted 6 days ago (14 Oct 2026) Deadline: 28 Oct 2026 Updated 5 days ago
Job Description
The Watsan Mobile Support Specialist provides first‑ and second‑line technical assistance for water, sanitation, hygiene and vector‑control projects across MSF programmes. The specialist supports country teams in designing, implementing and reviewing interventions while ensuring compliance with MSF standards. Capacity‑building and reporting are key components of the role, enabling effective programme delivery in challenging environments.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in engineering, environmental health or a related discipline
- • Minimum two years of field experience with NGOs in water, sanitation, hygiene or community health projects
- • Proven ability to provide remote and onsite technical support and troubleshooting
- • Familiarity with MSF guidelines, WASH standards and vector‑control methods
- • Strong analytical and reporting skills
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Deliver first‑ and second‑line technical support (remote or onsite) for water, sanitation, hygiene and vector‑control activities
- • Assist country programmes in designing, planning, implementing and reviewing Watsan interventions
- • Ensure proposals and activities are technically sound, context‑appropriate and align with MSF protocols and standards
- • Provide capacity‑building and knowledge transfer to field staff on Watsan best practices
- • Produce technical reports, monitoring data and documentation to support programme evaluation
- • Contribute to the development of strategic Watsan approaches and priorities across the portfolio