WASH Intern at Action Against Hunger International

Follow-up activity progress and financial expenses.

• Understanding the ACF working culture and environment.
• Develop follow-up tracker in consultation with the regional specialist
• Share challenges, lessens and recommendations per projects/mission

Ensure donor compliance and ACFIN program quality standards

• Develop donor specific compliance follow-up checklists.
• Support the WASH specialist on reviewing progress and completion reports
• Develop SOPs for WASH interventions in collaboration with the WASH specialist

Conduct supportive field visit

• Fill the WASH HR gaps as needed
• Generate field visit reports

Identify research topics and innovative ideas

• Identify feasible research topics
• Develop research proposals
• Share innovative ideas
• Generate reports

During the internship period, you are expected to demonstrate Action Against Hunger-USA’s five core values:

• Respect- we work with compassion and dedication, treating everyone the same way we expect them to treat us.
• Integrity-: we believe that being honest and fair is integral to every aspect of our work. Conducting our work with a spirit of sincerity, truthfulness and transparency is imperative.
• Creativity-we encourage new ideas, embrace innovative solutions, and create opportunities for meaningful and exciting ways to do our jobs and provide solutions to address the needs of the populations we serve.
• Excellence- we strive to provide services that meet and even exceed the expectations of our stakeholders (populations in need, staff, communities and donors).
• Empowerment- we are committed to fostering an environment in which our staff, partners and communities where we work have the space to grow, develop and feel confident about participating.

Gender Equality Commitments

• Ability to foster an environment that reinforces values of women and men, and equal access to information.
• Provide a work environment where women and men must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance.
• Respect beneficiaries’ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sex orientation, disability, religion. race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status.
• Value and respect for all cultures.

Requirements

Graduate student (preferably MSc candidate in water resource and environmental engineering /management).

• Minimum of 1 year of relevant experience gained during industrial attachment in an International or local NGO.
• Demonstrated skills in producing high-quality technical reports on a tight deadline.
• Technical knowledge on Climate, Water and Sanitation is a plus.
• Ability to sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with internal colleagues and partners
• Excellent planning and resource management skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to effectively present complex ideas to diverse audiences.
• Ability to multitask with ease and grace, balancing and adapting to frequently changing priorities.
• Flexibility to adapt to any subsequent changes in the terms of reference.
• Work independently and the ability to motivate, inspire and influence others positively to achieve goals
• Communicate with and demonstrate accountability to organization and partners through consultation, liaison, feedback, reporting and transparent use of resources