Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Water Sciences, Environmental or Applied Sciences, Economics, or a related field. Candidates with a Master's degree in Water Systems, WASH, Hydrology, or a technical research discipline are strongly preferred, though exceptional field practitioners with a Bachelor's degree are warmly encouraged to apply
  
• 5+ years of demonstrable experience in technical field operations and applied research program management
  
• Experience designing and executing field pilots or structured experiments that resulted in operational changes at scale, not just reports
  
• Background in WASH, water quality, or a closely related technical field; engineering training strongly preferred
  
• Experience building and managing small, multidisciplinary teams, particularly those including technical field staff
  
• Data fluency: able to design testing protocols, identify measurement issues, and distinguish meaningful results from noise. Statistical expertise not required but must be a critical consumer of data
  

Managing Rapid Field Activities: Design and execute short, focused field pilots that produce clear recommendations on whether innovations should be scaled into the broader ILC program

• Define pilot scope, success criteria, and decision points; continuously monitor progress and iterate on both pilot design and the intervention being tested
  
• Ensure data reliability throughout, including robust measurement protocols and routine sense checks on field data
  
• Recommend accelerating, modifying, or terminating tests based on early signal rather than running every pilot to completion
  

Technical Ownership of ILC: Serve as a technical owner of ILC device performance and design, working closely with Evidence Action engineering teams across the region

• Develop deep familiarity with device types, infrastructure configurations, and modifications deployed across countries to to help prioritize pilots and identify novel innovations to test
  
• Engage with external technical experts and partners as needed to support device design and testing approaches
  

Prioritization and Planning: Contribute to prioritizing which innovations to test and in what sequence, working closely with the Global and Regional program teams

• Translate high-level priorities into concrete testing plans with defined timelines, resource requirements, and decision points
  

Documentation and Knowledge Capture: Ensure pilot results, operational learnings, and technical decisions are systematically documented to inform the ILC operational handbook and new geography playbook

Coordination with Country, Regional, and Global Teams: Manage the interface between the Innovation team and the Uganda country team, including clear communication on scope, timeline, and device management changes

• Ensure innovation work does not disrupt ongoing program operations and deliver outputs the program team can act on
  
• Coordinate regularly with Regional and Global teams on progress, findings, and strategic direction
  

Key Performance Indicators

• Number of Completed Pilots: You will be assessed on how many pilots are completed each year, targeting ~2-3 months per pilot, iterating continuously on design throughout each pilot.
  
• Number of Decisions made from Pilots: You will be assessed on how much each pilot aids overall decision-making, ensuring each recommendation is evidence-backed, has robust data, and answers the core question with enough detail to adopt, improve, or stop the new approach.
  
• Adoption of Improvements: You will be assessed on how many of the proven ideas ultimately are deployed across the program, such as in operational manuals or in future trainings.