Manager, WASH Technical Portfolio

Position Title: Manager, WASH Technical Portfolio
Department: Quality, Impact, and Learning (QIL)
Location: Remote in CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, MD, MA, NC, NJ, NY, OR, PA, Puerto Rico, TN, TX, VA, or WA
Travel Required: Up to 10% domestic and international travel
Reports to: Senior Technical Advisor, WASH
Number of Direct Reports: None
Assignment Type: Full-time;
Time-Limited (12 months)
Compensation: $69,615 to $76,500

Americares is a global health and disaster relief organization that helps people and communities around the world access health in times of disaster and everyday. Each year, Americares reaches 85 countries on average, including the United States, with life‑changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies, and emergency aid. Americares is one of the world’s leading nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies.

For more information, visit americares.org.

• We create global community, treating people as they want to be treated.
• We respond effectively and responsibly, putting plans into practice.
• We embed ethics and equity in our work and workplace.
• We are better together; partnership is at our core.
• We ask and listen, to create sustainable solutions for a healthier tomorrow.
• We commit to quality, growing and improving to ensure individuals and communities thrive.

The Manager, WASH Technical Portfolio will support the implementation, coordination and management of Americares global WASH portfolio. This position will provide day‑to‑day support for country programs, grant management, proposal development, quality assurance and capacity strengthening. The Manager, WASH Technical Portfolio will strengthen implementation support, technical assistance, project design and program quality across the WASH portfolio.

• Coordinate technical portfolio activities across multiple WASH programs, grants, stakeholders and geographic regions.
• Support proposal development, technical reviews, donor reporting and grant management processes.
• Provide technical assistance and implementation support to country offices and regional program teams.
• Develop and maintain systems to track proposals, technical assistance activities, donor deliverables and key portfolio milestones.
• Coordinate annual portfolio planning, technical workplans and portfolio monitoring efforts.
  Support knowledge management initiatives, including technical repositories, lessons learned and communities of practice.
• Coordinate external engagement activities, including conferences, abstracts and technical events.
  Support implementation and continuous improvement of the WASH operating model, including workflows, guidance documents and cross‑functional coordination mechanisms.
• Participate in emergency preparedness activities and maintain readiness to deploy in support of humanitarian responses.
• Actively model and contribute to Americares values, work culture and mission.
• Engage in and contribute to team spaces with openness, global competencies, and a growth mindset.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Build strong working relationships with Regional Programs, Country Offices, Development, MERL, Finance and Grants Management teams.
• Successfully complete the Americares onboarding program.
• Learn and model Americares values.
• Develop a strong understanding of Americares WASH portfolio, operating model and donor partnerships.
• Establish portfolio management systems to track proposals, technical assistance, donor reporting and deliverables.
• Review technical workflows and identify opportunities to improve coordination, communication and portfolio visibility.
• Support development of the WASH operating model and understand…