OBSERVATOIRE DU SAHARA ET DU SAHEL SAHARA AND SAHEL OBSERVATORY
WATER DEPARTMENT
RECRUITMENT OF ONE (1) WATER EXPERT
March 2026
Recruitment type: International Job title: Water Expert Location: Tunis, Tunisia Languages required: French and English Start date: April 2026
[AC/OSS/DptEau_ExpertEau/190326-07]
1. CONTEXT
The Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS)¹ is an international Organization with an African focus, established in 1992 and headquartered in Tunis, Tunisia, since 2000. The OSS comprises 28 African countries, 7 non-African countries, 13 sub-regional Organizations from West, East, and North Africa, UN agencies, and 3 non-governmental Organizations.
The OSS mission is to support its member countries and African partners in the sustainable management of their natural resources in a particularly challenging climate change context. Its area of operation is the arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid zones of the Sahara and Sahel regions. In this capacity, the OSS works with its member countries and Organizations based on principles of subsidiarity and complementarity. The OSS works alongside member States and Organizations, initiates and facilitates partnerships on issues related to natural resource management, including shared water resources, and environmental protection.
The OSS 2030 strategy provides a framework for implementing priority technical and financial actions for the benefit of member and partner countries. To ensure strategic alignment, the OSS operates through its scientific and technical program "Integrated and Collaborative Management of Natural Resources" which is structured around four interconnected thematic areas within an integrated development framework: Water, Land, Biodiversity and Climate.
Faced with dwindling water resources due to climate change and population growth, the OSS, through the Water sector, aims to contribute to meeting the water needs of its member States' populations and to the sustainable management of water resources by placing water issues at the forefront of international political agendas. To this end, the OSS provides technical and institutional support in developing project proposals to address the impacts of climate change, improve water security, contribute to population resilience in terms of adaptation, and support the sustainable development efforts of member States.
In coordination with the other OSS technical departments and entities, the Water Department is primarily responsible for overseeing and implementing the Organization's mission in the field of water resources.
To effectively carry out its mission, the Water Department is recruiting one (1) Water Expert to strengthen its human resources and enhance its contribution to the implementation of the OSS action programs.
¹ http://www.oss-online.org/
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2. THE ASSIGNMENT
Under the supervision of the Water Department Director, the Expert will have to provide technical support for the implementation of the Department's following activities:
2.1. Technical and analytical support
- Contribute to the planning and organization of the Water Department's activities;
- Identify and monitor national, regional, and international priorities related to water resource governance;
- Develop Terms of Reference for concept notes and project proposals;
- Supervise the work of consultants, review and evaluate deliverables, and formulate recommendations for improvement;
- Develop and analyze various summary documents on water management in the region;