Hydrogeologist

Hydrogeologist

Contract type: Fixed Term | Full time – 37.5 hours per week

Location: WaterAid Bangladesh Country Office Dhaka, Bangladesh

Salary: Monthly Allowance is BDT 64,000/- (flexible for deserving candidates).

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About WaterAid
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About the team
Technical Team, under the Technical Services Department, provides expert guidance to implementing units on water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to ensure quality, sustainability, and compliance with standards defined by organisation. The team provides extensive support to design, implement, assess WASH interventions, and not limited to but conducting studies, research, developing technical guidelines. The team also brings innovation in climate resilient and environment friendly WASH solutions. Moreover, strategic collaboration with sector actors, academia, private sector enable the team to ensure impactful evidence-based knowledge sharing across the sector.

About the role
This role will provide critical technical expertise to ensure sustainability and resilience of WASH interventions specially water interventions and resources. S/he is expected to perform specific tasks which will contribute to specific activities or projects, focusing mostly on understanding of groundwater properties, aquifer systems, hydrodynamic systems; guiding sustainable water sourcing for drinking water supply, and protecting groundwater resources against the impacts of climate change and exploitation.

The incumbent is expected to support the country programme in conducting advanced hydrogeological assessments for developing water supply schemes, to ensure that interventions are technically sound, environmentally sustianble and socially acceptable.

In this role, you will:

• Play lead role in conducting comprehensive hydrogeological assessments to identify, assess, characterise groundwater resources across Bangladesh for developing climate-resilient drinking water supply scheme.
• Lead the development & implementation of monitoring mechanism for groundwater extraction and recharge through IoT-based systems for assessing long term viability.
• Prepare high quality technical reports on hydrpgeological assessment for internal and external stakeholders and maintain a document archive containing all relevant data, maps, files, reports.
• Contribute to developing required maps such as topographic, lithological, aquifer system, water quality, land use etc. to effectively utilise them for deleloping water supply schemes
• Support in coordinating with strategic & academic partners, government stakeholdes, consultant(s), and internal departments to derive impactful outcome from collaborative studies and research.
• Support in developing technical guidance on aquifer mapping and water safety planning, capacity building on hydrogeology and water resource management, and development of technical resources for sector actors.
• Collaborate across teams to design and implement water supply systems using hydrogeological data, provide technical inputs for developing project proposals, and quality assurance of hydrogeological components in WASH projects.
• Contribute to innovation and research by piloting new technologies for groundwater sustainability and supporting the preparation of research papers or articles for publication.

Actively assist in effective delivery of project activities assigned by the Line manager/ Director of the department.

These responsibilities will be reviewed with the line manager from time to time.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Water Resources Engineering, Civil Engineering, or Civil & Environmental Engineering from a recognized and reputable university (Bangladesh or abroad). A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline is an added advantage.

Experience: Minimum of two years’ experience in water resources management, preferably involving hydrogeological assessments, groundwater mapping, water supply scheme development, and related fieldwork. Experience in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector is considered an advantage.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong understanding of hydrogeology, aquifer characteristics, groundwater resource management, water supply systems, and climate–water linkages.
• Proven ability to interpret hydrogeological data and provide technical recommendations for water supply scheme design and implementation.
• Proficiency in analytical and geospatial software such as GIS-based tools, Power BI, RockWorks; experience with hydrodynamic or groundwater modelling tools (e.g., MODFLOW, MIKE SHE, HEC-RAS) is highly desirable.
• Adequate command of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong coordination, facilitation, interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Bangla and English.
• Experience working with government and non-government stakeholders.
• Willingness to conduct frequent field visits, including in remote areas (up to 40%).
  

View the full Terms of Reference (TOR) here

Closing date: Applications close 05:00 PM BD time on December 21, 2025. Interviews may be scheduled on a rolling basis, and the role may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found

How to apply: Click Apply to upload your CV and cover letter

Can I use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in my application?
At WaterAid, we strongly advise against using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process. Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed. We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.

Pre‑employment screening
To apply for this role, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to local law and WaterAid’s Safer Recruitment policy.

Our Global Commitment:

Our People Promise

We will work with passion and focus to make sure everyone everywhere has clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.

Equal Opportunities

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions, ways of life and status. This includes, but is not limited to, race, ethnicity, caste, colour, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, disability status, neurodiversity, age, marital and family status, sexual orientation and gender identity, health status, place of residence, economic and social situation. 

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We are committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero- tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and to any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks (which can include counterterrorism, safeguarding and criminal records checks).

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