Naomi is the Programme and Communications Manager for the Sanitation Learning Hub, jointly overseeing the activities of the Hub. Naomi has worked for over a decade developing and managing participatory research and learning programmes to support the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector.

Naomi’s focus is on supporting the WASH sector to achieve universal access to safely managed sanitation. SLH facilitates timely, relevant and actionable participatory research and learning activities in the WASH sector, drawing attention to knowledge gaps, blind spots and emerging questions to help the WASH sector navigate complex issues and take action. Naomi is interested in developing effective ways to create spaces for reflection, collecting and cross analysing diverse experiences and evidence shared, analysing and synthesising findings and drawing out commonalities, differences, lessons learnt and ways forward to galvanise progress.

Naomi is responsible for the strategic development and evolution of the programme, including decision-making over programmatic activities; financial management; donor and stakeholder relationships and networking; fundraising; and developing and leading monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) processes to ensure outcomes of research and learning activities are identified, lessons are learned and fed into ongoing programmatic learning and adaptation.

She is also responsible for the editorial leadership and development of SLH publication series’ and studies, producing practical, action-orientated outputs and raising the profile of neglected gender, equity and social inclusion (GESI) issues. She is also interested in supporting WASH programme and research staff to develop their own writing and communication skills to encourage documentation and dissemination of learning.

She has authored a number of outputs including a well-received book, Sustainable Sanitation for All.