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• Significantly contribute towards the
  strategic planning of WAU’s Water Supply, Management and Sanitation design
  activities, aiming to maximise the provision of sustainable and equitable
  safe water, and adequate sanitation to the rural poor
• Responsible for the development of Water
  Supply, Management and Sanitation designs and sustainability plans based
  on appropriate approaches and technologies as related to the different
  communities of WAU’s operations.
• Work in liaison with the Senior Programme
  Coordinator School Wash (SWASH), you will also ensure that SWASH is
  embedded in all our rural programming work across all areas of our
  operations.
• Act as an extended arm and advisor to the
  SMT on all WASH technical components. You will be the lead person advising
  on issues of WAU’s partnership activities on Water and Sanitation
  infrastructure development, including design, technical specifications,
  construction or rehabilitation, testing, operation and maintenance.
• Assist in the identification of action
  research opportunities, pilot, these best of practice low cost
  technological options in Water Supply, Management and Sanitation, scaling
  them up within the WASH networks through documentation and implementation
  within WAU’s partner organisations.
• Offer management to partner technical
  teams, ensuring clarity over work plans and priorities, encouraging
  effective team-work across the districts as well as  having regular reviews to assess
  progress
• Ensure that the District Integrated WASH
  Programme has adequate support for design and implementation of water
  supply and sanitation activities to the highest possible standards by
  promoting collaboration with strategic stakeholders in the WASH Education
  and Health sectors at both district and national levels.
• Represent WAU at WASH cluster meetings,
  build positive working relationships with local communities, district
  government officials, other like minded sector players and where
  appropriate, donor representatives nationally and internationally.
• Technically support the Head of Unit in
  project proposal writing as well as donor reporting.
• Offer strategic support to WAU partners in
  WASH partnership plans development, implementation and management e.g. MPB
  planning partner, budget management, accountabilities, fund transfers,
  project reporting etc.
• Responsible for ensuring WASH sector
  specific baselines are undertaken, appropriate monitoring systems are in
  place, and end of project assessments are completed to ensure practice
  evidence is available to influence change as a result of the project’s
  achievement of outputs and impact.
• In collaboration with partners and other
  stakeholders, undertake detailed needs assessments, analysis and design
  appropriate project interventions to meet needs and strengthen local
  capacities.
• Conducting participative planning
  activities in accordance with the partnership contract plan. Meeting
  regularly with individual partners in accordance with the above mentioned
  plan for partnership activity progress.
• Develop and implement monitoring
  mechanisms that maximise the sustainability of WASH initiatives.
• Assist with the writing of project
  concepts and proposals for donors, including developing budgets, also participate
  in project evaluations and assist in the analysis of results, writing of
  donor project reports.
• Identifying activities which will
  encourage the development of close working relationships with each
  individual partner; aiming to truly understand partner needs and issues.
• Prepare multiyear budgets, carry out
  regular budget monitoring and reviews with support from Finance.
• Collaborate with relevant authorities to
  carry out resource mobilisation for WaterAid’s work in safe water
  provision and ensure improved related capacities among partners for
  self-sustenance
• Provide Capacity Building support to i.e.
  skills development, programming, fundraising etc.
• Build knowledge capacities of all WAU’s
  implementing partners in appropriate water and sanitation technologies to
  enhance sustainability, equity and inclusiveness, efficiency and
  effectiveness.
• Providing technical support, coaching,
  advice on development activities to partners in the fields of WASH
  implementation. Identify areas of learning and documentations from
  partners’ Sanitation and Hygiene work.
• Ensure that WaterAid’s Water Quality,
  Sanitation, Pro-Poor Approach, CWRM, Risk Management, Health and Safety
  strategies/ guidelines/policies are implemented in all aspects WAU’s
  programming.
• Facilitating and supporting the
  involvement of partners in international meetings / sector meetings and
  developmental activities related to Water Supply and Management.

• The candidate must hold a Masters Degree
  in Water Engineering or Hydrology with an advanced degree in Public Health
  or Environmental studies or a Bachelors Degree in Water Engineering or
  Civil Engineering coupled with Post Graduate Training in Project
  Management training.
• At least seven years’ proven experience in
  the WASH development sector conducting Water Supply work using project
  development tools, innovation and appropriate techniques.
• Strong Technical knowledge for both design
  and construction of Water and Sanitation Resources.
• Active participation in studies and
  research on WASH, its impact on social development.
• Past exposure and experience of capacity
  building of NGO development partner organizations.
• Good knowledge and understanding of urban
  and rural development in Water Supply alongside principles of sustainable
  development.
• Good understanding of national public
  expenditure, Sector-wide approaches, development financing and functioning
  of government structures like decentralisation.
• Possess excellent interpersonal and
  leadership skills with commitment to WaterAid’s values and working styles.
• Past experience and demonstrable qualities
  to effect change through coalition and partnership building
• Commitment to addressing issues of Equity
  & Inclusion and pro poor approaches. Firm belief in gender equality,
  sensitivity to HIV/AIDS, participatory approach and sustainable
  development.
• Possess the ability to engage in dialogue
  with policy makers and other high-level officials.
• Excellent computer knowledge of packages
  like Excel, MS Word and Access

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