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Job Title: Deputy Team
Leader
Organisation: Deutsche
Gesellschaft fiir Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
About GIZ:
GFA Consulting Group, one of
the leading German consulting companies within the framework of international
development cooperation, and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre –
Uganda, an international think-and-do tank in water, sanitation and hygiene
sector are looking for a Deputy Team Leader Water and Sanitation for the TC
project – Capacities and competences in water sector institutions and relevant
professionals – (as part of the “Reform of the Urban Water and Sanitation
Sector Programme (RUWASS)” of GIZ, a federal enterprise, part of the German
Development Cooperation).
In the area of sanitation,
RUWASS supports its partners in the development of policies and national
strategies, comprehensive urban sanitation planning (including data
management), planning and implementation of public sanitation facilities,
regulation of faecal sludge management and the development and implementation
of business models for the private sector.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:  
1. Capacity development of the
beneficiaries, which includes but is not limited to:
  • Provision
    of technical advice
  • Development,
    testing and implementing» of tools, concepts and methods, organisation and
    implementation of trainings, workshops and individual mentoring
  • Networking
    with partner institutions, development partners and other stakeholders
  • Advice
    on appropriate Management Information Systems for training and capacity
    development
  • Render
    technical advice on appropriate Capacity Development tools and software
2. Advise on infrastructure
asset management systems State-of-the-art management of the project, which
includes but is not limited to:
  • Financial
    management, internal controls and personnel management
  • Design
    and implementation of annual work plans
  • Procurement
    of goods and services
  • Results-oriented
    monitoring and evaluation
  • Updating
    and/or adapting the project design on the basis of the five success
    factors of Capacity
3. Works:
  • Regular
    reporting and preparation of reports
  • In
    charge of knowledge management
  • Active  participation in and support of project
    evaluation missions and other external evaluations
  • Responsible
    for public relations and media work.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The
    candidate should possess a good Master’s degree in civil engineering,
    water and sanitation;
  • At
    least ten years’ work experience in advising water and sanitation sector
    institutions and companies in Uganda (and other developing countries),
    preferably including management experience;
  • Registration
    with UIPE and ERB is required
  • Comprehensive
    knowledge of the water and v sanitation sector; very good knowledge of
    capacity development approaches (institutional/policy and operational
    level, including vocational training and infrastructure asset management
    systems);
  • Excellent
    command of English language, knowledge of German language would be
    considered an advantage; 
How to Apply: 
All candidates are encouraged
to send their applications via email to: reuter@gfa-aroup.de.
Deadline: 17th August 2014
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