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• Carry out due diligence through profiling and
  assessing potential business partners.
• Coach and mentor private sector companies
  engaged in repair and maintenance, sanitation marketing, faecal sludge
  management to effectively execute WASH service delivery and improve
  entrepreneur capacity.
• Support the roll out of mobile banking for
  water user fees with a telecom company to enhance safe, transparent
  banking of the water user fees within beneficiary communities and support
  the transition of administrative responsibilities related to handling KYC
  forms to Airtel.
• The jobholder will identify needs,
  opportunities, gaps and constraints in potential water and sanitation
  markets, models and private sector companies.
• Support private partner organizations to
  ensure that WASH programme is implemented within the approved programme
  plans, budgets, donor requirements, international best practice and the
  GOAL Codes of Conduct.
• Keep the WASH Programme Advisor informed
  about issues arising and required areas of support.
• Carry out assessment of private sector
  partners in the areas of governance, sales, customer care, documentation,
  communication, human resource, business planning and finance
• Provide regular (monthly) hands on mentorship
  to small businesses with a specific focus on governance, sales and
  marketing and financial management.
• Work closely with the MEL Officer who provide
  monitoring support to ensure that the programme staff adheres to
  information management requirements.
• Ensure technical quality of implementation
  through training and coaching and monitoring of private partner staff.
• Provide technical support in the operational
  planning of project implementation and ensure that district level
  structures are fully involved in the implementation of the project.
• Ensure that the project seeks synergy from
  all related program interventions within GOAL Uganda and at the district
  /sub county level so as to achieve maximum results.
• Mentor the WASH team in business and
  marketing elements of these SME’s, including a review of the business
  model and an analysis of the supply chain.

• Co-ordinate all project financial and mobile
  banking service providers
• The jobholder will oversee all market-based
  WASH activities in Bugiri and Namayingo maintaining regular contact with
  all private sector partners and the District local government.
• Support business partner in identification of
  their technical capacity building needs and to develop plans and identify
  the technical support required.
• Serve as a field-based liaison between
  private partners and GOAL.

• Prepare and submit programme reports that are
  of good quality, accurate, timely and meet GOAL and donor requirements.
• Support partners to apply rigorous use of
  monitoring and evaluation instruments to ensure that the project goals and
  objectives are met and implementation is on-track.
• Build on the achievements realized from other
  related projects and strive to ensure sustainability of services
• Ensure that data is collected, professionally
  documented and where appropriate analyzed to ensure proper record keeping.
• Document successes, failures and lessons
  leamt and share internally and externally as may be requested by
  management.
• Provide technical feedback to GOAL and
  partners based upon observations in reports and from field visits.

• Actively represent GOAL on all appropriate
  WASH fora and provide detailed reports and plans of GOAL activities to the
  District
• Conduct self in a professional manner and
  maintain GOAL’s standards of ethics and integrity
• Act and abide by GOAL Uganda’s Human
  Resources Policy, maintaining confidentiality
• Perform any other activities as assigned by
  the line manager

• The applicant should hold a Master’s degree
  in business or entrepreneurship subject.
• At least six years’ experience in business
  development or entrepreneurship is preferred
• Previous exposure and experience in providing
  technical advice to small and medium enterprises in Uganda and elsewhere.
• Knowledgeable and understands how businesses
  work, what determines success or failure (both within businesses
  themselves and within the operating environment).and how entrepreneurs
  make
• Working knowledge and experience in business
  financing for SME’s is desired
• Broad knowledge and understanding of mobile
  money services
• Knowledge of the WASH sectors desirable
• Excellent networking, communication and
  writing skills
• Strong marketing and sales experience

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