Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 09, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
USAID Expanding Water and Sanitation Project – Institutional Development Specialist
The Water and Sanitation Association of Zambia (WASAZA) is a membership-based non-governmental organisation which was established in 1999 with the vision of achieving a well managed and efficient water and sanitation sector with competent professionals and researchers. The Association’s role in WASH is to contribute towards access to modern, affordable and appropriate water and sanitation processes and technologies for urban, peri-urban and rural communities. Our members include individuals as well as corporate organisations that have interest in the water and sanitation sector.
WASAZA seeks the services of an Institutional Development Specialist to be placed in Lusaka for an initial period of one year, with a possibility for extension.
Position
The Institutional development Specialist will oversee and ensure successful execution of all
USAID Expanding WASH project institution capacity development expert goals are achieved timely and with high quality. In doing so, he/she will support the project partners in the development and implementation of institution capacity strategy to ensure that sustainable water and sanitation goals are realised in the four provinces of Zambia, namely Northern, Muchinga, Southern and Western. The successful candidate will work closely with WASAZA and support timely achievement of the deliverables allocated to WASAZA in a timely way.

Tasks
• Conduct appraisal on the capacity of CUs, Local Authorities and other WASH institutions to effectively and efficiently provide WASH services in priority areas of the target project sites.
• Develop training materials and conduct training and related institutional and capacity development interventions for the CUs, LAs, private sector partners, Civil Society Organisations and other WASH institutions.
• Document processes/approaches/strategies employed in the conduct of institutional and capacity development interventions for CUs, LAs, private sector partners, Civil Society Organisations and other WASH institutions.
• Submit monitoring reports on the progress, completion and results of capacity building activities conducted .
• Support the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of WASAZA on coordination of the capacity development activities by different actors and partners.
• Contribute to the preparation and revision of the WASAZA-RTI Annual Work Plans (AWP) and budgets under the relevant outputs under the framework of RTI Annual Strategic Implementation Plan (ASIP) and the Annual Monitoring & Evaluation Plan (AMEP);
• Support RTI in monitoring, evaluation and learning activities
• Perform any other tasks assigned by the concerned authorities, WASAZA/ RTI Profile
The Institution capacity development expert will be a dynamic, strategic, creative, highly motivated and experienced leader. He or she should have:
• A higher degree in Social sciences, Civil Engineering, Business Management, Public Health or any another profession relevant to the role
• Minimum 10 years professional experience, with a significant proportion working in a multi-stakeholder setting, ideally in the water sector
• Proven track record in leadership of an organisation or complex programme
• Excellent project and relationship management and communications skills
• Excellent skills in written English and in delivering professional presentations
• A good understanding of governance and participatory processes
• Preferably, a good understanding of the Zambian water sector

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Applicants should send their detailed CVs and a one-page cover letter, stating their motivation and suitability for the job and what they can offer, to wasazamembership348@gmail.com copy to phirisjonathan@yahoo.com by 17:00 on Friday
10th June 2022.

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