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SNV & WEDC ACTION RESEARCH 2013-2014
Action Research for increasing access to improved sanitation
hardware products and services in rural areas through market based solutions.
Background
SNV is a Netherlands based international
development organisation that delivers capacity development advisory services
to over 2,000 clients in 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the
Balkans. SNV provides capacity development services to government, non-government
and private sector organisations as well as to a number of regional
organisations and networks on issues related to food, energy and water &
sanitation. SNV’s focus is on 3 sectors most relevant to these issues:
Agriculture; Renewable Energy; and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH).
The assignment and
objectives:
In order to strengthen the implementation of the action research
in each participating country, SNV requires the services of a young research
intern in each of the participating countries to work with the SRTL and the
country action research teams to:
- Accelerate implementation of the action research,
- Generate, compile, analyse and share knowledge and new insights on sanitation markets in rural areas
- Identify and test some of the promising market solutions with a view to scaling up what works,
- Develop and submit to financiers a bankable funding proposal for mobilizing funds to scale up market solutions and increase access to improved sanitation hardware products and services in rural areas.
- Strengthen partnerships and collaboration with key external actors including unicef and wsp on development of markets for sanitation products and services in the rural areas.
Requirements:
Education and Work
Experience:
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc with least 1 year of experience in marketing related fields/Knowledge development fields
Specific skills
- Joint results or solutions to a problem oriented
- Good planning and reporting skills
- Good marketing skills
- Strong desire to develop knowledge and learn
- Actively focused on achieving results and objectives
- Good oral and written communication, analysing, writing and computer skills.
- Good interpersonal skills
Special requirements:
- Local staff able to speak the local language and make field visits to collect data, monitor progress and provide feedback independently.
Duration:
- 1 year with a possibility of extending for another half year.
Duty Location:
- SNV Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
- SNV Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
- SNV Tanzania, Mwanza
CV Submission Details
CV’s should be submitted by 30th July 8, 2013 at 12.00 noon to:
The WASH Sector Head:
1. For SNV Kenya
Intern: KCountryOffice@snvworld.org
2. For SNV
Ethiopia Intern: ECountryOffice@snvworld.org
3. For SNV
Tanzania Intern: afidelis@snvworld.org
