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Programme: WSUP Kenya
Staff Category: National
Base: Nairobi
Reporting To: Country Programme Manager (CPM)
Contacts: Internal Project Managers (PMs)
Local & International
WSUP Staff / Consultants
External Local &
International Partners
WSUP is a non-profit
partnership between the private sector, NGOs and research institutions focused
on solving the global problem of inadequate water and sanitation in low-income
urban communities.
WSUP brings lasting
solutions to low-income areas by working in partnership with service providers
including water utilities, local authorities and businesses, and the
communities they serve. WSUP strengthens the
capacity of service providers to deliver sustainable city-wide water and
sanitation services, promote good hygiene and raise the environmental standards
of low income communities. WSUP achieves this
through supporting the adoption and replication of effective, sustainable and
scalable models and institutional capacity development for pro-poor urban water
and sanitation services by service providers and/or national governments. Additionally, WSUP
empowers service providers to mobilise investment finance for pro-poor service
scale-up and promotes successful approaches globally. WSUP has a Kenya Country
Programme office in Nairobi, with key focus on project sites in Nairobi,
Naivasha, Nakuru and Mombasa. Kenya is a key programme
in WSUP’s current portfolio, and the increased level of funding support
provides a very significant programmatic growth. This includes extensive
components for improving water, sanitation and hygiene services in peri-urban
Low Income Communities (LICs). Over the years, a range
of models and approaches based on an integrated strategy have been developed
and adopted, and WSUP will continue to support and facilitate partner utilities
to scale them up by influencing and triggering further investments for the
improved services.
Job Purpose
- To support CPM in overall planning and coordinating of water, sanitation and hygiene activities in WSUP Kenya programme and in accordance to the allocated resources and time frame.
- The PSO will be part of the WSUP Kenya team based in Nairobi, but expected to travel to the project locations from time to time to work more closely with the PMs.
Main Responsibilities
- To assist the CPM and to strictly schedule and prioritize programme activities so as to achieve outputs and deliverables according to monthly, quarterly and annual plans.
- To continuously monitor progress for each of the funded projects based on the relevant contracts and log frames, and routinely undertake reviews towards realistic re-planning and rescheduling.
- To assist PMs in preparing and uploading MS Project plans and to ensure they are kept constantly updated.
- To assist the CPM in establishing a monitoring framework to track the urban WASH financial investments from a range of sources including, public sector budgets, IFIs, household expenditures, private sector initiatives and local service providers’ allocations, among others.
- To monitor and ensure that the financial investment data and information is checked, updated and included in appropriate WSUP reports.
- To assist PMs in preparation of cash and other project inputs’ projections periodically.
- To support the PMs and CPMs in developing new project concepts in close consultation with institutional and private sector partners.
- To support the CPM in developing and managing partnerships at project and programme level.
Person Specification
- A minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, business or social development studies.
- Strong understanding of development project management is a mandatory educational and/or experiential requirement.
- A minimum of 3 years of demonstrable competence and experience in management of integrated/community-based project context, for international development organisations.
- Ability to coordinate and manage the given tasks and achieve target deliverables and outputs
- Excellent ability to manage timelines and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrable experience and understanding of pro-poor WASH services delivery within a commercial utility operation and social business environment.
- Ability to pay close attention to detail and the quality of management data collection
- Basic understanding of pro-poor Urban WASH institutional set-up and capacity development processes.
- Excellent computer skills are a must and understanding of MS Project software is mandatory.
- Should be a team player, driven by own initiative, good communicator and have ability to work under minimum supervision.
Application
This is a challenging
and rewarding opportunity for a dedicated, ambitious and highly motivated
Kenyan professional.
To apply for this
position, please see the WSUP website http://www.wsup.com/vacancies/index.htm,
and send your completed application form and equal opportunities form to wsupkenya@wsup.com. Applications for this
position will close on Friday, August 30, 2013. WSUP is an equal opportunities
employer. CVs will not be accepted and WSUP does NOT use agencies.
Note: It is WSUP’s policy to appoint nationals
to staff its country programme offices. This position is only available for
Kenyan citizens or those with valid work documents. Please do not apply if this
requirement is not met.
