VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT – URBAN WATER SPECIALIST based in Makassar Regional Office (JOB CODE: UWS-MKS)
The USAID Indonesia Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
‘Penyehatan Lingkungan Untuk Semua’ (IUWASH PLUS) program is a five-year
initiative designed to assist the Government of Indonesia in increasing access
to water supply and sanitation services as well as improving key hygiene
behaviorsamong
urban poor and vulnerable populations. Implemented by DAI
Global LLC, IUWASH PLUS works with governmental agencies, the private sector,
NGOs, communities and others to achieve the following “high level”
results:
- An increase of one
million people in urban areas with access to improved water supply of which
at least 500,000 are from the poorest 40%
of the population; and - An increase of
500,000 people in urban areas with access to an
improved sanitation facility and all of whom are
from the
poorest 40% of the
population.
To ensure that
improvements in access to WASH services are sustained, IUWASH PLUS is guided by
a development hypothesis that focuses on strengthening service delivery systems
so they can more effectively reach the poorest and most vulnerable segments of
the population. In order to achieve this at scale, IUWASH PLUS undertakes
activities through four interrelated components, including: 1) Improving
household WASH services; 2) Strengthening city WASH institutional performance;
3) Strengthening the WASH financing environment; and 4) Advancing national WASH
advocacy, coordination and communication.
To achieve these outcomes
IUWASH-PLUS need
high caliber incumbent to fill the position of
URBAN WATER SPECIALIST based in Makassar Regional
Office (JOB CODE :
UWS-MKS)
Task and Responsibility:
·
Undertake
regular technical assessments in the area of urban water supply service
delivery for the target locations to identify existing conditions, main issues,
potential demand, possible conflict with other programs and commitment from key
Local stakeholders.
·
Build
consensus with local stakeholders for priorities on program activities.
·
Responsible
for the preparation, implementation, monitoring and reporting of the Urban
Water Supply IUWASH PLUS program in the respective region.
·
Identify and
support programs to increase water supply access for poor neighborhoods.
·
Track progress
against performance indicators and contribute to the preparation of regional
work plans and progress reports.
Required Qualification:
·
Must hold at
least a Bachelor’s degree.
·
5 to 10 years
of experience supporting increased access to improve piped water services
through the strengthening of local water service providers, especially PDAM
·
Experiences to
support PDAM to improve PDAM performance, such as to prepare PDAM programs, to
prepare Business Plan, prepare feasibility, evaluation existing and prepare
detailed design of production unit and pipe distribution network, prepare activities to improve PDAM operation activities
such as reduction of Non Revenue Water, Prepare Standard Operation Procedure,
conduct customer survey/real demand survey, meter reading etc.
·
Experience
building relations with external stakeholders.
·
Experience
with USAID or other Donor Programs will be an advantage
Expected
Start Date : Available immediately
APPLICATION SEND
Interested applicants are invited to
send a complete application with 3 references to [email protected] before October 3,
2016. Please write the job CODE in the subject line of the email. We regret that we are
unable to acknowledge receipt of all applications and only shortlisted
candidates will be notified.