VACANCY USAID/IUWASH PLUS : Regional WASH Financing Specialist based in Surabaya, East Java (JOB CODE: WFS-SBY)
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
Regional
WASH Financing Specialist for Surabaya
Office, East
Java (JOB CODE : WFS-SBY)
Task and Responsibility:
The WASH Financing
Specialist will coordinate the overall IUWASH PLUS WASH Financing Programs at the region, including both Municipal Finance
and Micro-finance activities. His/her responsibilities will include, but
not be limited to the following:
· Undertake
regular financial assessments in the area of wash service delivery (both water
supply and sanitation) 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 (PDAM,
Dewan Pengawas , PEMDA, etc)for financing
priorities on program activities for Water Supply and Sanitation, with
special focus on
o
supporting programs to increase water supply access for
poor neighborhoods,
o
promotion of creative WASH micro-finance options for
households
o
province-level WASH financing forums for national,
provincial and local stakeholders
o
third-party, objective financial feasibility analysis
and/ other other support activities for
private sector funding under B2B and PPP arrangements
o
Assist local governments to obtain WASH grant (hibah)
funding
o
gap assessment of WASH financing products/options
available to SMEs, in close coordination with Component 1 team
·
Support preparation of IUWASH annual regional work plans and budgets resulting in agreed action plans with
local partners (PDAM, PEMDA),
incorporating cost-sharing and /or leveraging of local and National stakeholders.
·
Monitoring
of WASH Financing
activities in region,
in line with agreed activities and budgets, including development of SOW for regional field activities (STTA, events, subcontracts, trainings, exchange
visits, FGD, discussion forums, etc.)
·
Contribute to the regular IUWASH PLUS progress reports
regarding all Regional WASH Financing activities
·
Track progress against performance indicators through
regular monitoring of activities and results following the relevant indicators
in the approved IUWASH PLUS
Activity Monitoring Plan (AMP).
·
Maintaining
regular contact with other
Regional WASH Financing
Specialists, join regular IUWASH meetings, and provideregular updates to Regional Manager and National WASH Financing Advisoron ongoing and
planned field work with local partners.
·
Ensure strong linkages between Regional WASH Financing programs
and activities of
Component 3
with other programs and activities in the same Component, as well as with other IUWASH PLUS Components, including: Component
1, Improving household WASH
services; Component 2, Strengthening
city WASH institutional performance; and Component 4, Advancing national WASH advocacy,
coordination and communication.
·
Identify opportunities and support activities to
utilize the Local Sustainability & Innovation (LSI) Program to advance increased safe
water access to poorest 40% of the population.
·
Other tasks as required by supervisor.
Qualification:
· Possess
at least a university degree (S1) majoring in Accounting, Economics, Financial
Management
· At
least 5-years experiences providing technical assistance or as a consultant of
enterprises preferably to Local Water Supply Companies (PDAM) and local
government.
· Experiences
in financial analysis and conducting audit report and developing financial projection.
· Able
to work independently in limited supervision/facility in his/her designated
areas
· Excellent
team player with a range of people, excellent interpersonal skills, with
experience in community facilitation, training and organizing work
· Experience
in report writing, preferable in English
Expected Start Date : Available immediately
APPLICATION SEND
Interested applicants are invited to send a complete
application with 3 references to [email protected] before September 30, 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.