Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme Manager–Rakhine

Job posted by: Save the Children - International - Sat, 30 Aug 2014

Job Details:

Organisation: Save the Children - International

Deadline Tue, 9 Sep 2014

Job type: Contract

Location: Myanmar

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Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.

We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.

Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with c15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.

Contract length: 9 months, unaccompanied


The role

The WASH Programme Manager will take a senior management and technical role in the Rakhine crisis response. The post holder will lead on sectoral assessments, programme design and master budgeting, coordination, and support fundraising, recruitment and procurement in the WASH sector, and will lead a consortium providing WASH assistance in Emergencies in Myanmar.

The post holder will be expected to mentor and capacity building existing country programme WASH staff.



Qualifications and experience

Essential

  • Prior experience of working within a programme management role within a complex country programme in an emergency response or fragile state
  • Education to Masters level in Public Health, Water Engineering, or a related subject, or equivalent field experience
  • Strong experience in Community Based Participatory Approaches, PHAST, etc.
  • Previous experience of managing a WASH team at national level
  • Previous experience of WASH project management and programme coordination, implementing WASH programmes within donor constraints, on time and within budget
  • Strong budget and grant management experience, preferably managing multiple funding sources (including experience of managing major institutional donors such as DfiD, ECHO, AusAid, OFDA)
  • Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
  • Demonstrated monitoring and evaluation skills
  • Ability to work both in an advisory and a hands on implementation capacity
  • Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff in WASH technical skills
  • Experience of representation and ability to represent SCI effectively in external forums
  • Experience of preparing successful funding proposals for donors
  • Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy
  • Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
  • A high level of written and spoken English
  • The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
  • Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims values, principles and Child Safeguarding Policy.
  • Have undertaken Save the Children approved Safety and Security training in accordance with member and Alliance required minimum standards.

Desirable

  • Experience of working and living in Asia (Myanmar preferred)
  • Experience working in Acute Watery Diarrhoea and WASH emergency response
  • Experience in a protracted emergency context
  • Experience working on WASH programmes in a transitional camp context
  • Specific experience of designing and managing DFID, ECHO, OFDA, CIDA and AusAid projects
  • Specific experience of working in consortia projects.


We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs

Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.


Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: mpornprapunt.88069.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com


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