Appel à candidature : Evidence Action recrute un(e) Responsable du soutien aux pays et de la sécurité de l’eau aux Etats-Unis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide global support to Country and Regional teams in the delivery and management of rapidly expanding water programs in Kenya, Uganda and Malawi.
  • Provide program management support through the program cycle.
  • Support regional and country colleagues in the optimization of activities, driving towards greater cost effectiveness and efficiency in the management of services.
  • Act as the global liaison on the dispensers for safe water program and cross functional teams such as Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, Cost Effectiveness, New Program Development.
  • Lead the coordination of donor relationships for the dispensers and ILC programs – including ensuring clear, effective communication, timely reporting and stakeholder management.
  • Drive greater coordination between the dispensers for safe water program and other safe water interventions in the same geographies (including ILC), ensuring synergies and efficiencies are realized.
  • Support the delivery of the wider Safe Water strategy – making linkages between at scale program implementation, new country expansion and innovation and sustainability teams – being the global team expert in dispensers for safe water and ILC programing.
  • Support wider organizational priorities such as communications and external relations including supporting proposal development, reporting and generating clear and thoughtful written content, compelling policy and design content for external stakeholders.
  • Prioritize and coordinate support from global teams to backstop in-country activities, and ensure technical soundness of strategies.
  • Identify operational bottlenecks or weaknesses, and help devise solutions to strengthen safe water programs as necessary.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required, with 5 – 7 years experience of working in diverse, global contexts.
  • Demonstrable experience of increasing responsibility and leadership, strategic thinking and planning that translates into strong program results; ability to connect the dots on ideas and thinking, turning these into opportunities for the team and organization.
  • Exceptional program management skills, delivered in a complex organizational structure and cross culturally (often in different time zones).
  • Expertise in building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external audiences and communicating technical information to general audiences.
  • Experience managing a varied scope of work, managing multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.
  • Experience in donor / funder management; including monitoring and reporting of activities against project goals and donor commitments, and stakeholder management to achieve program results.
  • Experience in budget management and oversight, including reporting requirements as required.
  • Experience with risk identification and mitigation planning at different program levels.
  • Ability to work independently in unstructured settings and remotely with a decentralized team
  • Alignment with core values of Evidence Action.
  • Eager to join a growing team and organization in a role requiring (25%) travel.

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Application deadline : April 14th, 2023