Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Summary:
As Water Technical Advisor, you will provide technical support to design and lead project interventions to improve water services delivery and water resource management across the targeted 9 ASAL counties. You will collaboratively work with the county government and other stakeholders to facilitate professionalization and regulation of water services and also ensure improved coordination mechanisms between sector stakeholders are established with the aim of creating a sound environment for diversified investments and sustainable services and resources management. You will also provide technical leadership to ensure that all construction design documents produced are of high quality and within the context of scope, schedule and budget. Your management and technical knowledge must ensure the delivery of high-quality programming.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the water services and water resources management component and provide technical support towards accelerated professionalization and regulation of across the targeted region.
• Conceptualize and implement innovative approaches to provide targeted support to rural and urban water service providers and strengthen their operational performance
• Oversee the identification of strategic water infrastructure for improvement
• Steer water resources and services interventions to improve investment readiness focusing on financing and creditworthiness assessment for water utilities, and oversee development of public-private partnerships initiatives of the project
• Engage and seek partnerships with private sector, civil society, and government to co-develop sound solutions that enable business opportunities and competitiveness within the water sector
• Ensure project activities are compliant with environmental and construction codes, reporting and management requirements, under USAID and Government of Kenya standards
• Promote MEAL and collaborating, learning, adapting by leading STAWI reviews and reflections with staff and partner representatives and documentation of good practices and lessons learned for assessments, to adjust strategies and implementation plans, to inform future programming initiatives and approaches, and to contribute to organizational learning

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Very good strategic, analytical, systems thinking, and problem-solving skills, with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment and decisions.
• Very good relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship.
• Team leadership abilities with diverse/multi-disciplinary teams.
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented.
• Demonstrated commitment to respect, equity, diversity and inclusion including gender equality.

Preferred Qualifications
• Recognized technical experience and qualifications in sector
• Demonstrated experience of successful management, including management of functions of complex, multi-activity projects.
• Demonstrated experience in building the capacity of private and public sector to effectively deliver water services
• Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment.
• Experience engaging partners and strengthening partnerships. Knowledge of CRS partnership strategy a plus.
• Experience in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), Web Conferencing Applications, and information and budget management systems.

Required Languages
English Fluency, Knowledge of a main national language.
Travel – Must be willing and able to travel up to 25 %.

Key Working Relationships:
Internal: Chief of Party, Country Representative, Head of Programming, Programming staff, Finance Manager, Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality, Regional Technical Advisors, HQ based Public Donor Liaison.
External: Donor, government agencies, partner INGOs and local NGOs, peer agencies, community representatives, private sector actors, including financial institutions.

Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline; Environmental science, water/civil engineering required;
• Relevant professional qualifications an added advantage
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in water sector in Kenya and understanding water sector policy environment
• Demonstrated experience of successful management, including management of functions of complex, multi-activity projects.
• Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment.
• Experience engaging partners and strengthening partnerships.
• Experience of working in the Kenyan ASAL context.

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)
These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.
• Integrity
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

Job application procedure
Use the link below to apply.
https://crs.taleo.net/careersection/jobdetail.ftl?job=22000092&lang=en

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