Plan is an international humanitarian, child-centered development organization, without religious, political or governmental affiliation. Plan works at grass roots level with children, families and communities to bring about long term sustainable development. Child Sponsorship is the basic foundation of the organization.
Plan’s global identity includes a central organizing thought - “Children are at the heart of everything we do” - with four organizational attributes: building relationships; being a recognized voice; achieving results; and realizing potentials.
Currently Plan International Kenya seeking to recruit a Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Advisor.
Job summary
The successful candidate will be required to provide strategic leadership, advice and support for innovative Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programs and engages with various key duty bearers to contribute towards promotion of improved service delivery to right holders. He/she will also be specifically involved in providing technical advice and support to Plan and other organizations on Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS).
The job holder will maintain effective networking with the Plan's Programme Unit (PU) Health and WASH focal points, the line Ministry of Water and Irrigation and Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and key NGOs as well as other stakeholders. The incumbent will play an active role in the cluster and network group meetings, workshops, seminars and conferences and share information on experiences, skills, lessons learnt as well as challenges with the PUs on emerging WASH development and trends in the country.
Key responsibilities
- Participate and contribute regularly through sharing of best practices and Plan Kenya experiences in the Inter Agency Coordinating Committee (ICC) in general, and in particular, the Sanitation Technical Working Group and Hygiene Technical Working Group, WESCORD (Water and Environmental Sanitation Coordination Working Group and other WASH related networks.
- Participate in the Water Sector Reform Platforms and provide information to PUs on the GOK and bilateral financing opportunities.
- Identify and promote innovative approaches to WASH within Plan and with other key partners.
- Support documentation and sharing of experiences from innovative WASH programs.
- Provide periodic strategic technical advice and support to PUs and ensure quality programming in WASH.
- Capacity Building for Plan Kenya staff/Partners in WASH areas of need in line with the Country Strategic Plan.
- Provide leadership in the CLTS Unit Preparation of grant concept papers and proposals.
- Support implementation of grant funded projects (i.e. the NLNO grant - Empowering Self-Help of Rural and Peri-Urban Communities and schools; WSI/AusAid ANO – Improving Community WASH in Kilifi, ACP-EU Water Facility – Improving Access to Water and Sanitation in Matungulu and Masinga Districts, etc,.) according to plans and budgets.
- Participation in agreed research and associated documentation
- Communications working relationships
- Maintain effective networking with the Plan PU Health and WASH focal points, the line Ministry of Water and Irrigation and Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and key NGOs as well as other stakeholders. Play an active role in the cluster and network group meetings, workshops, seminars and conferences and share information on experiences, skills, lessons learnt as well as challenges with the PUs on emerging WASH development and trends in the country.
Educational qualifications and experience
- Masters degree in Environmental Health and Sanitation/Public Health;
- A registered engineer with recognized body e.g Institute of Engineering in Kenya;
- Experience in CLTS and participatory approaches to community development;
- 3 to 5 years experience in participatory program design and monitoring & evaluation;
- Experience in multiple/productive uses of water is an added advantage;
- Experience in rural/community water supply engineering/community water supply and sanitation marketing and technology development is desirable;
- Experience in partnership management and networking.
- Key skills
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
- Project management skills.
- Facilitation and negotiation skills.
- Excellent grasp of programming concepts.
- Good administrative and communication skills.
- Training, communication and coaching skills
- Key behaviours
- Ability to act independently as well as in a team in varied work environments
- Relates well to diverse people (cultures, nationalities, poverty levels etc.)
- Personable and flexible
- Promotes innovation and learning
- Results focused
Plan Kenya is a development organization uniting people to advance the rights of all children. Accordingly, employment is subject to our child protection standards including appropriate background checks and adherence to our Child Protection Policy.
If you meet the requirements for the above position and would like to be a part of it in our commitment to children, please send a detailed and updated curriculum vitae, current remuneration and contacts of three professional references, including you current/latest line manager to jobs.plankenya@plan–international.org, to be received by latest 18th April 2012. We regret that only short listed candidates will be contacted.
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