The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) was established in 1990 and mandated by name in United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/45/181. The WSSCC Secretariat is hosted by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and its objective is to accelerate the achievement of sustainable water, sanitation services to all people in the world. To help meet the goal of ensuring improved sanitation and hygiene for all, the WSSCC has created the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) to provide grant support to scale up successful sustainable sanitation and hygiene approaches targeting poor people in areas of greatest need. The GSF staff force is an integral part of the WSSCC Secretariat, which is located in Geneva,Switzerland. A full description of GSF procedures and principles is available in the WSSCC website: www.wsscc.org.
The GSF is currently implementing grant programmes in ten countries. Through the GSF, WSSCC had committed US$63 million by 30 June 2013 to ensure that 16.3 million people have improved sanitation and that 25 million people live in healthy and safe environments which are free of open defecation.
The main purpose of this assignment is to provide advisory support to the management team of the GSF.
Specific objectives are to:
i) strengthen the GSF management capacity for its programmes in Madagascar, Uganda, Nigeria, Togo, Benin and Bangladesh;
ii) enhance the management of sustainability in the GSF programme in Uganda
iii) strengthen GSF management systems at the global level
iv) assist GSF in learning from experience gained in programme implementation in Madagascar and Uganda.
The incumbent will be reporting to the Programme Manager of the GSF. She/he will be providing mentoring and support to two or more programme staff at the GSF to ensure that they are facilitated in carrying out their duties. In addition she/he will be acting as an advisor to the Programme Manager on progress of the GSF portfolios and any additonal support that may be needed to ensure success. She/he will travel occasionally to GSF countries to ensure that implementing partners are carrying out their work correctly and provide advice to them to improve performance. In addition to working with partners the incumbent may be required to interact with and represent the GSF to partner agencies including the UN and governments at the highest level.
UNOPS is committed to achieving a truly diverse workforce.
How to apply:
APPLY ONLINE WWW.UNOPS.ORG / Who We Need/ Vacancy Number 2013/B5007/4083.
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