Senior Director, Global WASH Operations at World Vision Kenya

Set Strategic Priorities:

• Develops annual WASH Business Plans with the Regional WASH Directors, Support Offices and National teams.
• Provides thought leadership for WASH both within and outside WV.
• Ensures integration of WV distinctives and ethos in WASH implementation.
• Ensures alignment of WASH programming with global sector approaches and project models.
• Ensures overall compliance with WVI Partnership standards and industry standards.
• Oversees the quality and coverage of WASH programming.
• Champions cross-sector collaboration for integration of WASH with other sectors.
• Provide team leadership and mentoring through the WASH Capacity Building Plan.

Provide Operational Accountability:

• Ensure accountability of national and regional portfolios to delivery WASH outcomes as defined in Business Plans.
• Ensure donor promises are met or exceeded.
• Measure extent to which resourcing opportunities meet WASH operations needs and impact child well-being.
• Ensure high quality technical support is provided to National Offices on the development of Technical Approach and Technical Programs to address WASH needs.
• Ensure effective monitoring and evaluation of WASH programming, learning and sharing for quality improvement.

External Engagement:

• Actively positions WV as the NGO of choice with potential and key partners, donors and stakeholders through quality WASH programming and evidence of impact.
• Champions WASH campaigns and resource acquisition in the field.
• Participates in high level international and regional meetings, forums and conferences as required.
• Collaborates with Faith and Development actors externally as WV seeks to integrate faith into all its programming.

Build Capacities:

• Determines the technical capacity needs for field WASH teams.
• Builds capability of the field WASH professionals and community of practice.
• Builds understanding of current footprint and identify opportunities for further growth and impact. Promotes a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Collaborates with WVI sector leadership to ensure WASH lessons are documented and disseminated.
• Collaborates with WVI sector leadership on the development and implementation of Project Models.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Strong experience and proven skills in leading a team of technical professionals.
• Leader with minimum 10 years’ experience designing and leading WASH programming in the developing world.
• In-depth knowledge/expertise in WASH programming including evidence based best practices.
• Strong relational and networking skills, demonstrated ability to supervise teams, and significant experience engaging with donors and fundraisers.
• Master’s degree required in a WASH-related field, with strong preference for technical training (civil/water/sanitation engineering, hydrogeology, water resources management or related discipline), plus related professional work experience.
• Excellent in written reporting and in verbal communication in English.

Preferred:

• Strong experience working with and managing large grant portfolios for foundations, bilateral and multilateral donors.
• Strong experience and proven skills in working effectively across cultures to advance priorities and achieve change, in situations without direct authority.
• Strong experience and proven skills in external engagement that contributes to change in policy and practice and builds WVs reputation as a leader in the industry.
• Strong experience developing strategy and policy in large organization.
• Experience in working with faith, faith actors and faith related issues in development.
• Fluency in a relevant second language (Spanish or French) is desirable.

Method of Application

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Closing Date : 26 September. 2022