You’ll Also

• Support or coordinate the project design process
• Work with country finance teams to build and review project budgets that reflect the technical design
• Design and deliver training to strengthen capacity of colleagues in Country Programmes and regional teams in proposal development
• Support the global restricted funding community of practice, developing tools and processes, and advocating for industry best practice

About You:

• Significant experience as a bid manager, ideally with a track record of successful bidding for development projects in low-income countries
• Experience negotiating with partners in complex consortia
• Experience developing and negotiating proposal budgets
• Ability to design and deliver training, and help embed practices across a complex organisation
• Excellent business acumen and ability to influence others
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy

Application Closing Date
29th February, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

About You
To be successful, you’ll need:

• Proven experience in IT Service Management.
• Effective leadership and team management skills to coordinate cross-functional teams and drive collaboration.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of ITIL framework and practices to ensure effective IT operations.
• Experience of working in technical teams delivering complex solutions.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills and experience of liaising with senior stakeholders to deliver activities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify process bottlenecks and implement improvements.
• Project management skills with the ability to prioritise tasks and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to convey complex technical information clearly to various stakeholders.
• Be able to demonstrate evidence of delivering successful target operating model improvements.
• Adept at using relevant software tools and platforms for asset management, knowledge base management, project management, and more.

Desirable Skills:

• IT Project Management expertise
• ITIL Certification
• In depth knowledge of the agile delivery cycle.
• Worked with a Managed Service Provider in a previous role.

Application Closing Date
29th February, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Person Specification
Essential criteria:

• Master’s Degree in the Social Sciences, Development Studies, International Development, Public Health or other relevant field.
• At least 5 years’ experience working in a role with direct focus on development, poverty reduction and WASH
• Proven ability to influence key state stakeholders and create change. Including an understanding of advocacy tools and approaches
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build and maintain good working relationships with a variety of colleagues and stakeholders.
• Experience managing similar-sized grant-funded programmes/projects funded by international donors in a developing country context.
• Experience working with partners implementing a grant-funded project.
• Strong programme/project management skills, including the ability to ability to initiate, plan, manage and monitor programmes & projects; technical ability to develop programme plans/design log frames etc
• Experience of managing multiple project stakeholders including community-level stakeholders; donors; government officials etc
• Experience of project documentation for use in influencing; writing case studies and success stories
• Familiarity with and experience using participatory tools, methods and approaches in project management
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including strong presentation skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong written communication skills, including experience in writing project narrative reports
• Good planning & organisational skills. Able to manage own time, as well as plan and prioritise own and others wor
• Above-average competence in the use of IT tools. Proficiency in the use of Microsoft suite of computer applications, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
• Experience in budget and financial management
• Experience of leading, managing and motivating others and driving change
• Commitment to WaterAid’s values and a working style that reflects these.

Personal Skills:

• Graduate degree in Development Studies/Management or other related field
• Experience in effective management & monitoring of partners in the WASH sector
• Experience in community mobilisation and project management
• Experience of managing or supervising a multi-functional team
• Strong facilitation skills
• Knowledge of adult learning approaches
• Knowledge of behaviour change models and approaches

Application Closing Date
21st February, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online