USAID Indonesia Urban Resilient Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (USAID IUWASH Tangguh) is a five-year Activity to advance Indonesia’s development goals in increasing access to safely managed drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in vulnerable urban areas and strengthening climate-resilient WASH services and water resources management. In close partnership with the Government of Indonesia (GOI), USAID IUWASH Tangguh supports Indonesia’s work to achieve their Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets to ensure access to water and sanitation for all (SDG 6) and to make cities and settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable (SDG 11).
Using an Integrated Resilient IUWASH Systems (IRIS) approach—which aligns actions and incentives between upstream and downstream actors, while crowding in collaboration with key stakeholders through partnerships that accelerate the enabling environment and key enabling factors, such as finance and data—the USAID IUWASH Tangguh team will provide technical assistance to GOI, private sector and civil society stakeholders to achieve four objectives: 1) Strengthened WASH and WRM Sector Governance and Financing; 2) Increased Access to Poor-Inclusive, Climate-Resilient, Safely Managed Drinking Water and Sanitation Services; 3) Improved Water Resources Management to Support Resilient Drinking Water Services; and 4) Increased Adoption of Behaviors and Improved Women’s Participation and Leadership Roles that Contribute to Improvements of WASH and WRM.
USAID IUWASH Tangguh is looking for Individual consultant for National Resilient Water Specialist – based in Jakarta
The main objective of the National Resilient Water Specialist position is to support Water Leads to develop and monitor the implementation of water supply program activities needed to achieve IUWASH Tangguh goals and objectives, to improve access to drinking water for urban residents, with a focus on citywide inclusive, climate-resilient, financially viable WASH and WRM institutional arrangement and service models established and expanded. The National Resilient Water Specialist will support the achievement of the IUWASH Tangguh Project of targets related to Water Supply under Objective 2: “Increased Access to Poor-Inclusive, Climate-Resilient, Safely Managed Drinking Water and Sanitation Services”
*Detail SOW will be informed once the candidate is selected
· At least a bachelor's degree in a relevant field, e.g. environmental engineering
· At least fifteen (15) years of professional work experience in the water sector, including field experience in planning and implementing advocacy strategies and activities
· Have knowledge and experience of drinking water security plans/RPAMs and Water Resilience.
· Have a strong network of government relationships, policies and procedures
· Demonstrated ability to influence policy decisions and build consensus.
· Excellent communication and facilitation skills, including moderating discussions, meetings and workshops.
· Excellent oral and written communication skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English.
· Experience in working and managing implementing partners from relevant agencies including Government, WASH operators, donors, and other relevant partners.
· Flexibility to work evenings and weekends, and travel to project sites in Indonesia if required.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Applicants are encouraged to apply soon and send the application to Tangguh_recruitment@dai.com. The close date of application will be until August 30th, 2023.
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