The position is to be filled as soon as possible, with a contract duration of two years. Employment location will be Bonn, Germany.
As WASH Systems Strengthening Coordinator you will be responsible for achieving transformative systems change at the district or provincial level of 5 program countries (India, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Sierra Leone) in order to ensure sustainable WASH service delivery. Given the interconnected nature of financial, institutional, environmental, technological, and social factors that influence sustained service delivery, the program will advocate for and implement a ‘systems’ approach to address WASH sustainability problems. Successful implementation of the BMZ-funded program requires overseeing an effective core team of WASH, MEAL and advocacy experts, in total 8 local partner organisations, as well as consultants and other external stakeholders delivering specific services to the program. As part of effective project cycle management, you will constantly critically assess project scope and objectives, ensuring all risks and dependencies are addressed in the project plans in order to deliver successful projects´ results that support the fulfillment of the objectives and achievement of key milestones and the timely delivery of outputs as agreed with the donor. Further on, you will provide support to Welthungerhilfe-key-management to the further development of systems approaches within Welthungerhilfe based on learnings, good practice examples and publications of the program.
Your responsibilities
- Set-up and coordinate the WASH systems program including program inception, intervention design and implementation
- Oversee and coordinate the activities at country levels, including partner and consultant contracts in cooperation with Welthungerhilfe’s respective country offices and Heads of project
- Ensure effective and transparent use of financial resources for timely reporting in line with donor regulations and Welthungerhilfe’s policies and procedures
- Ensure quality control through an effective monitoring system in cooperation with the MEAL team at Head Office and in the countries
- Oversee and manage learning and exchange as well external support services in close collaboration with the head of the learning module of the program
- Act as focal person for external networking, manage and maintain collaboration with international partners and ensure visibility of the program at sector level
- Managing and maintaining access to a network of subject matter experts inside and outside the program that can be utilized and managed by project teams and other stakeholders involved
- Review and approval of newsletters, learning briefs and other program related publications as well as reports to the donor
- Conduct appraisals, manage contracts, provide development and training opportunities to country teams (including local partners)