Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Closing date: 19 Nov 2018
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in Health, Education, Nutrition, Environment, Economic Development, Civil Society, Gender, Youth, Research and Technology; creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 60 countries, all 50 U.S. states and all U.S. territories.
We are currently seeking highly qualified candidates for WASH Experts on a 5-year, USAID/DRC-funded WASH project.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- 7+ years of professional experience, with progressively increasing responsibilities and duties, with expertise in one or more of the following areas:
- Systems approach to thinking about water, sanitation and hygiene
- Quality service delivery, equity and sustainability
- Effective gender-responsive WASH services
- Increased access and use of affordable and appropriate WASH products and services;
- Increased adoption of WASH behaviors for improved health using evidence-based approaches.
- Nexus between Food Security, Nutrition and WASH
- Outbreaks (Cholera, etc)
- Private sector expertise to improve sustainable access to WASH products/services
- Innovative financing to support market development in order to increase access to WASH products/services
- Improved governance of the WASH sector
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (preferably Master’s degree) in a relevant field, such as public health, civil or environmental engineering, marketing, or development sciences
- At least 5 years of WASH experience in the DRC context
- Experience working in a USAID or other donor-funded project
- Strong intercultural supervisory and team building skills and experience
- Ability to work independently with initiative to manage high volume work flow
- Relevant computer software skills (including, at a minimum, the standard applications in MS Office)
- Strong communication skills, both interpersonal and written, in both English and French.
This job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
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