FIELD TECHNICAL LIAISON CENTRAL JAVA - 3 Positions

The Indonesia Urban Water Sanitation and Hygiene (IUWASH) project is a sixty-month program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented under the leadership of DAI. IUWASH works with government, the private sector, NGOs, community groups and other stakeholders to improve access to safe water supply and sanitation in Indonesia’s urban areas. The overall goal of IUWASH is to assist the Government of Indonesia (GOI) in making significant progress in achieving its safe water and sanitation Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets by expanding access to these services. The expected results to be achieved are: 2 million people in urban areas gain access to improved water supply; 200,000 people in urban areas gain access to improved sanitation facilities; and the per unit water cost paid by the poor in targeted areas decreases by at least 20%.

To achieve the above, assistance provided by the project is divided under three main technical components, including:

- 1. Mobilizing demand for water supply and sanitation service delivery;

- 2. Improving and expanding capacity for water and sanitation service delivery; and

- 3. Strengthening policy and the financial enabling environment for improved water supply and sanitation service delivery.

IUWASH will apply different approaches and interventions with its local partners, such as local government institutions, NGOs and communities for the behavior change communication, capacity building and governance to address water, sanitation and hygiene. In this respect IUWASH regional works in the provinces of Central Java will be supported by Field Technical Liaison (FTL) who is based at:

· Surakarta (code : FTL SRK) 1 position

· Kudus (code : FTL KDS) 1 position

· Kendal (code : FTL KDL) 1 position

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Field Technical Liaison will contribute to the achievement of program activities in the respective cities/districts. S/he has responsibility to build trust between the project and the local stakeholders. S/he works side by side with IUWASH partners on a daily basis and represent the front line of the project.

Her/his responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

· Support in the site selection process, community/field assessment and identification of potential local partners for IUWASH to work with, including local NGOs, community groups and local government entities such as PDAM, Pokja AMPL (Dinas Kesehatan, Dinas PU, BLH, Bappeda), Puskesmas (sanitarian), Posyandu and PKK cadres

· Assist in the identification and development of initiatives of local governments, PDAM, private sectors/SMEs and NGOs related to institutional and community-based water supply and sanitation project in urban areas

· Support community engagement in the entire planning and installation process of new sanitation and water supply system, including microfinance

· Provide supervision to and coordinate works with local NGOs engaged in community mobilization and/or other pilot project implementation in urban poor communities, including liaison and data collection to PDAM and local government, for example with Pokja AMPL/Sanitation

· Provide supports for capacity building of CBOs/communities, training facilitation, horizontal training activities (cross visit and CBO networking activity), behavior change campaign and microfinance

· Support the monitoring and evaluation of the ongoing activities

· Support the coordination of field activities with other donor and USAID-funded projects

· Contribute to the regular work plan, monitoring systems and reporting of IUWASH results and outcomes, including regular submission of field experience stories.

· Conduct other tasks as required by supervisor.

REPORTING

This position may require frequent travels other cities within IUWASH project areas. S/he will report directly to Regional Coordinator for the day to day activities* *

QUALIFICATION

· Possess at least a university degree; preferably in environmental engineering, public health or social science

· At least 3 years of experience working on institutional and community-based water supply and sanitation program

· Excellent interpersonal skills, with experience in community facilitation, training and organizing work

· Able to work independently in limited supervision/facility as well as a team player with a range of people

· Ability to multi-task and flexibility to work on evenings and weekend on occasion and to travel as and when required within the IUWASH project area

· Computer literate and proficient in Microsoft Office tools

· Able to work in his/her designated areas

APPLICATION SEND

Please send a cover letter and complete curriculum vitae stated 3 referees to IUWASH.recruitment@gmail.com by 12 August, 2011. Please indicate the code of position you are applying for in the title of the email. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.