USAID IUWASH Job Vacancy : Governance Specialist - East Java Regional Office (GS_EJ)

The Indonesia Urban Water Sanitation and Hygiene (IUWASH) project is a
sixty-month program (2011 – 2016) 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.



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

   1. Mobilizing demand for WatSan service delivery;
   2. Improving and expanding capacity for WatSan 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 Water utilities, local and national government
institutions, NGOs and communities to address water, sanitation and
hygiene. To achieve these objectives IUWASH need high caliber incumbent to
fill the positions of *Governance Specialist* for *East Java Regional Office
* based in Surabaya (*GS-EJ*)



RESPONSIBILITIES:
Primarily focus to identify opportunities for new policies (or upgrade
existing ones) in field of water supply and sanitation and support Local
Government in developing/adopting these.


The full position description is available at http:// *www.iuwash.or.id*



 *QUALIFICATION*

·         Possess a university degree; majoring in Public Administration,
Economics, Urban Planning or Environmental Engineering.

·         Easy engage with Government Officers

·         At least 5 years of experience working with any service providers

·         Hands on experience with urban water supply and sanitation
infrastructure programs, preferably including experience in strengthening
of PDAM and local Government to increase access to water and sanitation.

·         Experience in facilitating participative development planning and
budgeting of relevant local government departments/structure and local
DPRD.

·         Able to work independently in limited supervision/facility in
his/her designated areas

·         Strong team player with a range of people, excellent
interpersonal skills, with experience in facilitation, training and
organizing work

·        Computer literacy and good reporting skill, preferably in English



*APPLICATION SEND *

Interested applicants are invited to send a complete application with 3
references to IUWASH.recruitment@gmail.com by May 10, 2013 at 05.00 PM
Jakarta time. Please write “GS_EJ” in the subject line of the email. We
regret that we are unable to acknowledge receipt of all applications and
only shortlisted candidates will be notified.