Vacancy: WSS Product Implementation Advisers

About Water.org

Water.org is a U.S.‐based non‐profit organization working to increase access to water and sanitation supply (WSS) through collaboration with a variety of local partners. Water.org’s WaterCredit initiative leverages the existing relationships, infrastructure and expertise of financial institutions to increase access to capital for water and sanitation, and to educate and empower low‐income households to invest in water and sanitation facilities.

The WaterCredit Adoption (WCAD) Program, is Water.Org initiatives to scale up the impact outreach of WSS financing product by engaging large scale financial institution and/or through partnership with association. Indonesia is just recently starting to start the opportunities with the potential microfinance association partner.

About the Partner

The partner is an association of rural bank based in Central Java Province on the island of Java in Indonesia whom provides financing services across the 29 regencies and 6 cities. The rural bank offers a wide range of loan and savings products, including small business (UMKM), agricultural, water and sanitation, and educational loans.

Main function of WSS Advisers:

WSS Adviser is responsible to assist the implementation of WSS loan product under the direction of WSS Product Development Manager and Association Management, maintain professional relation with WSS sector key player, monitor the progress of product development, and ensure the implementation of knowledge transfer process. WSS Adviser will be working closely with WSS Product Development Managers, rural bank partners, and other related party in resolving bottlenecks with faced by rural bank partners during the implementation of the program.

WSS Product Implementation Advisers Responsibilities:

-        Build a working team with WSS Product Development Manager, rural bank partners and its branches network and other related party to implement water and sanitation financing product. -        Provide technical assistance and first-hand solution to rural banks’ bottlenecks in the field. -        Assist rural bank partners in attracting potential water and sanitation suppliers in their operating areas. -        Develop training plan for bank partners and ensure the training delivery quality (event arrangement, materials, and post training follow up). -        Assist rural bank partners in monitor the WSS facility constructions to clients. -        Working with rural bank partners to evaluate product development progress and identify challenges to be addressed. -        Alongside with WSS Product Development Manager and rural bank partners, establish coordination to cooperate with sanitarians in health center offices in order to develop strategies, at the RT/RW, village, sub-district, or district levels -        Coordinate with WSS Product Development Managers and bank partners to ensure partners’ the development of WSS loan marketing strategy, plan, and materials -        Provide monthly report on the progress of WSS product development in rural bank to the WSS Product Development Manager.

Qualification for WSS Advisers: -          Academic background at least bachelor’s degree. -          Has working experiences in WSS, microfinance institution, or other relevant sector. Has proficient knowledge the basic concepts in water, sanitation, and hygiene will be an advantage point. -          Has leadership skills and motivation in social development to better the life quality of the BOP.. -          Has the ability to work in team or independently and is striving to achieve targets. -          Good communication skills, both verbal and written. -          Adequate technology knowledge. -          Honest, responsible, creative, innovative, initiative, and professional -          Comfortable traveling extensively to bank partners’ offices and operating areas

Application Information for WSS Advisers

Water.Org will accept applications that include CV and 1 (one) page essay answering “How does your experience and skills make you fit for the position of WSS Adviser”. Please submit both documents and salary expectation by email to positions_indonesia@water.org and eyoanita@water.org no later than November 30^th, 2018 noting “WSS ADVISER” in the subject line.

Applications that fill in these criteria will be reviewed as they are received.