Deputy Director (Water and Sanitation)

The role

The position leads KIAT’s support to GoI to achieve its targets of universal safe access to water, and 90 per cent access to ‘improved and safe’ sanitation services by the end of 2024.

This role also involves the following key activities:

As a member of KIAT’s Senior Management Team, the Deputy Director will promote collaboration and innovation across the activity portfolio and identify opportunities to strengthen performance and overall impact, including through mainstreaming of GESI and CSE. The Deputy Director will represent KIAT and work with a range of partners across government, civil society, and the private sector. The key activities for the positions are:

• Lead KIAT’s strategic management of the watsan directorate ensuring all activities are well-designed and implemented to high levels of performance with risks and safeguards identified, managed, and mitigated.
• Establish close working relationships and ongoing communications with key GoI and GoA decision-makers and maintaining an awareness of their needs and priorities for KIAT’s activities.
• Developing the watsan directorate’s multiyear strategy and workplan addressing the critical needs facing Indonesia’s water and sanitation sectors with a focus on where Australia’s assistance can be most effective, leveraged, and sustainable.
• Lead the governance, reporting and monitoring of watsan activities through KIAT’s Technical Committee and Management Committee structure.
• Performance manage and supervise KIAT’s watsan team (technical, programmatic, and administrative) and subcontractors to deliver high levels of engagement, innovation and performance.
• Together with KIAT’s Performance team develop performance-related progress markers for all watsan activities on a six-monthly recurring cycle and implement management strategies to achieve identified targets. Work closely with KIAT’s Performance team to report on activity outcomes and progress.
• Ensure prudent management of KIAT expenditure, including taking appropriate measures to maximise value for money, and minimise fiduciary risk and avoid fraud.
• Ensure that the watsan directorate complies with the policies, procedures and other requirements of GoA and the managing contractor.
• Lead KIAT’s donor coordination efforts for watsan activities, in consultation with GoA.
• Ensure that consultations, meetings, and decision-making processes include women in discussions and deliberations.
• Ensure that all key activities consider opportunities to strengthen Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) outcomes during implementation, and where relevant consider the feasibility of engaging with civil society to enhance these outcomes.
• Represent KIAT in events, high-level forums and dialogues with relevant GoI counterparts, private sector, academia and development partners and other stakeholders as required.
• Other agreed inputs as assigned by the Facility Director.

Please copy paste this link to access the Terms of Reference detailing responsibilities and selection:

https://www.cardno.com/media/6855/hr-15-personnel-tor-ver30-dd-watsan-final-210112.pdf;

 

About you

You will be a motivated and proactive Deputy Director Water & Sanitation with the right combination of leadership, strategic thinking, innovation and a commitment to technical excellence. You have the following selection criteria:

• Tertiary qualifications in civil engineering, water and sanitation engineering, public policy, infrastructure or related discipline.
• At least 10 years’ experience in managing comprehensive, high-level infrastructure advisory programs, preferably in water and sanitation.
• A strong technical background in infrastructure ranging from policy and strategic advice to project preparation, financing, and implementation.
• A demonstrable understanding of issues facing the water and sanitation sectors in Indonesia, including issues of public sector governance, public private partnerships, institutional capacity building, regional autonomy, asset management and output-based performance programming.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Bahasa Indonesia (desirable). Demonstrated experience in briefing and working closely with senior government officials in a donor context.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders from diverse backgrounds including people with disabilities.
• Knowledge and understanding of the different needs of different stakeholders such as women, the elderly, people with disabilities and others with special mobility needs

Qualified female candidates and candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Remuneration

Based on DFAT standard ARF rates (assessed as ARF classification D4). Successful Indonesian nationals will be engaged under a local contract in IDR, and will be subject to Indonesian employment regulations and tax obligations.

Why join KIAT?

The Australia Indonesia Infrastructure Partnership (Kemitraan Indonesia Australia untuk Infrastruktur - KIAT) offers meaningful opportunities for each individual member of our team to grow, make an impact and leave a legacy for local communities, globally.

By joining KIAT, you will be part of an environment where you can collaborate with leading experts from diverse backgrounds, access development programs to achieve your career goals, and be challenged to take a global outlook.

How to apply

1) CV

2) Statement (of up to 1,000 words) addressing the candidate’s skills and experience, and outlining the relevance to the role

3) Two referee names, position details and contact information

4) Please apply from the following link : https://clientapps.jobadder.com/41217/cardno/3661847;

Closing Date

The position closes on 22 February 2020

About Cardno

We are a global provider of integrated professional services which enrich the physical and social environment for the communities in which we live and work. Our team of multidisciplinary specialists has more than 70 years’ experience in designing, developing and delivering sustainable projects and community advancement programs.

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