Country: Uganda
Closing date: 10 Aug 2015
Position Overview: CAMRIS currently seeks a Private Sector Development Advisor - Uganda Sanitation Program to provide support to USAID’s 5-year Uganda Sanitation Program (USP), which aims to accelerate sustainable improvement in water and sanitation access and improve hygiene behaviors in select target districts. To accomplish that the Awardee shall conduct activities which contribute to following distinct types of outputs: increase household access to sanitation and water services; expand key hygiene behaviors at home, school, and health facilities; and strengthen district water and sanitation governance. It is expected that USP shall be implemented in up to 25 potential focus districts. USP will begin district-based activities in a phased approach. District implementation shall initially begin work in roughly eight districts then incrementally scale-up based on achievement of milestones. USAID wants us to target districts where sanitation coverage is lower, in the western and northern districts.
Duties:
· Building a vibrant private sector for water/sanitation service delivery and indigenous capacity, enhancing participation and encouraging accountability through service delivery models which include realistic lifecycle costing, provision for O&M, and transparency through the decentralization and empowerment of communities and individuals.
· Leverage GoU financing, particularly seeking MoH and MWE commitment for contribution to rural sanitation and hygiene, for potential cost sharing of activities and continuation after project completion;
· Focus on building strong institutions and improved counterpart capacity to successfully implement (potentially including the capacity to respond to changing contexts and emerging needs with adapted approaches,
· An explicit approach to utilize the private sector’s potential to invest in, become more substantial actors, and provide WASH services;
· Demand-led, beneficiary driven, implementation of activities to demonstrate commitment, ownership, and continuity of the program outcome.
Qualifications:
· Master’s degree in Business, Management, Economist, Finance or related field
· A minimum of 10 years of experience in the private sector or providing technical assistance to improve private sector performance.
· Prior experience with WASH and private sector development
· Experience in small and medium enterprise development and/or social marketing approaches in support of such development;
· Experience working within Uganda;
Track record of effective liaison with Ugandan government officials and policy makers.
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