Programme Manager, Water and Sanitation

The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is looking for an experienced Programme Manager to work on different water and sanitation programs at the global level, in different regions.
SIWI is a policy institute that generates knowledge and informs decision-making towards a water wise world. SIWI conducts research, builds institutional capacity, and provides advisory services to water decision-makers and practitioners in emerging and developing economies. Our expertise relates to multi-level governance of shared water resources and sustainable delivery of water and services. We work on the linkages of water with sectors such as climate, food and energy and at multiple scales in countries, cities, rural communities and along river basins. SIWI organizes the World Water Week in Stockholm and hosts the Stockholm Water Prize and the Stockholm Junior Water Prize.
About the Department and related programs:
The Water and Sanitation Department implements a number of major programs in the areas of water and sanitation service delivery, and also conducts several activities in coordination with the water resources department, with the aim to contribute to achieve sustainable and resilient water and sanitation services.
Accountability for Sustainability is a partnership with UNICEF and UNDP aimed to improve governance as a means to increase sustainability of water supply and sanitation services. The partnership includes a global program and two dedicated regional programs for Latin America and Middle East and North Africa. These programs provide on demand support to regional and country offices, including in water and sanitation enabling environment analyses and related action planning (e.g., WASH Bottleneck Analysis) and for the integration of water scarcity and climate resilience into water and sanitation programming. Another program, the
City Water Resilience Approach, is working to better understand and plan for water resilience at city level. The Department is also implementing a number of research and capacity building oriented initiatives.
Description of the position:
The assignment is a full-time position. The Manager will be responsible for implementation and development of water governance related projects in relation to resilient water supply and sanitation. This includes managerial functions, as well as capacity building, technical support and advice on governance related to water supply and sanitation issues; responsible for project development and development of methodologies, tools and knowledge products.
Within the assignment, the Program manager will:
Contribute to the thematic development of SIWI’s portfolio in the areas of resilient water supply and sanitation
Develop and/or contribute to the development of knowledge products, training materials, methodologies, tools, and research
Organize and facilitate workshops / trainings as needed.
Identify and develop relationships with national and regional partners
Provide technical support and advisory services to support water governance processes to countries and to SIWI partners as per demand
Identification, and development of project proposals and strategic partnerships
Responsible for financial and administrative oversight and results reporting of the programs in charge of.
Represent SIWI in international fora, as appropriate.
Contribute to internal knowledge management and collaboration with other SIWI departments.

The Manager will work within the Water and Sanitation Department and collaborate with other departments at SIWI, as necessary for the different assignments.
The programme Manager will be supervised by the Water and Sanitation Department Director.
Required skills and competencies:
Experience of working with water governance in relation to water supply and sanitation at local, national, and international level.
Experience of program/project development and implementation.
Familiarity with the global and national water related policies and processes
Experience of working with capacity development, stakeholder facilitation, institutional strengthening and policy development.
Strong managerial skills, including: planning, budgeting and risk management; managing external and internal relations; coordinating a number of programme partners;
Experience in applied research will be an asset.
Good drafting, communication and interpersonal skills are basic requirements
Ability to function effectively as part of a team
Commitment to, and agreement with SIWI´s core values and vision.



Education and work experience:
Bachelor or Master’s degree in relevant Social or Natural / Engineering Sciences. PhD in relevant topic is preferred.
8-12 years of experience working with policy development and implementation of water services in emerging and developing economies contexts.
Experience of water supply and sanitation service provision and management approaches; experience in water and climate aspects is desirable



Language skills:
Proficiency in English is required
Proficiency of French and/or Spanish will be a strong asset.
Good level of Arabic and/or Portuguese will be desirable.

Availability to travel
Ability and willingness to travel and be part of short-term missions is required (up to 25% of the time, depending on the current COVID-19 context).
Duty Station T
The full-time position will be based SIWI's headquarters office in Stockholm. For those candidates eligible for a South African working permit, placement at the SIWI Africa Regional Center in Pretoria can be considered.
Duration of contract
The position is a 15 months contract, renewable upon performance and availability of funds.
Starting date : Feb/March 2022


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