Director of Programme

Director - Programme

WaterAid India

3 year extendable contract

Closing date: 14 August 2024

About WaterAid India:

Jal Seva Charitable Foundation (JSCF) is registered in India as a not for profit company under Chapter 8 of the Companies Act, 2013. JSCF, is an associate member of the WaterAid federation and uses the brand name WaterAid in India.

WaterAid India seeks to improve the quality of life of 5,000,000 households - with a special emphasis on the vulnerable by 2029 through the provision of climate-resilient and sustainable WASH services via demonstration, institution strengthening, and the effective utilization of public resources. WAI's Programme focus in the next five years is on ensuring access to safe and assured drinking water in the households, as well as safely managed sanitation at both the household and habitation level.

Overall Responsibilities:

Leading Programme Implementation:

• To lead programme implementation across all the locations that WaterAid India works in. To adopt a consensual and collaborative approach for programme delivery that empowers those primarily responsible for facilitating change and impact.
• It is important that the programs keep the communities at the center while ensuring the highest standards, cost effectiveness and appropriateness.
• Facilitate the identification and creation of standardised processes and systems that can facilitate delivery of impact to meet our strategic ambition.
• Planning, creation of budgets, continuous review of performance against plans as well as a review of expenditures against budgets will be an integral part of programme implementation. Budgeting and review of budget vs expenditures will be an integral part of program implementation.
• Identify the key gaps and opportunities in the external public policy and service delivery environments where WaterAid s programmatic interventions can bring about high impact and progressive change.

Quality Assurance:

Ensure delivery on time, cost-effectively and with assurance of the requisite quality. Monitor the qualitative and quantitative outcomes and impact of the programme in collaboration with the Programme Monitoring Evaluation and Learning team, to ensure successful implementation in line with the plan. Lead the integration of strategic themes, cross cutting issues, and implementation of global programme frameworks, policies, and standards throughout the organisation, and ensure that all programmes (at state or regional levels) are aligned with these

Working with Governments:

The key pathway to scale is through the provision of technical support to Government at the Union, State and District levels. This includes not just capacity building on technical aspects but also to help design and implement water, sanitation and hygiene solutions appropriate for disadvantaged communities and the environment. The Director Programmes role will be to enable this by ensuring collaborative action between the Programme and the Policy and Technical Support Team.

WaterAid India (WAI) as a learning Organization:

It is important that WAI continues to be a frontrunner in the water, sanitation and hygiene space and for that it is necessary that we continue to innovate, experiment and constantly reflect on our learnings. The Director Programmes is expected to foster and promote a culture and practices to meet this.

Nurturing Leadership:

Coach, guide, and mentor staff under direct supervision so that they are effective as leaders and senior managers, and the culture of nurturing percolates to all levels in the team.

Encourage and promote empowering and collaborative leadership, effective management, and a culture of openness and accountability in line with WaterAid's values

Member of the Senior Management Team (SMT):

Be an active member of the SMT and contribute to strategic direction, organisational decision making, and other management related issues.

Foster Partnerships

To work closely with the Resource Mobilisation team to help establish and maintain partnerships with a diverse set of individuals and institutions to help achieve our strategic ambition.

Sectoral Representation:

Represent WaterAid in national civil society organisation, donor, and government forums related to water, sanitation and hygiene so as to influence thinking of other stakeholders on effective delivery and build WaterAid's reputation as a sector leader.

Essential skills

Education

• Post-graduate degree in public policy, public health, law, urban planning, rural development, management, environmental engineering/management or social sciences.

Experience

• Minimum 15 years of overall experience.
• Between 5-10 years of senior management experience with a minimum of five years in an implementation role at the community level.

Other specifications

• Proven experience of leading programmes/operations that lead to impact at scale and transformational change
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative partnerships and alliances for programme delivery
• Demonstrated expertise of leading, managing, and motivating others, and building high performing teams
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• Experience of raising and managing income
• An understanding of the water, sanitation and hygiene sector in India, key sector stakeholders and networks (Preferred)

How to Apply:

Click on Apply now to download the full Job description. Application details including a link to download the application form are available in the Job Description. Please complete and return the application form to the email address supplied in the JD by 14 August.