Project Director, Multiple-Use Water Services , Rwanda

PROJECT DIRECTOR – RWANDA

Winrock International is recruiting applicants for the position of Project Director for a Multiple-Use Water Services project in Rwanda. The description of duties and responsibilities is attached. The position is contingent on receipt of project funding, which is anticipated in June 2011.

GENERAL:

Winrock International is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to put ideas to work—increasing productivity and rural employment while protecting the environment. Program emphasis includes rural enterprise and employment, agriculture, clean energy, forestry and natural resource management, and women's leadership. Over 170 projects are underway in sixty-five developing countries and the United States.

Interested persons should submit a cover letter and resume by e-mail to mus.rwanda@gmail.com. In the Subject Line, please indicate: MUS Rwanda – Project Director. The position will be open until filled; applications will be reviewed upon receipt. For highest consideration, please submit a detailed resume and cover letter by May 1, 2011.

Winrock would like to graciously thank all applicants for their responses and interest in this posting. However, only applicants who meet the criteria below and are short-listed will be contacted. No phone calls please.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

LOCATION: Rwanda

POSITION TITLE: Project Director, Multiple-Use Water Services

REPORTS TO: Director, Water Innovation Program

START DATE: Around 1 July, 2011

DURATION: 4 years

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Rwanda Multiple-Use Water Services Project Director will oversee and manage all aspects of project implementation: field-level activities, budgets, staff and outcomes. Multiple-Use Services (MUS) is a consumer-oriented approach to water service delivery that takes people’s multiple domestic and productive water needs as the starting point for planning, financing, and managing integrated water services. Existing approaches to water service delivery typically focus on providing water for a single use – for example, drinking or irrigation. MUS have significant advantages over single-use services: they generate greater income, health, and other benefits and enhance sustainability. Complementing program activities will focus on supporting development of small-scale local manual driller businesses and pump manufacturers through technical and business training.

Key field-level implementation activities include building capacity of local drillers and metalworkers to provide new rural waterpoints, constructing new gravity-fed waterpoints, organizing and training communities to manage waterpoints, coordinating horticulture and livestock extension services, hygiene promotion, and water sector advocacy. The project may include technical training, extension, high-value crops, formation and strengthening of farmer organizations, credit, and other relevant topics. The Project Director will oversee all program activities to ensure timely results and manage subcontracts, staff and relations with the donor.

Qualifications and Background:

Education: Graduate degree in engineering, hydrology, agriculture, rural development or related field.

Management

Experience: Minimum of 10 years’ experience working in rural water supply, agricultural development or related field.

Experience managing donor-funded projects in East Africa, preferably Rwanda.

Experience in building and effectively supervising a diverse team of employees.

Experience building capacity of local organizations.

Strong management, organizational, conceptual, strategic and analytical skills.

Preferred:

· Experience with hygiene and sanitation programs and agricultural income generation projects involving livestock and/or vegetable production.

· Experience with low-cost technology supply chain approaches.

· Experience working on USAID funded projects

Skills/

Knowledge: Ability to partner with a variety of individuals and organizations, including Rwandan and US government officials, international agencies and donor organizations.

Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, creative problem solving and ethical management, preferably in the region.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Fluent in French and English.

Overseas living experience in an East African country, preferably Rwanda.

Knowledge of USAID policies and procedures (preferred).

Project Director, Multiple-Use Water Services , Rwanda