Job Description

SNV Kenya is seeking to engage four qualified and result-oriented County Coordinators for the above-mentioned programme. Working closely with the project manager, project team and project partners, the County Coordinators will provide technical assistance and implementation support, with a focus on their county and respective area of expertise as outlined below.

The four positions, one in each of Turkana, West Pokot, Samburu and Marsabit counties, will cover the following areas of expertise (one specialist per area):

• Water resource management and water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH);
• Gender equality and social inclusion (GESI);
• Governance; and
• Business development and access to finance.

Applicants must indicate their county preference (first and second choice) and their key area of expertise (first and second option, where relevant) in their application. Placement will be confirmed by SNV based on programme needs and the match between each candidate’s expertise and county.

The positions will be based in Turkana, West Pokot, Samburu and Marsabit counties (one position per county) with need-based travel to the field including visits to the project sites. More specifically, the County Coordinators will:

Responsibilities of the County Coordinators

Common responsibilities (all positions)

• Provide technical assistance and implementation support to county governments, utilities, Water Resource Users Associations (WRUAs), communities and partners in the assigned county, in line with the TUMAI MAJI work plan and its four systems (A–D);
• Support the county Living Lab and coordination platforms, and document and share evidence and lessons to inform scaling within and across the two basins;
• Coordinate with consortium partners (RWMS, IHE Delft and implementing and capacity-strengthening partners), county departments, the Water Resources Authority (WRA) and other stakeholders;
• Integrate gender equality and social inclusion (GESI), youth employment and entrepreneurship, climate resilience and conflict sensitivity in all programme activities;
• Contribute to work planning, budgeting and monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL), and prepare timely progress reports and;
• Represent the programme in county and basin forums and contribute to building partnerships and mobilising follow-on investment.

Area-specific responsibilities

Water resource management and water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH):

• Support System A lead, IHE Delft, and their implementing and capacity strengthening partners; including consistency across the two Living Labs and counties of implementation. This includes support to WRA, WRUAs and county water departments to strengthen water resource management, including water allocation, monitoring and use of the county- and WRA-owned water accounting platform (System A);
• Support System B lead, RWMS, and their implementing and capacity strengthening partners; including consistency across the implementation counties. This includes water service providers and rural and small water systems to improve performance, asset management, operation and maintenance and climate-resilient water and sanitation services, including sanitation and faecal sludge management linkages (System B).

Gender equality and social inclusion (GESI):

• Lead GESI mainstreaming across the programme implementation counties, including gender and social inclusion analyses and the development and monitoring of GESI action plans;
• Promote the participation and leadership of women, youth, pastoralists and marginalised groups in water governance, service delivery, and water-sector jobs and enterprises.

Governance:

• Support county governments and utilities to strengthen water and sanitation policy, legislation, planning and budget processes, and county coordination platforms (System C);
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue and conflict-sensitive water governance, clarifying roles and strengthening accountability and enforcement among counties, WRA, BWRCs, WRUAs and utilities;
• Coordinate System C activities across the counties of implementation and with all partners and stakeholders.

Qualification: MBA/MSc/MA

Experience: 5 years

• Provide technical assistance and implementation support to county governments, utilities, Water Resource Users Associations (WRUAs), communities and partners in the assigned county.
• Support the county Living Lab and coordination platforms, and document and share evidence and lessons.
• Coordinate with consortium partners, county departments, the Water Resources Authority (WRA) and other stakeholders.
• Integrate GESI, youth employment and entrepreneurship, climate resilience and conflict sensitivity in programme activities.
• Contribute to work planning, budgeting, MEAL and timely progress reports.
• Represent the programme in county and basin forums, build partnerships and mobilise follow-on investment.
• Support water resource management and WASH services, including water allocation, monitoring, water-system performance, asset management, operation and maintenance, and climate-resilient water and sanitation services.
• Lead GESI mainstreaming, develop and monitor GESI action plans, and promote participation and leadership of women, youth, pastoralists and marginalised groups.
• Support water and sanitation policy, legislation, planning, budgeting and county coordination platforms.
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue and conflict-sensitive water governance, strengthen accountability and enforcement, and coordinate System C activities.

• Water resource management
• Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
• Gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) mainstreaming
• Water governance and stakeholder coordination
• Programme implementation and technical assistance
• Work planning, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL)
• Climate resilience and conflict sensitivity
• Partnership building and investment mobilisation
• Evidence documentation and reporting

• MBA/MSc/MA
• Applicants must indicate their county preference (first and second choice) and their key area of expertise (first and second option, where relevant) in their application.