Who is Water Mission? Water Mission is a rapidly growing Christian engineering nonprofit working to end the global water crisis by building safe water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions in developing nations and disaster areas. Guided by love, excellence, and integrity, we are driven to share clean, safe water and God’s love with all. To date, we ha...
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Professionalized Services Manager Makueni
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience4 years
- LocationMakueni
- Job FieldProject Management 
Key Responsibilities
- Assess current WASH service provision, focusing on Rural Water Cooperative (RWC), and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Develop and implement strategies to maximize UPTIME, ensure Carbon Credit reporting requirements are realized, and enhance overall service quality.
- Enhance collaboration between RWC requirements and Water Mission staff to exchange information and share experiences to address challenges quickly and optimize service delivery.
- Analyze the country program structure to identify opportunities for future build-up of the team to meet the country program goals.
- Use ROI analysis for decision-making to achieve the impact goals.
- Help lead the operationalization of Assetas management system, customized to the country program's unique needs.
- Ensure proper training and capacity building for staff involved in asset management activities.
- Engage in developing innovative models of professionalized services tailored to the country program.
- Support the establishment of a Water Utility entity and strengthen governance, policies, and regulations for effective water utility management.
- Develop and implement capacity-building programs and training workshops to enhance the skills and knowledge of utility management.
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and benchmarks to assess the effectiveness of revenue generation strategies and identify areas for improvement of the established utilities.
- Prepare comprehensive reports and presentations documenting outcomes of the projects and utilities, lessons learned, and best practices to inform stakeholders.
- Build relationships with other key stakeholders, including Government of Kenya (esp. Ministry of Water), NGOs, and others that support achieving desired objectives.
- Help build and manage required key capacities including water system operators and professionalized services focused staff.
- This position will require a ‘hands on’ participation in solving problems in the field.
Other tasks as may be assigned.
Qualifications, and Experience
Relationship and Alignment
- Personal and growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
- Alignment with Water Mission’s Statement of Faith and core values of Love, Excellence, and Integrity.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in civil engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Management, or a related field. An added degree in Business (such as an MBA) is a plus.
- A minimum of four years of experience in the WASH sector.
- Proven track record of driving results, achieving targets, and managing WASH projects in a dynamic and challenging environment.
Method of Application Interested and qualified? Go to Water Mission on us242.dayforcehcm.com to apply
