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The Water Supply and Sanitation
Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is a global, multi-stakeholder membership and
partnership organization that works with poor people, their organizations,
governments, and small-scale entrepreneurs to improve sanitation and hygiene at
scale. Founded in 1990, the Council maintains a membership of over 4,000 water,
sanitation and hygiene (WASH) professionals from over 80 countries.
The United Nations Office of Project
Services (UNOPS) is the legal and administrative host of WSSCC.
The mission of the Council is to ensure
sustainable sanitation, better hygiene and safe drinking water for all people,
with focus on the poorest and most marginalized members of society in low- and
middle-income countries in Africa and Asia. In order to achieve its mission,
WSSCC facilitates sector coordination at national, regional and global levels,
and engages rights holders and duty bearers to adopt policy guidelines on
menstrual hygiene and disability. The Council also supports national sanitation
and hygiene improvement programmes through its Global Sanitation Fund,
coordinates knowledge platforms, and advocates on behalf of the 2.4 billion
people without access to improved sanitation. More information on WSSCC can be
found at: www.wsscc.org
The job of Chief of Staff, Office of the
Executive Director (Directorate) is one of a number of new positions
established to implement the WSSCC Strategic Plan 2017-2020. In addition to the
Directorate, the Geneva-based Secretariat now consists of four departments,
each oriented from distinct vantage points to assist member States achieve
sanitation and hygiene targets (SDG Goal 6, Target 6.2), and associated goals
of education, health, women’s empowerment, climate change adaptation, and urban
development.
The department of the Global Sanitation Fund, is
a financing and technical assistance facility supporting the design and direct
implementation of 15 national sanitation and hygiene improvement programmes in
Africa and Asia. Since 2010, these programmes have empowered over 13 million
people to end the practice of open defecation, invest in sanitation, and adopt
hygiene behaviors. The Policy Advocacy Department performs a range of normative
activities and direct actions to assist member States realize a more inclusive
delivery of sanitation and hygiene services. Its primary focus is policy
advocacy targeted at governments, working in a mutually reinforcing manner at
national, sub-regional and global levels to bring about meaningful improvements
in national policy, budgeting and programming on health, education, and women’s
empowerment, as well as water and sanitation.
The Evidence and Learning Department pursues
for the organization the primary functions of documentation, monitoring,
applied research, evaluation, and knowledge management. It both draws upon and
supports the two lead departments, while providing an interface with policy and
research institutes. The External Relations Department is responsible for
public affairs, corporate communications, and assists senior managers align WSSCC
operations at country level while also supporting WSSCC National Coordinators
in 15 countries.
The Directorate provides a vital
coordination and support function for the four departments, assisting the
Executive Director to advance the vision and operations of the Council. The
primary functions of the office are strategic planning, results-based
operational planning, change management, financial analysis, governance,
resource mobilization, organizational oversight (working with UNOPS Geneva) and
strategic initiatives. It is also the principle interface with the host agency
(UNOPS), donors, and the WSSCC Steering Committee.
The Chief of Staff will report to the
Executive Director of WSSCC and will serve as a standing member of the WSSCC Senior
Management Team.