Programme Director & Deputy Executive Director

The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) was established in 1990 and mandated by name in United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/45/181.The WSSCC Secretariat is hosted by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and aims to accelerate the achievement of sustainable sanitation, hygiene and water services for all people, with special attention to the unserved poor, by enhancing collaboration and coordination of all sector stakeholders. The WSSCC Secretariat is located in Geneva, Switzerland. More information on WSSCC can be found on the website at www.wsscc.org.

• Ensures that the focus, mission, and technical approaches of the organisation are applied systematically throughout its normative and operational portfolio of activities, and are rooted in the specific requirements and contexts of individual countries and regions.

• In consultation with the Executive Director and relevant managers, defines opportunities for portfolio growth and improvement, at the service of the priorities established by the national coordination committees, and endeavours to facilitate the mobilisation of resources whenever appropriate and possible, in consultation with the RM Unit.

• Is responsible for ensuring that the Technical Unit provides the various regional units and their respective country programmes with the required technical and methodological services to ensure that their interventions are successful, and directs the head of the technical unit to intervene, directly or through the staff of the unit, in substantive support and policy dialogue at the country and regional level wherever appropriate.

• Directs all units under the Division to consistently apply and promote in country, and at regional level where appropriate, the corporate policies, messages, communication campaigns, resource mobilisation initiatives, that are fully consistent with those of the Council, as produced or normalised by the relevant departments, and also ensures that relevant feedback, such as communication issues, or innovative country level experiences of broader relevance are promptly shared with the relevant departments.  In particular, ensures that:
• Active resource mobilisation takes place within the sub- regional and technical  Units, in full consultation with the relevant division,
• the active engagement of the Council's membership present in the respective countries, sub regions or  sectors where the division operates is facilitated by all staff in the division, and that relevant developments are shared with the office of the Executive Director

• Ensures that all required services from the United Nations Office for Project Services, the operations’ monitoring and evaluation requirements, as well as the services of the Finance and operations Unit are provided to all units within his division, and liaises regularly with the relevant office to this effect.

• Ensures constant feed back between the work carried out within the division, and the communication, planning, and advocacy divisions.  

• Prepares periodic budget projections for the division, for consideration by the Executive Director. Once a resource allocation is approved, is responsible for overseeing its implementation in accordance with the rules and procedures of UNOPS.
  
  
• Performs other related duties as required.

• Masters Degree in Public Health, Development Studies, International Affairs, Project Management, Social Studies or related fields is required 

• Minimum twelve years of relevant professional experience  progressively responsible in program implementation and management with greater independence and decision-making authority

• Fluency in both written and spoken English is required. Working knowledge of French is desirable.   

• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of WSSCC and the programme.
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
• Ability to lead and manage a programme with a diverse group of colleagues to achieve results in a responsible and collaborative manner through clear direction, supervision and modeling behavior.
• Ability to communicate ideas and concepts both in writing and orally, clearly and convincingly.
• Ability to go beyond established procedures and models and to introduce new approaches, and strategic innovations.
• Ability to establish and maintain broad strategic networks and partnerships with  international partners to promote partnership and build alliances to advance organizational interests and programme competencies.
• Ability to interpret performance results of sanitation and hyiegine programmes and analyze the implications of such results ;
• Strong understanding of monitoring and evaluation systems.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen, Denmark, time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

APPLICANTS SHOULD SUBMIT A COVER LETTER.

UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.

Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, our vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices, always satisfying or surpassing our partners’ expectations.

With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it.

A flexible structure and global reach means that we can quickly respond to our partners' needs, while offering the benefits of economies of scale.