The management and further growth of these “scale up” initiatives is transitioning to Evidence Action. IPA will continue to provide support for these programs during their transition period.
Dispensers for Safe Water (DSW) is an entrepreneurial team tasked with scaling the Chlorine Dispenser System (CDS) – a proven innovation that dramatically expands access to water treatment at an extremely low cost. DSW is growing rapidly: we currently serve over 650,000 people in Uganda. Our goal is to reach 5 million people in the end of 2015 in multiple countries, which will prevent 2.3 million cases of child diarrhea and avert over 2,200 child deaths each year.
- Support the Area Coordinator in building and managing the Dispensers for Safe Water program in Eastern Uganda;
- Oversee a team of Field Officers to ensure thousands of dispenser installations across Eastern Uganda annually;
- Take lead of a team of Field Officers in delivering high quality community sensitization and education meetings, community leader meetings and local government meetings;
- Technically support field team to develop efficient and cost-effective weekly work plans for the dispenser implementation roll out;
- Steer teams to implement dispenser activities through teamwork, training, coaching and mentorship;
- Responsible for the coordination of various team activities and promote team ownership;
- Effective supervision of the field teams to ensure high quality deliverables for activities;
- Recruit high caliber field staff, with consultation of the Area Coordinator, through a competitive, fair and transparent process;
- Oversee the dispenser program in his/her designated area following the laid down financial procedures and in a cost effective manner;
- Conduct staff performance reviews with the consultation of the Area Coordinator and Program Manager;
- Perform any other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Area Coordinator and Program Manager.
- The applicant should hold a degree in Management, community work, project management or equivalent from a recognized institution;
- A minimum of two years’ significant operations and management experience with a non-governmental organization as well as demonstrated experience working in the field;
- Excellent written and spoken English required; Eastern languages desirable
- High level of financial integrity and stewardship;
- Demonstrated experience developing work plans and budgets to execute field activities;
- Excellent organization and coordination skills;
- Good people management and leadership skills and demonstrated experience in leading large field teams;
- Embraces team work and aspires and supports the ideals of working in a team work environment as a team champion;
- Passion to work in a rural community setting in Eastern Uganda;
- Past experience with social work and social administration;
- Flexible mindset and willingness to take challenging assignments not within the scope of this position;
- High personal self-drive and highly motivated to deliver results within tight deadlines;
- Possess the ability to communicate effectively within the organization and externally with the rural communities and local leaders;
- Excellent computer skills/data management skills and comfort to advance the skills in a dynamic IT field;
- Proactive and ambitious to support innovation and change in a dynamic working environment;
- Carry a positive attitude to work and to develop in a fast paced work environment.
More information on the Dispenser for Safe Water Program can be found at: http://poverty-action.org/safewater and at http://evidenceaction.org/
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