SANITATION PROGRAM

Closing date: 15 Jul 2015

The Millennium Water
Alliance (MWA) seeks a Community Lead Total Sanitation/Behavior Change
Communication (CLTS/BCC) advisor for an anticipated 5-Year Sanitation program
in U
ganda to be awarded by USAID in FY2015. The CLTS/BCC advisor will have
overall responsibility for technical direction and implementation of behavior
change and communication activities, ensuring overall program activities and
related results. He/she will manage and over see the implementation of the
CLTS/BCC initiatives in the Uganda Sanitation Program initial 8 districts that
may expand to 25 districts in Uganda. He/she will advise a consortium of NGOs,
project technical staff, other stakeholders, advertising and media related
organizations and the community to ensure effective development, planning,
delivery and documentation of the water and sanitation social and behavior
change strategy. The CLTS/BCC advisor is a full time position in Kampala for
immediate uptake subject to donor funding. The Advisor will support the COP on
CLTS and BCC initiatives within a broader high-impact program to
institutionalize catalytic models of sustainable service delivery and sustainable
management of WASH services in Uganda. In liaison with Chief of Party, the
specific Advisor responsibilities include the following:

· Support
development of long and short term integrated CLTS/BCC plan.

· Conceptualize and
design sound CLTS/BBC strategies, tools, anticipate trends and articulate
future CLTS/BCC needs for specific target audience as well as rural and urban
settings

· Support
development of strategic plans and budgets.

· Build the capacity
of the local governments, professional and private sanitation service entities,
CBOs, NGOs , Communities and other key WASH stakeholders on CLTs and BCC

· In collaboration
with the district and local level government and private sector entities ,
steer and trigger sanitation demand creation

· Work with MoH,
sanitation working group and project coordination mechanisms (PCM) to improve
the improved sanitation and hygiene strategy development and develop innovative
strategies and approaches of integrating hygiene and nutrition

· Develop innovative
strategies and tools for improving School Wash behavior and management

· Learn from
successful implementation models under the USF to scale up improved sanitation
coverage

· Articulate the
sanitation demand needs in relation to sanitation supply chains and develop strategies
of stimulating and scaling sanitation demand using CLTs approaches

· Design appropriate
indicators for building the capacity of MoH and other government line
ministries

· Document and lead
effective and efficient sanitation promotion campaigns

· Monitor progress
toward plans to assure accomplishment of goals.

· Lead development
of project success stories for dissemination to relevant stakeholders.

· Ensure compliance
with standards, branding and other CLTS/BCC requirements.

· Assist in
collecting, collating, analyzing project information on CLTS/BCC for briefs.

· Manages all
project related communication on CLTS/BCC

· Provide quality
and timely submittal to COP of requested project deliverables.

· Support the COP in
maintenance of effective working relationships, strategies and work plans with
USAID, key GoU partners, local and international NGOs, implementing partners,
and other development sector stakeholders on issues of CLTS/BCC.

· Deliberately bring
out, document and develop strategies that enhance gender equity, greater youth
engagement and address climate change in water supply, sanitation and nutrition
solutions.

· Use
problem-solving and consensus-building skills and ability to promote
coordination among diverse interests and institutions working in the project.

Minimum
requirements

· Master’s degree in
public health, engineering, business or similar field

· 10 Years general
public health expertize including engaging Government counterparts in planning,
motoring and coordination

· Proven ability of
scaling up public health activities

· Demonstrated
understanding of behavior change strategies, including but not limited to
research, strategy development, implementation and deep understanding of
CLTS/WASH methodologies

· Proven
understanding of BCC strategies as well as deep understanding of CLTS and WASH
methodologies.

· Demonstrated
exceptional technical and managerial experience, including managing complex
rural and urban WASH behavior change activities involving multiple program
partners

How to apply:

Application

Applicants should
forward a cover letter, CV in reverse chronological format, and a list of at
least 3 professional references (name, contact information, and statement of
relationship to the reference) to mwa.uganda.jobs@gmail.com. The applications
for this position close on 15/07/2015. Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted. Please
make sure to add the “job title” in the subject line of your email.

Qualified candidates
are highly encouraged to apply. MWA is an equal opportunity employer. MWA is
committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age,
disability or with respect to policies, programs, or activities.