Water and Sanitation Expert for Project Management Services for Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Project in Tanzania

As a federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German
Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international
cooperation for sustainable development. For our operations in Tanzania/, we
are looking for

a/anJOB-ID: 20025

Field of activity

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a service enterprise for development cooperation
with international operations and global experience. Owned by the Federal
Republic of Germany, the organization operates as a private-sector enterprise
with a development-policy mandate: to make sustainable improvements to the
living conditions of people in the countries we operate in. The
organization’s business area GIZ International Services is the vehicle for
offering GIZ’s services to international clients.

GIZ International Services is preparing to submit an
offer for the project ‘Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation – Project
management consultant’. The contracting authority will be the European
Investment Bank (EIB).Mwanza project covers the Tanzanian towns of Mwanza
with 3 satellite communities, Musoma and Bukoba. EIB has allocated a EUR 45m
loan as Lead Financier on a mutual reliance operation with AfD. It is
associated with a significant TA envelope, comprising EUR 7m sourced from the
EU Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund as well as envisaged funding from ACP
Investment Facility, for project implementation support and enhanced
monitoring on behalf of the financiers. The overall objective of this TA is
the establishment and maintenance of project management services throughout
the project’s implementation period, including technical and administrative
support to the implementing agencies- the Mwanza Urban Water And Sewerage
Authority and the Ministry of Water.

Your tasks

Execution of the Lender’s and Tanzanian
Environmental and Social safeguards;
Sustainable transfer of know-how on project
management concepts, skills, tools and activities Transparency and
effectiveness of policy orientation of the budget assured;
Scoping of operational, financial and
institutional assistance.

Your profile

Qualifications and skills

Degree in water engineering or alternatively
internationally recognized university degree related to water and
sanitation;
Excellent communication and interpersonal
skills;
Fluent command of both written and spoken
English;
Computer Literate.

General Professional Experience

At least 10 years of professional experience;
At least 5 years of experience in implementing
donor-funded programs in water and sanitation in one or more of the
following areas: WASH infrastructure, behaviour change communication (BCC),
water supply, water supply design, wastewater, governance in developing
country environment, preferably in Africa;
Experience with institutional arrangements,
institutional strengthening and capacity building in the water sector;
Demonstrated experience working cooperatively
with a variety of local stakeholders, other projects and international
agencies.

Specific Professional Experience

In-depth knowledge of the guidelines,
requirements and procedures of funding Agencies related to WATSAN, with
particular reference to European Investment Bank, African Development
Bank and Agence Francaise de Developpement;
Demonstrated experience in providing technical
and administrative support to Water and Sewage Authorities and
Ministries of Water;
Proven experience in project anagement in water
and sanitation related projects.

Assignment period

The intended start date is January 2015 and the
period of implementation of the contract will be 60-months from this date.

Information on place of assignment

Activities under the contract shall take place
primarily Dar-es-Salaam and Mwanza.

Other information

Please note that we basically can only receive and
process applications sent via our e-recruiting system. Should you not be able
to do so, please contact the person named in the job advertisement.To enable
us to assess your existing skills and qualifications as part of our internal
selection procedure, please complete the questionnaire on your competences
when you apply online. After submitting an application, please check your
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applications from people with disabilities.

If you are interested, please do not hesitate to
apply until 14.11.2014.

Contact department: Yongmi Schibel

+49 6196/79-3164