Project Officer

WaterAid India

About WaterAid India

Jal Seva Charitable Foundation (JSCF) is registered in India as a not for profit company under Chapter 8 of the Companies Act, 2013. JSCF, is an associate member of the WaterAid federation and uses the brand name ‘WaterAid’ in India.

WaterAid India seeks to improve the quality of life of 5,000,000 households – with a special emphasis on the vulnerable by 2029 through the provision of climate-resilient and sustainable WASH services via demonstration, institution strengthening, and the effective utilization of public resources. We work in rural and urban areas and seek to deepen our presence in states we operate in and to work in small towns. Thanks to our amazing supporters, we have reached millions of people with these three essentials – clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene – enabling communities to unlock their potential to break free from the cycle of poverty and to change lives for good.

We will not stop. Not until clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene are a normal part of everyday life for everyone, everywhere.

WaterAid India’s (WAI) country office is based in New Delhi with State Offices in Bengaluru, Bhopal,Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Patna and Raipur. We currently have a presence in ten states in the country. WAI’s Programme focus in the next five years is on ensuring access to safe and assured drinking water in the households, as well as safely managed sanitation at both the household and habitation level. Further, we seek to ensure that anganwadi’s, schools and health care facilities have adequate and appropriate water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure. Finally, we seek to create integrated water and sanitation solutions in small towns. In all of these efforts, ensuring climate resilience of infrastructure and systems is critical. We seek to do this through demonstration and the provision of technical and knowledge support to governments at all levels who can facilitate adoption on scale. Implementation is primarily through our own field teams.

Further details about WAI can be accessed at https://www.wateraid.org/in/

Overall Responsibilities

Lead and oversee all community mobilization and other IEC/BCC project activities and its implementation.
Provide technical expertise and inputs into the design and development of IEC/BCC strategies and plans aligned with project objectives.
Work with Programme Coordinator to establish systems and procedures that support implementation and monitoring of community mobilization activities.
Lead and coordinate with collectives of waste pickers, local government functionaries and other NGOs to ensure a participatory consultation process for the community mobilization in the intervention areas based on sound participatory engagement principles.
Develop a robust process for monitoring and the community mobilization process and review of its achievement towards realizing governance objective through consultation with key stakeholders.
Responsible to develop various ToRs, capacity building framework, training calendar, appropriate training methodology to ensure quality delivery of program.
Responsible for planning and delivering capacity-building support to key stakeholders. This would involve hands on training as well as coordination of capacity building measures to be undertaken by WAI in designated project area. This also include, guiding the project team to ensure successful, timely implementation of the planned capacity building activities in the field with high quality.
Support in completion of baseline and end line.
Support Knowledge management and dissemination of best practices and lessons learned both internally and externally.
Participate and support Project Coordinator in organizing public events, trainings, stakeholders meeting and workshops.
Responsible to prepare high quality reports for all capacity building and behavior Change initiatives.
Assessment of community mobilization and capacity building programme and preparation of impact report on a regular basis. Produce high quality reports to be shared with the donors and other stakeholders
Identification of case studies, innovations and best practices and documentation of the same
Data entry on MIS, and analyze the data and update the team on progress
Perform other related duties as assigned by the Programme Coordinator and Team Leader.

Eligibilities and Requirements

Education

Post-graduation (or equivalent) qualification in one of the following areas: social sciences, international development, economics, environmental science, social policy; additional qualification in water, sanitation and hygiene education or specific training on conducting participatory trainings will be an added advantage

Experience

Between 5 to 6 years of relevant work experience in similar organizational/functional context.

Other Specifications

Experience in coordinating/dialoguing with city administration and other stakeholders
Demonstrated experience in participatory engagement.
Sound understanding of Participatory approaches and tools
Exceptional communications and presentation skills, both written and oral, in English and Kannada
Proven strategic, conceptual and analytical skills
Proactive and self-motivated individual capable of engaging persuasively with various stakeholders
A self-starter, able to work independently
Ability to travel extensively in the field

JSCF, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on organisational needs andpriorities, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, ethnic origin, gender, age, or sexual orientation. Women and the differently abled are encouraged to apply.