World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Director, Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP) for a USAID-funded opportunity at our Washington, D.C. office to increase resilience to water security risk at the basin, sub-basin, or local catchment scale. The activity will be designed to support USAID and host country governments in safeguarding access to adequate quantities of acceptable quality water for sustaining livelihoods, human well-being, socioeconomic development, and the protection of ecosystem services that underpin these development objectives.
Responsibilities:
The Director will have overall responsibility for the management and implementation of the program, including activities under both the Leader Award and any Associate Awards. S/he will be the principal point of contact for USAID for issues regarding program planning, implementation, and adherence to all applicable laws and policies. The Director will be the primary point of contact for development of Associate Awards, and will be responsible for activity coordination, planning, work-plan development, program reporting, overall program monitoring, evaluation, and coordination/representation of the program with USAID and other stakeholders.
The Director will ensure that the stated principles, methods, and approaches of the SWP are properly addressed and incorporated into all site-based plans and activities, and will seek to appropriately utilize consortium member organizations and individuals. S/he will actively seek to include local institutions and encourage the development of partnerships to strengthen capacity of local institutions and augment the overall impact and sustainability of SWP activities. The Director will ensure cross-learning within the SWP portfolio of site-based activities, and externally with the global practitioner community.
Program oversight: Plan, direct and oversee management of program activities in accordance with WWF policies and procedures, program description, approved work plans, budgets, and contractual agreements; in collaboration with relevant program staff, develop annual work plans and budgets; ensure that program is making progress towards objectives.
Program implementation: Manage program and team using participatory, adaptive management approach; ensure that management systems are established; and ensure that all program activities are coordinated effectively and well integrated with other relevant USG or other donor-supported funded initiatives within program area; ensure that program is in compliance with donor policies and regulations; responsible for overseeing contractual agreements with program participants; provide technical leadership in major program components.
Financial management: With direct support of Financial Manager and staff, develop program budgets for approval by WWF-US and monitor expenditures against budgets; ensure establishment of financial management systems for program to adequately meet financial management needs and donor regulations and policies; monitor accounting, administrative and operational procedures, standards and policies, including sub-grants.
Human resources: Determine personnel requirements of program and participate in recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel; conduct performance evaluation in compliance with WWF’s policies and personnel management systems.
Provision of technical assistance: Provide technical assistance in areas of expertise; identify needs for short-term technical assistance; develop terms of reference; prepare consulting agreements for consultants, facilitates work; provide oversight of short-term consultancies.
Monitoring and evaluation: In collaboration with WWF staff, develop and oversee monitoring and evaluation system for program; monitor program implementation and identify and plan for evaluation needs; develop knowledge management mechanism and oversee implementation.
Relationships: Establish and maintain efficient working relationships with program Agreement Officer’s Representative, Agreement Officer, relevant USG staff, program participants, stakeholders, beneficiaries.
Risk management: Develop and implement risk register for review and approval, and ensure that mitigation actions are implemented as required.
Communications: Develop and implement communication action plan, ensuring that program meets objectives and generates required support from key stakeholders.
Qualifications:
Education/Experience: At least a master’s-level degree in a relevant discipline. At least ten (10) years of experience in the delivery of international development assistance to developing countries, and at least five (5) years in a management capacity overseeing program delivery in the developing world.
Relevant foreign language skills are not required but preferred.
Skills and Abilities
Strong background in water resources management and/or climate change adaptation.
Experience in managing partnerships and/or engagement processes involving diverse stakeholders is highly preferred.
Experience with integrated programs involving multiple objectives, including those related to gender, natural resources management, WASH, food security, and/or livelihoods, is highly preferred.
Experience building good working relationships with local and international partners, including government authorities, NGOs, technical partners, and bilateral and multilateral donors is highly desirable. Must be team player with very strong diplomatic skills.
Demonstrated capacity to lead and manage large government agency-funded projects. USAID project management experience highly desirable.
Program management skills must include i) program planning, ii) technical direction and oversight and iii) program administration and financial management.
Position requires excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
Fluency in written and verbal English is essential.
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