Full-Time Regional Program Officer – Africa
Job Description
Water For People is a global nonprofit working across nine countries, bringing together communities, local entrepreneurs, and governments to build and maintain water and sanitation services that will last. We have a sustainable solution to end the global water and sanitation crisis, and our employees across the world help drive this solution.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
The Regional Program Officer (RPO) – Africa supports the overall development, implementation, and promotion of Water For People’s programmatic work in Africa, which currently includes four Country Programs in Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. You will collaborate with Country, Regional, and Global teams on evidence-based planning and adaptive management of programs in achievement of impact and revenue targets. The RPO represents and promotes Water For People’s programs in communications and fundraising efforts, and provides grant management and business development support. This position is critical to the coordination and consolidation of information flows from Africa country programs throughout the rest of the organization.
As a member of the Strategic Accountability and Adaptation team, you will champion the organization’s Destination 2030 (D30) strategy by contributing to monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and learning throughout the year.
IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL
Facilitate evidence-based programmatic planning in the region
- Support the development and review of country strategies and implementation plans guided by Destination 2030 vision and strategy.
- Lead review of planning and reporting documents, including Multiannual Operational Plans, Costs to Reach Everyone, and Tracking Spreadsheet, among others.
- Support annual planning and reporting processes which include: updating Multiannual Operational Plans, Biannual Reports, Tracking Spreadsheet templates, among others, in coordination with other RPOs and Strategic Accountability and Adaptation team
Promote adaptive management of programs through Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)
- In coordination with other RPOs and support from Global Programs, lead on preparation of materials for Country Program Reflection Sessions to help promote adaptation in programming at country level.
- Facilitate country-level updates to the Sustainable Services Checklist, Water For People’s annual district WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) sustainability assessment.
- In collaboration with Global and in-country Monitoring & Evaluation colleagues, compile, analyze, and track WASH outputs and progress toward strategic objectives for internal and external audiences.
- In collaboration with MEL colleagues and technical advisers ensure that equity and inclusion monitoring, adaptation, and planning gets incorporated across reflection and planning processes and program design.
Execute effective grant management for Africa country programs.
- Serve as the main link to Donor Impact (DI) team from the Global Programs team for all programmatic information needed from Africa country programs for pitching to donors.
- Maintain programmatic information such as people reached through WASH interventions.
- Understand current revenue situation and goals, including links between budgets, secured, and potential funding sources.
- Serve as Global Programs-designated reviewer on all active and prospective grants ensuring programmatic and data accuracy for all proposals and reports specific to the Africa region.
- Participate in Grants Unit meetings to help identify Africa country programs’ grant management needs, upcoming proposals/reports, and business development resource needs.
- Participate in regional meetings and support country programs with project design, concept note, and proposal writing, for relationships with complex programmatic planning and reporting requirements, as assigned.
Manage clear communication flows across the organization regarding programmatic information.
- Work closely with other RPOs and others on the Strategic Accountability and Adaptation team to foster global consistency across aspects of reporting, planning, and communications.
- Serve as the central point of contact in Global Hub for Africa country programs.
- Serve as the main link to Donor Impact team from the Global Programs team for all programmatic information needed from Africa for Marketing & Communications products.
- Understand and communicate organizational approach in different contexts to different internal and external audiences, including current and potential donors, and sector partners.
- Provide programmatic review or additional information in various internal communication tools.
- Provide up-to-date information on programs in Africa for the organization including challenges, status of impact goals, learning points, evaluation and program documentation.
- Other duties as assigned by Africa Regional Director or Director of Strategic Accountability and Adaptation
YOU WILL EXCEL IN THIS ROLE IF YOU HAVE
- Bachelor’s Degree in international development or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in related field.
- Good “people skills” and situation judgment in dealing effectively with a variety of constituencies, such as team members in multiple countries, donors, volunteers, people of all ranks and representatives of related organizations.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating and monitoring multiple projects, with the aptitude to proactively problem solve and respond creatively to adjustments to the project approach.
- Strong understanding of Microsoft Office programs including Word, Power Point, Outlook, and with emphasis in Excel.
BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE
- Master’s Degree in relevant field preferred
- At least one year of work experience in a developing country, preferably in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Experience with nonprofit business development, including support to large activities funded by entities such as USAID, FCDO or GIZ.
- Experience in or familiarity with the water, sanitation and hygiene sector; with international development organizations and foundations; and with partner organizations.
Don’t meet every single requirement but you are excited about this role? Water For People is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so we encourage you to apply even if your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification listed above. We also value your volunteer work in any philanthropic organization and feel that your volunteer contributions may help us build critical competencies. Please feel free to include all qualifying volunteer experience.
MORE ABOUT THIS ROLE
- Ability to travel up to 15% of the time domestically and internationally to low- and middle-income countries where travel sometimes is rugged.
- Required to work a flexible schedule including hours outside of normal business hours to engage in meetings across a range of time zones as well as while traveling and when hosting visitors.
- This position may be based at Water For People Headquarters in Denver, Colorado, with flexibility to work from home; or work 100% remotely (work-from-home) based in any US state except CA, NJ, NY, VT, and WA.
- Open office environment if choosing to work in the Greenwood Village Office.
Note: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.
Salary Range:
US anticipated salary range: $58,000 – $68,000 a year. The actual salary will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors.
OUR BENEFITS:
Benefits are one of the ways we encourage healthy living for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind, and social well-being. To that end, we provide a global Telehealth benefit and a fitness perk to address your holistic health. Healthy living also includes paid time off and a generous retirement savings plan.
Water For People cannot provide immigration sponsorship for this position.
Water For People is committed to protecting children encountered during our work and by our employees, preventing sexual abuse and exploitation of all individuals with a particular focus on women and children and other marginalized communities in the performance of our work, preventing human trafficking in the performance of our work and in our supply chain and to having a drug-free workplace. During the recruitment processes, additional documentation will be requested to comply with our policies and in accordance with the legal requirements in your country of residency, this includes a background check. If you apply for employment, we want you to be aware of our recruitment, selection and hiring processes including important policies regarding employee conduct.
Water For People is an equal opportunity employer who is committed to creating a culture of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in our workplace. For this position we strongly encourage women and people with disabilities to apply. Water for people strives to create and maintain a level of diversity that reflects the communities we serve. Achieving this—regardless of race, ethnicity, ancestry, tribal affiliation, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, veteran status, disability, socioeconomic class, educational attainment, or other social identities is critical to our ability to have a world where every person has access to reliable and safe water and sanitation services.
Our commitment ensures that we:
- Have a different array of thinking that comes from diverse backgrounds and cultures, enabling us to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges.
- Strive for a culture of inclusion and belonging by treating each other with dignity, respect, and appreciation enabling us to feel welcome, supported, and valued.
- Effectively connect, communicate, and build long-lasting relationships with stakeholders within our diverse communities.
- Have diversity of thought, perspectives, backgrounds, identities, and talents that will support our mission to develop high-quality drinking water and sanitation services are available to Everyone Forever.
How to Apply
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