Position: Manager- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

Organization: Manager- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

Location: Delhi

Roles and Responsibilities:

The tasks to be undertaken by the Manager would include (but not be restricted to):

• Responsible for overall project management, effective delivery of project, project risk identification & mitigation and overseeing project financing
• He/she would be responsible for training and capacity building of project team, review work undertaken and coordinate with client
• He/She would be point person contact with the client and would be responsible for all communication with client
• Guide the team to conduct primary and secondary research, undertake stakeholder consultation and undertake analysis of research.
• Engage with internal/external stakeholders to understand their WASH business
• Organize stakeholder consultations to understand the WASH needs
• Reach out to the private/corporate stakeholders and seek their buy in for the project
• Support project teams in building compelling presentations conveying key messages in a clear way
• Support team in organizing the knowledge dissemination workshops and thought leadership
• Undertake travel to other cities to engage with stakeholder
• Undertake meetings with client on regular basis and update them on the progress
• Provide direction to team to incorporate GESI framework in project development
• Engage timely with community to create awareness on WASH issues.
• Support team in analyzing and validating the monitoring and evaluation framework of the project.

Education and Experience:

Master’s in social science / Bachelor’s degree in engineering / MSC environment with additional qualification in management would be preferred. It is desirable that the candidate have more than 12 years’ related experience (environment/social) in consulting or industry or not for profit; Prior experience on project management is a must.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Analytical skills to quickly understand technical features and market dynamics and tackle
• challenging questions and solve complex business issues with moderate support from teams
• Excellent planning, organization and time management skills.
• Strong communications skills including written and presentation.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and to facilitate and resolve cross-functional activities and issues.
• Result-oriented individual with outstanding interpersonal skills to perform effectively within a matrixed organization in an ambiguous and dynamic work environment
• Rigorous primary and secondary research skills to collect and organize technical and market information to enable innovation insights and commercialization strategies.