The Kenya Integrated Water,
Sanitation, and Hygiene (KIWASH) Project is a five-year, USAID-funded project
to improve lives and health through the development and management of
sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene services in Kenya.
Environmental Sustainability Specialist
Summary of Primary Duties: The
Environmental Sustainability Specialist will design and lead activities to
incorporate climate change adaptation planning into source water monitoring and
quality protection.
He or she will use geospatial data to
track trends around flooding and drought, promote innovations to adapt and
track climate changes, and promote real-time water source monitoring.
He or she will support the KIWASH
team, county governments, Water Service Providers (WSPs), and Water Resource
Users Associations (WRUAs) to carry out water safety and security analyses and
to integrate these analyses into business plans and broader land and watershed
management plans.
Essential Duties
Essential Duties
- Provide technical assistance and mentoring to
County Water Boards, WRUAs, and WSPs to develop and monitor County Water
Security Plans;
- Design and lead activities to expand source
water quality protection and utilize climate change data for adaption
planning;
- Support utilization of geospatial data to
track trends around flooding and drought, promote innovations to adapt and
track climate changes, and promote real-time water source monitoring;
- Support county governments, WSPs, and WRUAs to
incorporate climate change data into planning and monitoring efforts;
- Assist with the development of the KIWASH
Learning Platform and provide training and mentoring to county
governments, WSPs, and WRUAs to incorporate climate change data into
planning and monitoring efforts;
- Promote holistic attention to the natural
resource base upon which water supply services ultimately depend to
promote the sustainability of the services themselves;
- Assist with the examinations of options for
safe re‐use of human
waste in agricultural or agro‐processing
applications (for fertilizer, energy, etc.), and possibly to create
synergies with other Mission
investments;
- Increase climate change resiliency in drinking
water source planning, development and design of systems/services; Make
presentations of findings, lessons learned of the proposed climate change
adaptation plans to USAID and KIWASH partners;
- Contribute to the KIWASH bi-weekly, quarterly,
annual and final reports as well as annual work plans;
- Coordinate input for KIWASH monitoring and
evaluation, specifically for tasks related climate change adaptation;
- Write occasional articles and/or essays on
KIWASH achievements in climate change adaptation work;
- Other tasks as required
Supervisory Responsibilities
- No supervisory responsibilities.
Qualifications
- A minimum of 5 years of professional
experience in fields related to environmental sustainability and climate
change mitigation;
- Experience and knowledge of working with
Kenyan WSPs, WRUAs, and County Water Boards, and NGO’s/ Associations;
- An advanced graduate degree in a related field
of study preferred, e.g. environmental science, sustainable design, public
health, governance, engineering, etc.;
- Knowledge of Kenyan water supply and
sanitation and environmental legislation and issues preferred;
- Familiarity with Government of Kenya
structures and reporting systems required for the monitoring of water
quality (Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB), Water Resources
Management Information System (WRMIS) and Water Regulation Information
System (WARIS), desirable;
- Familiarity of the WHO Water Safety Planning
Methodology desirable;
- English language written and verbal fluency
essential.
Base of Operations: Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travel to KIWASH
activity counties.
Reporting: The Environmental Sustainability Specialist will report to the Water/Sanitation Advisor.
Qualified candidates should e-mail their CV to KIWASH_Recruitment@dai.com by November 12, 2015, indicating position of interest in the subject line.
Reporting: The Environmental Sustainability Specialist will report to the Water/Sanitation Advisor.
Qualified candidates should e-mail their CV to KIWASH_Recruitment@dai.com by November 12, 2015, indicating position of interest in the subject line.
GIS Specialist
Summary of Primary Duties: The GIS Manager will develop and maintain KIWASH systems and processes for spatial planning, GIS data collection, and digital mapping.
Summary of Primary Duties: The GIS Manager will develop and maintain KIWASH systems and processes for spatial planning, GIS data collection, and digital mapping.
He or she will collaborate with the
technical, M&E, and communications teams to support the production of maps
for technical work as well as program communications and contribute to KIWASH
reporting.
He or she will provide GIS training
to KIWASH staff and partners.
Essential Duties
Essential Duties
- Develop and maintain KIWASH systems for spatial
planning, GIS data collection, and mapping;
- Provide technical support for the production
of maps and other graphics for technical work and program communications;
- Provide GIS training to KIWASH staff and
partners;
- Contribute to regular KIWASH reports (monthly,
quarterly, annual) and specialized reports;
- Produce timely and accurate maps for program
activities as well as provide capacity-building in spatial planning and
GIS for other staff and stakeholders;
- Provide on-going advisory services to project
partners and stakeholders on how to use and integrate spatial planning and
GIS techniques effectively in water and sanitation programming;
- Support KIWASH Water/Sanitation Advisor with
GIS/mapping information, tools, and partner training with direct aim to
increase access to safe WASH services;
- Support KIWASH grantees and subcontracts with
spatial planning and GIS expertise;
- Other tasks as required.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- No supervisory responsibilities.
Qualifications
- A minimum of 8 years of professional
experience in fields related to the successful design and implementation
of information technology systems and utilization of GIS.
- Evidence of strong communication skills, both
interpersonal and written.
- Advanced degree in a related field of study
preferred, e.g. information technology, GIS, urban planning, public
health, governance, etc.
- Proven experience in training on GIS.
- Knowledge of Kenyan water supply and
sanitation issues preferred.
Base of Operations: Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travel to Kisumu and
occasional travel to nine target counties.
Reporting: The Environmental Sustainability Specialist will report to the Water/Sanitation Advisor.
Qualified candidates should e-mail their CV to KIWASH_Recruitment@dai.com by November 12, 2015, indicating position of interest in the subject line.
Reporting: The Environmental Sustainability Specialist will report to the Water/Sanitation Advisor.
Qualified candidates should e-mail their CV to KIWASH_Recruitment@dai.com by November 12, 2015, indicating position of interest in the subject line.
