charitywater - charity: water - Water Programs Manager

• 5+ years of experience managing a WASH funding portfolio at a grantmaking organization or developing WASH programs in international contexts • A bachelor degree’s in a related field • Demonstrated ability to manage partnerships or programs against a defined performance framework, including defining objectives, tracking progress, and supporting action on the results • Experience engaging external technical resources to compliment in-house capacity • A desire to manage and develop a team in knowledge and capacity • A Master’s degree in a related field, including public health, environmental engineering, or water science • Managed sustainable rural WASH grant portfolios or partnerships • Experience capacity-building with international NGO partners, especially in West Africa • Fluency in French • Direct international experience implementing WASH programs, including experience with monitoring and evaluation, budget analysis, and data collection platforms • YOU’LL BE SUCCESSFUL IF... • You guide the team • You are skilled at accomplishing things through other people. You can run multiple work streams that extend far beyond your immediate team. You can provide sound guidance for peers, subordinates, and partners, and you know when to bring in external technical expertise rather than going it alone. • You have a proven track record, where it matters • You have more than five years of direct experience in project management in low and middle-income countries. The water and sanitation sector is nothing new to you. • You’re a great communicator • You can demonstrate effective partner relationship management by ensuring concise communications of needs and requirements. You operate with poise, dignity, and reliability in both your personal and professional worlds. • You’re so organized, it’s embarrassing • When something doesn’t have a place, you make one for it and teach others to keep it that way. You can handle and prioritize multiple projects of various origins at once. You can turn any meeting or email thread into actionable items for multiple people. • You stay on top of it all • You have excellent communication skills, both while speaking and in writing. You have professional candor and you're great at resolving problems quickly and effectively. • You work well with people... no matter how many oceans stand between you • You have experience working across cultures. You're attuned to the inherent hurdles that exist in working across the world to build a program. • You're an avid team player • You're confident in your skills and not afraid to speak your mind, but you know how to put the team first. • Fluency in French • You guide the team