Lead Water and Sanitation Specialist (Poor-inclusive Reform)

The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is an international partnership to help the poor gain sustained access to water supply and sanitation services. Administered by the World Bank with financial support from several bi- and multi-lateral and private donors, WSP is a decentralized partnership and operates through offices in Africa, East Asia, Latin America and South Asia. A major thrust of the programs is to help its clients implement actions towards meeting the water and sanitation (WSS) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as to prepare clients for the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) once these become internationally agreed. In pursuing their mission, WSP staff provides advisory support to projects and policies help identify and disseminate best practices and lessons from experience across countries, assist clients in the implementation of pilot projects to test out new ideas and facilitate informal networks of practitioners and sector stakeholders. Additional information about WSP can be found on the program website (www.wsp.org).

WSP is administratively a part of the World Bank's Transport, Water and Information & Communications Technology Department (TWI) in the Sustainable Development Network (SDN) Vice Presidency.

WSP’s recently approved FY11-15 Business Plan is based on a global strategy ‘FY2009-2018: Scaling Up Sustainable Services”, which articulates WSP’s proposed strategic response to identified sector challenges affecting the poor through capacity building, technical assistance and knowledge. The Business Plan identifies six business areas where the program could have the best opportunity to affect large-scale change in sector performance: scaling up rural sanitation and hygiene; creating sustainable services through domestic private sector participation; supporting poor-inclusive WSS sector reform; targeting the urban poor and improving services in small towns; mitigating and adapting WSS delivery to climate change impacts; and delivering WSS services in fragile states. These areas were identified through a process of embedding a results-based framework throughout WSP’s country, regional and global work programs.

As the Lead Water and Sanitation Specialist for the Pro-poor and Pro-inclusive Reform Business Area, the candidate will lead and advise on the development and implementation of WSP activities related to the poor-inclusive aspects of the WSP six global business areas, including identifying key priority areas for engagement with diverse funding and implementation partners both within and outside the World Bank Group. As a Global Business Area Leader, the candidate will also be a member of WSP’s extended Program Management Team and be expected to work closely with the Manager and PMT on the Program’s strategy and business plan.

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Lead Water and Sanitation Specialist (Poor-inclusive Reform)

Water and Sanitation

Professional & Technical

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Washington, DC

5-Nov-2012