Country Representative Mozambique

• Position type : Permanent
• Deadline : 26 May 2015
• Salary : Competitive with excellent benefits

It’s hard to believe that today 748 million people still don’t have clean, safe water and 2.5 billion live without a toilet. The resulting diseases kill one child every minute.

WaterAid is looking for a Country Representative to play a vital role in our mission to transform lives with safe water, sanitation and hygiene in the world’s poorest communities. Only half of households in Mozambique have access to clean, safe water and more than 9,000 children die every year from diarrhoea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation in Mozambique.

The Country Representative (CR) will provide strategic leadership to the Country Programme (CP), and will contribute to the global leadership of WaterAid. The CR achieves this by steering the direction of the CP through leading the development and implementation of five year strategies that focus on bringing about the transformation changes needed to achieve universal and sustainable access to water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030.

The CR empowers and develops staff and partners to influence and support public and private institutions to improve policies, processes, financing and practice to deliver on this, focusing particularly on empowering the poorest and most excluded. Through this they contribute to wider poverty reduction and human development.

To be successful, you’ll need to be an influencer and a strategic systems thinker, with a clear vision of what needs to change, what drives change and how change can be supported.  You will be highly experienced and a capable leader who is able to rally a highly capable team behind a common vision and purpose. Proven experience of heading a Country Programme or Office is essential. You will have a sound knowledge of the key relevant development sectors, preferably the WASH sector, or health, education and environment.

Please find the job description here: Job description - CR - Mozambique

By 2030 we want everyone, everywhere to have clean water and sanitation. We need you to help us make it happen. If you bring your expertise, passion and professionalism, we’ll give you a lot back. 

Working with us, you will be entitled to a wide range of employee benefits, such as joining a pension scheme, group life insurance and medical insurance with the nominated WaterAid provider.

How to apply:

We have exclusively retained Mission Talent to manage this recruitment process on our behalf. Applications must be addressed to Mission Talent via email toapplications@missiontalent.com stating WA-CR-MOZ/+your surname in the subject line. More information about the role and how to apply can be found onhttp://www.missiontalent.com/en/positions/WA-CR-MOZ/