Sanitation and Water Services Specialist – Pretoria – Permanent
SHERQ (Safety, Health, Risk, Quality)
Pretoria – Gauteng
Sanitation and Water Services Specialist – Pretoria – Permanent
Salary: Market related
Overview:
The Specialist: Sanitation and Water role reports to the Portfolio Head: Trading Services and will be required to support and advise The Company and the local government sector in policy, financial, institutional, legislative, regulatory, technical and capacity support matters related to sanitation and hygiene practices primarily but also water services.
This position compliments the Specialist Water Services so it also serves to support water services areas of work.
Minimum Requirements and Experience:
- A Postgraduate Degree in Civil Engineering / Water or other relevant qualification
- At least 8 years’ experience operating at a senior management level within a medium-to-large-sized organization.
- At least 8 years’ experience in the water and sanitation sector.
- Experience in working directly for a municipality/metro is an advantage.
- Experience in Local Government.
- A valid code 08 drivers’ licence and own vehicle.
- Computer Literacy MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Projects.
Key Performance Areas but not limited to:
- Develop positions and effectively lobby and advocate for enabling policy, legislation, regulations, institutional arrangements and fiscal framework for local government within the sanitation and water sectors.
- Drive a sanitation strategy for The Company within the broader National Sanitation Policy Framework and provide expert sanitation, including health and hygiene related inputs to relevant intergovernmental and other structures.
- Provide expert inputs on improved sanitation service delivery, including sanitation technologies.
- Guide, support and provide expert advice to municipalities in the areas of sanitation and water services.
- Provide support towards development and training in the area of sanitation and water services.
- Conduct analysis of municipal performance in service delivery and provide guidance in respect of strategies to improve service delivery.
- Develop guidelines to assist municipalities in complying with applicable legislation and policies.
- Represent local government in the development of national and even global policy and legislation in the area of sanitation and water services.
- Undertake benchmarking and knowledge sharing of best practices to ensure effective service delivery within a municipal context.
- Be an expert resource in the area of sanitation and water services to the Portfolio Head: Trading Services and to Provincial Senior Advisors
- Participate in The Company governance structures.
Research and Benchmarking:
- Provide ongoing analysis of the key challenges and needs of municipalities in terms of delivering both sustainable water, and sanitation services to citizens.
- Conduct and interpret research in sanitation services to influence policy and provide evidence based local government inputs in term of key challenges and developments in the sector.
Represent the interests of Local Government Sector:
- Provide high quality advice on the legislative and regulatory framework of local government in particular, and of the role and impact of the other spheres of government at the local level, on those issues pertinent to area of specialisation.
- Represent The Company and municipalities at various IGR and other Fora to protect the interests of municipalities; and to disrupt structural form, policy or legislative frameworks in a particular sector, where it hinders municipal performance.
Support, Advice and Capacity building of Municipalities:
- Guide, support and provide professional advice to municipalities regarding the modernisation of service delivery.
- Provide hands-on support to strengthen municipal capacity/ improve programme implementation.
Stakeholder Management and Sponsorships:
- Assist in development and maintenance of sound relationships with relevant stakeholder groups (including civil society organisations, donors, development partners both locally and internationally)
- Identify and target potential donor organisations that could partner effectively with The Company and develop and prepare fundraising proposals and assist in the management of local government/provincial/national government interface in relation to the sector/ area of specialisation.
- Develop and maintain relevant networks (internal and external) and build partnerships with relevant stakeholders to ensure programme success and to increase The Company’s capacity to make an impact.
Business and Programme Planning:
- Coordinate and develop appropriate sections of the APP planning process, including the development of key target, timelines, consultation processes, risk analysis and resourcing requirements.
- Coordinate all reporting requirements and ensure reports are delivered on time and are accurate.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Develop and implement monitoring and evaluation process to track the progress on implementation of policies, legislative compliance and programmatic implementation in municipalities.
- Conduct impact assessments of municipal programmes.
Financial and expense monitoring:
- Assist with the preparation of annual budgets and monitoring of the monthly expenditure in area of accountability.
- Assist in the identification of potential revenue sources in area of responsibility (where applicable).
Governance, Compliance and Risk Management:
- Uphold sound corporate governance principles in the day-to-day operation of the area of responsibility/ professional discipline.
- Ensure compliance with organisational policies and procedures.
- Support the identification and mitigation of organisational and operational risks identified in the area of responsibility/ professional discipline.
NB: Should you not be contacted within 2 weeks of your application, please consider it as unsuccessful.
