Recrutement de 01 Senior Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist

Recrutement de 01 Senior Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist
Niveau d'études: Bac + 5 ou plus
Expérience: 5 ans
Expire le: 13-10-2023

World Bank
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Senior Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist

Job #: req24398
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Water/Sanitation
Grade: GG
Term Duration: 2 years 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso
Required Language(s): English and French
Preferred Language(s): English and French
Closing Date: 10/13/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Western and Central Africa (AFW) Region

We need the best and brightest talent focused on Sub-Saharan African countries in order to harness the potential and innovation happening across the continent. Africa is a continent on the move, with a young population and a growing market of nearly 1.2bn people. We are committed to making the Africa regional teams into leading innovation hubs.

Yet, these vast opportunities are tempered by persistent gaps in education, health, and skills, which have Africa only reaching forty percent of its estimated potential. Moreover, conflict, food insecurity, population growth, and the disruptive forces of climate change threaten to curtail or even reverse the progress that has been made over the past decades.

In West and Central Africa, the World Bank is a leading partner with a growing portfolio of 387 projects totaling more than $44.1 billion in areas such as agriculture, trade and transport, energy, education, health, water, and sanitation- all to support job creation, gender equality, poverty reduction, and better lives. Across the continent, the World Bank’s program has nearly doubled over the last 10 years. By 2030, about 87% of the world’s extreme poor are projected to live in Sub-Saharan Africa, so this is where our mission to end extreme poverty and to promote shared prosperity will be achieved. Are you ready to make an impact? We are looking for dedicated professionals to join our innovative and diverse team to improve people’s lives and help countries build back better after COVID.


https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/western-and-central-africa

Water Global Practice and the Sustainable Development Practice Group

The water challenges of the world are tremendous. For human development, livable cities, food security, and energy security the need for better water resources management is growing. Even today, 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation, of which 1 billion people practice open defecation. Poor sanitation, including inadequate wastewater collection and treatment, impacts health, education, the environment, and industries such as tourism. At least 800 million people lack access to safe drinking water. The lack of access to safe water and sanitation results in significant economic losses in many countries. This is further exacerbated by climate change, water pollution, water scarcity, and the global covid-19 pandemic in a fast-changing world.

Globally, the World Bank Group finances water development through projects, policy lending and technical assistance in the fields of sustaining water resources, delivering services (both in water in agriculture as in water supply and sanitation) and building resilience, the Water Global Practice (GP) also seeks to ensure that water issues are effectively addressed across all related sub-sectors, such as agriculture (ensuring sustainable water availability for irrigation), climate change and disaster risk management, and energy (hydropower). In each sub-sector, an integrated approach is adopted which considers investment alongside issues such as governance, institutions, and policies. WIA (Water in Agriculture) projects focus on all aspects of agricultural water management, from governance in service delivery, to modernization of irrigation, farmer led irrigation, water accounting and resilience through improved agricultural water practices. The Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) projects include rural and urban water and sanitation services, hygiene behavior, improving the efficiency of utilities, and provision of services to the poor. The Water Resources Management (WRM) projects include integrated water resource management, including groundwater management, dam safety, and flood management. Each team member is connected globally to these broad themes through the Global Solutions Groups (GSGs).

The Water GP is housed within the Sustainable Development Practice Group, which brings together the cross-cutting sectors of Water with Agriculture, Environment, Social Inclusion, and Urban and Disaster Risk Management.

Country Management Unit Context

Within the West and Central Africa Region, the hiring unit (SAWW1) is responsible for ensuring the translation of the World Bank’s Africa Regional Strategy and the Water Global Practice’s Water Security Strategy into practical results relevant to 13 countries. The hiring unit has an active portfolio of investments and lending projects in Burkina Faso under implementation, focusing on water supply, sanitation, irrigation, and water resources management. In all cases, these require intensive engagement with government counterparts, and other stakeholders to ensure local ownership, capacity and sustained focus on implementation for results.

As a result, The World Bank is locally recruiting one Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, a Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situation (FCS). The successful candidate will report to the SAWW1 Water Practice Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities

The assignment requires an extensive understanding of the country’s issues, as well as a solid base of experience in working with global, regional and country clients and partners. Under the supervision and guidance of senior water and sanitation specialists, the Senior Water Specialist will work as part of the country and task teams with a specific focus on:

Strategies, Planning and Policies:

• Assist in the process of formulation of country sector strategies in the water and sanitation sector. Participate in the reviews of different sector policies, legal and regulatory frameworks for the water and sanitation sector;
• Assist in the identification and preparation of projects;
• Liaise with and support teams from other GPs of the World Bank (e.g., human development, urban, environment, energy, agriculture) with the aim to ensure that water-related issues are addressed consistently across various programs in the Bank;
• Participate in policy dialogue, together with other development partners, with key stakeholders in the country;
• As appropriate, with the Bank team, advise government counterparts on policy, institutional, and technical matters associated with the Bank’s water program; and
• Prepare reports, summaries, briefs and talking points on water-related projects and programs, business plans and strategies.
Projects implementation
• Participate in the design, preparation and implementation of water activities in Burkina Faso which will include incorporating key cross-cutting issues such as gender and climate change;
• Participate and assist multidisciplinary supervision missions covering all phases of the project cycle;
• Identify implementation issues related to projects/programs in the sector;
• Working closely with client institutions to support effective implementation of WB supported programs;
• Maintaining effective relationships with relevant governmental, non-governmental, donor and other stakeholders;
• Carry out the planning and organization of workshops on Bank procedures and deliverables; and
• Encourage clients to use disruptive technology and ICT to speed up project implementation.
Institutional and analytical work
• Support the design, preparation and implementation of sector strategies, studies, analytical work, policy work, and advisory activities;
• Staying informed on the status of the water sector and its institutions, as well as relevant donor, private sector and NGO initiatives;
• Participating in and eventually leading task teams for production of analytical studies and preparation and implementation support to investment and policy-oriented projects;
• Identifying and sharing with client, relevant expertise and examples within and outside the World Bank; and
• Identifying and supporting water sector linkages to the Bank’s country strategy and the work of other sectoral teams.
Monitoring & Evaluation
• Monitor and assess the implementation of sector portfolio;
• Ensure prompt preparation of quality and consistency related to sector portfolio management, including quality control; and
• Prepare timely reports on project implementation and progress.

Selection Criteria

• At least a master’s degree in water resources, hydrology, hydraulics, sanitation, environment, civil engineering, or a related discipline with a focus on water supply and sanitation;
• Recognized technical, operational, and/or policy-oriented expertise, and at least 10 years of relevant work experience. This experience may include work in governments, academia, private companies, consulting firms, and multilateral institutions;
• Knowledge of water resources management (WRM) and water supply and sanitation services delivery (WSS), utility/institutional reform and public-private partnerships, sector coordination and policy dialogue, private sector participation and pro-poor strategy and program development;
• Prior work experience and results on the ground and hands-on experience with Government counterpart agencies;
• Ability to think innovatively and strategically in dealing with technical and/or policy issues while maintaining a strong client focus;
• Effective verbal, analytical and written communication skills in English and a demonstrated ability to produce high-quality documents and analytical reports;
• Sound knowledge of the water sector issues in Burkina Faso;
• Knowledge of cross-cutting issues related to the water sector: climate change, environmental and social issues, inclusion, and poverty reduction;
• A high degree of dynamism and self-motivation, as well as the ability to work with minimal supervision;
• Excellent teamwork skills; and
• Ability to use new information technologies.

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