Post of Duty: Washington D.C – USA

The IDB Group is a community of diverse, versatile, and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.

About this position:

SIRWASH aims at improving enabling policy, innovation and knowledge exchange environments and fostering the necessary capacities to deliver sustainable quality WASH services to rural communities with a particular focus on the vulnerable and disadvantaged people in Latin America and the Caribbean. The consultant will be accountable to the WSA Division Chief for all substantive, functional and delivery of tasks and will be under the supervision of IDB’s Water and Sanitation Specialist in Headquarters for daily management and administrative operations.

We are looking for a knowledgeable, organized, and proactive consultant to support the coordination of SIRWASH. You will support the implementation and promotion of SIRWASH Initiative (Sustainable and Innovative Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services) at national, regional, and global level.

You will work in the Water and Sanitation Division (WSA) part of Infrastructure and Energy Department (INE). This team is responsible for the sectoral dialogue, knowledge generation and dissemination, and the identification, design, and supervision of the execution of technical cooperation and investment projects that seek to ensure universal and sustainable access to inclusive quality, affordable, resilient and sustainable water and sanitation services; as well as urban solid waste management services, in order to contribute to social development and sustainable economic growth.

This consultancy falls within the framework of the non-reimbursable Regional Technical Cooperation for the SIRWASH project – Mechanism for Sustainable and Innovative Services for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Rural Areas (RG-O1691 and RG-T3712), approved on December 10, 2020. The project SIRWASH arises from the request of the Swiss Government, through its agency SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) to the IDB to execute it with the aim of improving innovation, knowledge exchange and regulatory environments, promoting the necessary capacity to provide quality and sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services to rural communities, especially vulnerable and disadvantaged populations. SIRWASH runs in 4 countries, which includes Haiti, Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru, and also at regional level and globally promoting south south exchange.

What you’ll do:

• Support SIRWASH coordination: operational aspects and project management (meetings, planning, workshops, monitoring, etc.) with SIRWASH team headquarters and SIRWASH projects in LAC (Perú, Brazil, Haiti, and Bolivia).
• Prepare technical information, inputs from rural wash actors and main rural wash topics from LAC to develop in webinars, workshops, and exchanges with other regions.
• Support coordination activities and meetings and provide information needed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) during the external evaluation of SIRWASH.
• Support execution of country specific SIRWASH activities.
• Contribute to the preparation, execution, reporting, and evaluation of Technical Cooperation Operations (TCs) and Investment Grants within the Initiative.
• Support the south-south exchange of lessons learned and knowledge management by enhancing south-south cooperation and learning in coordination with SIRWASH-IDB and SDC.
• Lead the youth initiative within SIRWASH, proposing action lines to strengthen the participation of young professionals in the rural sector while adhering to budget constraints and program framework.
• Contribute to articulate and coordinate all the Bank´s activities in rural areas in the WASH sector.

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