Lowongan The Indonesia Urban Water Sanitation and Hygiene (IUWASH)

FIELD TECHNICAL LIAISON EAST JAVA - 4 Positions


The Indonesia Urban Water Sanitation and Hygiene (IUWASH) project is a
sixty-month program funded by the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) and implemented under the leadership of DAI. IUWASH
works with government, the private sector, NGOs, community groups and other
stakeholders to improve access to safe water supply and sanitation in
Indonesia’s urban areas. The overall goal of IUWASH is to assist the
Government of Indonesia (GOI) in making significant progress in achieving
its safe water and sanitation Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets by
expanding access to these services. The expected results to be achieved are:
2 million people in urban areas gain access to improved water supply;
200,000 people in urban areas gain access to improved sanitation facilities;
and the per unit water cost paid by the poor in targeted areas decreases by
at least 20%.

To achieve the above, assistance provided by the project is divided under
three main technical components, including:

  - 1.Mobilizing demand for water supply and sanitation service delivery;
  - 2.Improving and expanding capacity for water and sanitation service
  delivery; and
  - 3.Strengthening policy and the financial enabling environment for
  improved water supply and sanitation service delivery.

IUWASH will apply different approaches and interventions with its local
partners, such as local government institutions, NGOs and communities for
the behavior change communication, capacity building and governance to
address water, sanitation and hygiene. In this respect IUWASH regional works
in the provinces of East Java will be supported by 4 (four) Field Technical
Liaison (FTL) who are based at :

·        Probolinggo                (code : FTL PBL)
1 position

·        Surabaya/Sidoarjo      (code : FTL SRB)
1 position

·        Mojokerto                  (code : FTL MJK)
            1 position

·        Gresik/Lamongan      (code : FTL GRS)
            1 position

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*RESPONSIBILITIES*

The Field Technical Liaison will contribute to the achievement of program
activities in the respective cities/districts. S/he has responsibility to
build trust between the project and the local stakeholders. S/he works side
by side with IUWASH partners on a daily basis and represent the front line
of the project.

Her/his responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

·        Support in the site selection process, community/field assessment
and identification of potential local partners for IUWASH to work with,
including local NGOs, community groups and local government entities such as
PDAM, Pokja AMPL (Dinas Kesehatan, Dinas PU, BLH, Bappeda), Puskesmas
(sanitarian), Posyandu and PKK cadres

·        Assist in the identification and development of initiatives of
local governments, PDAM, private sectors/SMEs and NGOs related to
institutional and community-based water supply and sanitation project in
urban areas

·        Support community engagement in the entire planning and
installation process of new sanitation and water supply system, including
microfinance

·        Provide supervision to and coordinate works with local NGOs
engaged in community mobilization and/or other pilot project implementation
in urban poor communities, including liaison and data collection to PDAM and
local government, for example with Pokja AMPL/Sanitation

·        Provide supports for capacity building of CBOs/communities,
training facilitation, horizontal training activities (cross visit and CBO
networking activity), behavior change campaign and microfinance

·        Support the monitoring and evaluation of the ongoing activities

·        Support the coordination of field activities with other donor and
USAID-funded projects

·        Contribute to the regular work plan, monitoring systems and
reporting of IUWASH results and outcomes, including regular submission of
field experience stories

·        Conduct other tasks as required by supervisor.

*REPORTING*

This position may require frequent travels other cities within IUWASH
project areas. S/he will report directly to Regional Coordinator for the day
to day activities* *

*QUALIFICATION*

·        Possess at least a university degree; preferably in environmental
engineering, public health or social science

·        At least 3 years of experience working on institutional and
community-based water supply and sanitation program preferably DAI/USAID
program

·        Excellent interpersonal skills, with experience in community
facilitation, training and organizing work

·        Able to work independently in limited supervision/facility as well
as a team player with a range of people

·        Ability to multi-task and flexibility to work on evenings and
weekend on occasion and to travel as and when required within the IUWASH
project area

·        Computer literate and proficient in Microsoft Office tools

·        Able to work in his/her designated areas

*APPLICATION SEND*
Please send a cover letter and complete curriculum vitae stated 3 referees
to IUWASH.recruitment@gmail.com by  12  August, 2011. Please indicate the
code of position you are applying for in the title of the email. Only
short-listed candidates will be notified.


Source : Milis TL ITS