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Team Leader, WASH-FIN

Tetra Tech ARD is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified Team Leader candidates for the USAID/WASH-FIN program.

 

Tetra Tech is implementing the USAID funded Water Sanitation and Hygiene Finance (WASH-FIN) project in South Africa aiming to close WASH Sector financing gaps. In South Africa, the program will focus on improving WASH sector financing and service delivery through support to the Treasury and selected municipalities in leveraging additional financing through private capital and/or blended finance. The program will also undertake activities in support of government’s desire to establish a fund for water and sanitation as well as for enhanced public private partnerships in the WASH sector. WASH-FIN will further undertake knowledge management activities in South Africa and engage stakeholders from the broader SADC region. Towards this end, the project has a vacancy for a Team Leader for South Africa to be based in Pretoria on a fixed term contract.

 

The South Africa Team Leader will be the main link with all partners, USAID | South Africa, and the WASH-FIN team. The South Africa Team Leader will be responsible for the performance of a wide range of program management activities and direct oversight for project administration and financial management, supervising directly full-time administrative support staff, short-term consultants, and subcontractors providing intermittent technical assistance for project execution.

 

Responsibilities:

* Provide strategic leadership to the implementation of the WASH-FIN project in South Africa.

* Build strong implementation partnerships with USAID | South Africa mission, Ministry of Water and Forestry, Municipalities, peer development agencies, thought leaders in the WASH and urban infrastructure sectors, and other key partners.

* Prepare detailed weekly and quarterly activities reports, and other intermittent reporting as required.

* Develop budgets and other resources planning for the implementation of project activities.

* Coordinate all project activities and ensure complementarity with other relevant programs financed by both USAID and other partners.

* Supervise directly full-time administrative support staff, local and international consultants hired and contracted for the project.

* Liaise with Open Capital Advisors on implementation of Component 2 of WASHFIN.

* Carry out other specific duties and tasks as may be assigned within identified competencies.

 

Essential Skills:

* Technically competent, independent and collaborative and excellent in communication and written technical reports.

* Excellent Technical Assistance management and working relationship skills with municipalities and government agencies.

* Training and capacity building skills.    

* Ability to work in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment.

* Excellent advocacy and communications skills.

 

Qualifications:

* Qualifications and skills: Master’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Economics or any other relevant degree. Excellent advocacy and communications skills are required.

* General professional experience: A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in the financing and/or service delivery of urban infrastructure in South Africa

* At least 5 years of experience in urban infrastructure issues (either engineering or financing).

* Experience in investment planning for private or public organisations.

* Experience in management of multi-disciplinary teams.

* Experience in working in a donor-funded environment.

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