WIN Program Manager

Overview

The Water Integrity Network (WIN) is an action oriented coalition of individuals and organizations from all stakeholder groups that support increasing Water Integrity (WI) to benefit poor people by helping to prevent or reduce corruption across the water sector. The WIN Secretariat, hosted and legally represented by Transparency International in Berlin, seeks a highly motivated professional for the position of Programme Manager.

Main function

The WIN Programme Manager leads and ensures the successful development, funding, implementation and monitoring of WIN Partnership Programmes that are implemented under the WIN Global Strategy 2011-2016. S/he ensures that implementing partners and WIN-S staff meet all donor contractual obligations and provides strategic guidance to partners and WIN-S staff involved in programme implementation.

Details

• Starting date: As soon as possible
• Duration: limited to 2 years with the possibility of extension
• Location: TI/WIN - Secretariat, Berlin, Germany
• Department: WIN-S
• Reporting lines: WIN Director

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain WIN programmes and sub-projects supporting the goals of the WIN Global Strategy 2011-2016
• Strategise, identify, communicate and pursue in a timely manner potential funding opportunities – traditional and non-traditional – for Network Alliances Initiatives, WIN Programmes, and specific projects
• Develop effective internal coordination, knowledge sharing and learning by working closely with other WIN-S staff and strategic partners of WIN
• Ensure the successful implementation, management, and monitoring of funded regional and multi-country programmes, overseeing budget and timing of execution
• Ensure that appropriate, user-friendly systems and procedures (e.g. work-plans, financial management, reporting cycles and information systems) are in place, understood and used consistently across all regional and multi-country partnership programmes
• Develop accurate and high-quality financial and narrative reports for internal and external audiences, ensuring that all donors’ contractual obligations (e.g. financial management, fund transfer requests, procurement regulations) are met in a professional, transparent and timely manner
• Manage, develop and support WIN-S staff contributing to programme implementation under their regional responsibilities

Knowledge, experience and skills

• Postgraduate university degree or professional qualification in environmental science, engineering, public policy or administration, business administration, economics, management, or another relevant field
• 7+ years of relevant experience with an international NGO or international organization with a demonstrated track record in project development, management and fundraising, particularly in the water sector, public sector reforms, social development, or international development
• Extensive project and programme management experience (planning, budgeting, implementation, review)
• Proven people management skills
• Monitoring and evaluation skills
• Fluency in English, French and/or Spanish

Other information

The WIN secretariat is located in Berlin (Germany) with a programme liaison office at the WIN Foundation in The Hague (The Netherlands). It offers an inspiring work environment with learning opportunities and support.

To apply

Qualified candidates should submit a cover letter and CV to: [email protected]. Deadline for applications is 25 November 2012. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Transparency International is an equal opportunity employer.

To learn more about WIN and Transparency International, visit http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net and www.transparency.org