Job Vacancy at WaterAid Ghana – Country Director

It's hard to believe that today 771 million people do not have clean water and 1.7 billion do not have a decent toilet - around 1 in 5 of the world's population. Every two minutes a child under five dies from diarrheal diseases caused by poor water and sanitation.

WaterAid is looking for Country Director for its Ghana Country Programme, to play a vital role in our mission to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere by 2030.

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The primary purpose of the Country Director (CD) is to provide leadership to the Country Programme (CP) and to contribute to the regional and global leadership of WaterAid. The CD achieves this by steering the direction of the Senior Management Team and the Country Programme and empowering and developing staff and partners. As well as influencing public and private institutions on the impact that improvements in safe water and improved sanitation and hygiene can make to the poorest and most excluded - therefore contributing to wider poverty reduction and human development.

How to Apply

If you are interested in the position and have the right skills and attributes, send your application, consisting of a letter of interest and a CV to ghrecruitment@wateraid.org, using Application for Country Director, Ghana as the subject of the email.

Deadline to apply: 20th March 2022

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Only candidates shortlisted for interviewing will be contacted.

Please note that to apply for this role you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in Ghana.

The Country Director will:

• Lead the process of developing a new country strategy for WaterAid's operations in Ghana that is well aligned with the Global Strategy
• Lead and manage all WaterAid's initiatives in Ghana (including but not limited to policy, advocacy and influencing and ensure quality programme delivery and networking with sector actors to ensure the successful delivery of WaterAid's mission in Ghana among others

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S/he will report to the Regional Director of West Africa and serve as a key member of the WaterAid West Africa Regional Leadership Team

To be successful, you will need to have:

• Proven experience of leading a Country Programme/Office in an International Development setting
• Strategic leadership and management of a multi-disciplinary team of professionals, preferably in water and sanitation sector.
• Experience in strategic planning and development in a senior management capacity.
• Experience of developing key strategic and operational partnerships with national level NGOs and government authorities for programme, policy and advocacy interventions.
• Experience of raising funds from government and/or international agencies (bilateral/multilateral), managing large budgets with diverse international donor base.
• Leading on engagement with national governments, bilateral and multi-lateral agencies on policy influencing.
• Proven leadership skills, collaboration and strategic management skills

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WaterAid is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We particularly encourage applications from women who are underrepresented at this level in the organisation.

No recruitment agencies please.

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