Advisor I, Urban Sanitation Specialist
Location: Kisumu
Location type: On Site
Reports to: Deputy Chief of Party USAID Western Kenya Sanitation Project
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USAID Western Kenya Sanitation Project (WKSP) is a five (5) year project being implemented in Busia, Bungoma, Homa Bay, Kakamega, Kisii, Kisumu, Migori, and Siaya counties. The overall goal of the project is to create a financially sustainable, transformative, replicable, and locally owned sanitation marketplace in the target counties of western Kenya. The objectives to achieve this goal are (1) increased access to and uptake of market based improved sanitation and FSM products and services, (2) increased access to and uptake of market based improved MHM products and services at the household level, and (3) strengthened policy and regulatory environments and increased capacity of county government officials to effect lasting change in sanitation management.
Through the achievement of the above objectives, it is expected that in five years, the target counties will have laid the groundwork for a financially sustainable, transformative, and locally owned sanitation marketplace, where customers can easily find and procure the products and services that they need and where enterprises are motivated to improve products and services and to invest in marketing and sales.
PSI seeks an Advisor I, Urban Sanitation Specialist for the USAID Western Kenya Sanitation project. The Advisor I, Urban sanitation specialist will be responsible for implementation of urban sanitation interventions in Siaya, Bungoma, Busia and Kakamega Counties.
What You'll Do
Contribute to the development and implementation of the USAID Western Kenya Sanitation Project technical activities and strategy. Oversee specific project deliverables to ensure they are completed on time and in accordance with PSI quality standards.
This will entail working in close collaboration with the water and sanitation service providers and feacal sludge management service providers to promote access to both sewered and non-sewered sanitation services in the respective counties.
The urban sanitation specialist will further be responsible for the delivery of innovative and sustainable Feacal sludge management services and uptake in the target counties.
He/She will engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure project deliverables are achieved. This will also entail contributing to internal and external capacity building effforts.
Contribute to regular reporting on program activities, including documenting key learnings and guidelines. Contribute to the timely preparation and submission of project technical reports for management and donors' decision-making process. Synthesize lessons learnt documentation and dissemination of best practices.
Contribute to development of project technical guidance. Provide technical assistance and/or training to build capacity of project staff, partners, and stakeholders to effectively deliver desired project results.
Undertake regular field monitoring of technical activities to ascertain progress and utilization of resources against the workplan and make timely recommendations for follow-up. Provide inputs to the project's program management team for the development of budgets and budget realignments by project's program management team.
Embody PSI’s values: Measurement, Pragmatism, Honesty, Trust, Collaboration, and Commitment.
This is not an exhaustive list of all tasks that an incumbent is expected to perform but is instead a summary of the primary responsibilities and requirements of the job. The incumbent may be asked to perform duties not included above. PSI reserves the right to revise job profiles at any time based on changes to the required job responsibilities.
What You'll Bring
We know that a long list of requirements may be discouraging, but don’t let imposter syndrome or the confidence gap get in the way of you applying — we’d love to hear from you.
Why Work at PSI?
PSI's work is about enabling families to live happy and healthy lives—we think this should apply to our employees, too.
Salary Ranges:*
PSI is committed to pay equity and transparency. We ensure pay meets the market within each country. This approach minimizes our impact on local talent markets and allows PSI to attract and retain employees, while staying cost-competitive.
Actual base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, experience, internal equity, external market analysis, and other business factors permitted by law. Hiring above the mid-point of the range below would not be typical in order to allow for potential future salary growth.
PSI is offering the following gross annual salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:
About PSI
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References will be required. The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check. For US based positions: Must be authorized to work in Kenya. N.B. PSI will not consider work visa sponsorship for this position.
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