Agriculture, Resilience and Water. Winrock seeks a mission-driven Technical Water Director to provide technical and managerial direction to Winrock’s Water Portfolio within the Agriculture, Resilience and Water Group. The Director is the senior headquarters team leader for a portfolio of projects.
Please send your cover letter and resume to [email protected] with the subject title “Technical Director, Water”
The Director will be responsible for:
- Technical, financial and operational management of projects in the water portfolio.
- Quality control of Winrock’s water-related projects, and engagement with major donors.
- Technical case studies and lessons learned linked to water security, multiple-use water services, resource allocation, water resource financing, and resilience.
- Meeting operational, technical, and management objectives for the portfolio.
- Expanding Winrock’s portfolio of multiple-use water services, water resource management and resilience approaches through new business development.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Exceptional ability to analyze and identify problems, define obstacles and potential solutions, create consensus on course of action and utilize results to inform future analysis.
- Provide leadership and direction to HQ and field-based staff, including mentorship and supporting their professional and personal development, and promote a culture that reflects Winrock’s mission to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity and sustain natural resources.
- Work effectively with field teams, including COP, DCOP and all staff.
- Oversee timely preparation and completion of deliverables including developing timelines and assigning responsibilities.
- Prepare and effectively manage annual internal and portfolio budgets.
- Nurture a network of experts and organizations to collaborate with.
- Assist with business development outside of the project towards growing Winrock’s Water practice.
- Manage existing client and donor relationships, engaging new relationships with partners, donors, and clients through the life of project.
Education:
Master’s Degree in Water Resource Management, Hydrology, WASH, Public Administration, Public Policy, MBA or similar preferred
Experience:
- At least fifteen years demonstrated experience in management and/or technical implementation of water activities including.
- 10 years of USAID management experience required – examples include COP, portfolio manager, project manager, etc.
- Management experience in international project development and implementation, including budget and staff management, and strategic planning, is required.
- Must have established networks with organizations and clients involved in water initiatives.
- Home office experience, including managing a complex portfolio of projects from a US-based headquarters, is required.
- Demonstrated ability to hire, train and mentor staff, create and manage budgets, and cooperate effectively with other units.
- Field experience, particularly in Francophone Africa is a plus
Skills:
- Strong USAID project management skills managing complex, multifaceted, and/or multi-country projects resulting in measurable successes and program growth.
- Unwavering commitment to deliver quality programs and projects. Strong project monitoring and evaluation and CLA skills and experience required.
- Ability to identify and resolve key issues with project implementation, coordinating with senior staff, Chiefs of Party, and host governments.
- Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage, and develop high-performance teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills.
- Ability to communicate a vision and work collaboratively with field teams and the COP to operationalize plans.
- Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people.
- Passion, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed.
- Fluency in spoken and written English is mandatory. Fluency in one or more additional languages, especially French, is strongly preferred.
Please send your cover letter and resume to [email protected] with the subject title “Technical Director, Water”
Winrock International is an equal opportunity employer.
