The position of Senior Policy Advisor is a special senior advisory function at AMCOW Secretariat located in Abuja, Nigeria. The scope of responsibilities covers assistance in developing viable and effective water and sanitation Continental and sub-regional policies and guidelines with an eye to influence relevant policy-making and implementation in the sector.
The Senior Policy Advisor will lead policy engagement process of AMCOW, leading development of policy conversations with Ministers and technical staff, developing policy resources and tools, lead regional policy guidelines/frameworks development processes based on global level criteria. This function will lead matchmaking for country policy learning exchange processes by liaising with Global policy platforms such as WHO/GLAAS on policy criteria and quality monitoring and SWA on high level global platform and regional engagement to ensure there is cohesion from the global to regional level
