Senior Project Manager at Stockholm Environment Institute

About the SuSanA project: This knowledge management platform development project is led by Stockholm Environment Institute and implemented by a consortium that includes the German International Development Cooperation Agency (GIZ), WaterAid and Oxfam, as well as specialized additional consultants.

The project will have three key outcomes:

• Improved use of SuSanA Platform by identified target groups, through a clear communications plan and platform improvements;
• Demonstrable improvements in the impact that use of the SuSanA Platform has on members’ work in sanitation;
• Strengthened governance and institutional sustainability of SuSanA as reflected in an operational plan that includes a plan for funding the budget needed to assure the future of SuSanA.

Job responsibilities

• Project leadership and operational responsibility;
• Frequent internal communications and meetings within the consortium to monitor progress and to steer the project – following work plans for each consortium member;
• Day to day Project Management assisted by SEI employees;
• Assistance in writing of the Communications Strategy and Implementation Plan;
• Assistance in implementation of the above plan;
• Liaison with the SuSanA secretariat (along with the Project Senior Advisor);
• Strategic outreach with SuSanA partners to build linkages and collaborations (in a chosen region eg East Africa);
• Building of alliances with future funding sources for SuSanA;
• Co-chair of the Project Advisory Board (alongside co-chair SuSanA Secretariat);
• Representation of the project to provide senior and high profile exposure targeted according to the Communications Strategy;
• Collaboration with the Secretariat in executing networking campaigns in the new SuSanA regional chapters (India and MENA); and
• Liaison with the Gates Foundation

Essential qualifications

• Masters or Ph.D. in sanitation or a related field (NOTE: a Master’s degree must be complemented by a minimum of five years of experience in a strong implementation, research or policy organization);
• Fluency in spoken and written English;
• Proven experience and dedicated interest in knowledge management and communications;
• Proven experience working in the thematic areas of sanitation, hygiene or water in the global South;
• Proven experience in policy-relevant and interdisciplinary research;
• Experience and proven ability to work in international, multi-disiplinary research teams;
• Proven track record of managing programmes;
• Knowledge and capability to analyse policies and programmes in the context of sanitation governance;
• Ability to prepare articles, policy briefs, working papers and other publications;
• Ability to coordinate workshops, manage publications and supervise interns;
• Ability to represent SEI at a senior level at formal meetings with partner organisations;
• Ability to work independently, without much instruction from the management, as well as being comfortable working in international teams in a virtual environment, both as team leader and as team member; and
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills for both technical and public audiences.

Desirable attributes

• Familiarity with SuSanA and other similar knowledge and communities of practice;
• Fluency or working ability in French, Spanish and/or other relevant languages;
• Experience liaising with funding agencies;
• Experience in capacity-building activities;
• Track record of publications on sanitation, hygiene and/or water issues in peer-reviewed journals and/or scientific reports; and
• Comfortable with detailed analysis and fieldwork to support research.