County Market Advisor & MHM Cluster Coordinator at RTI International

Responsibilities
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Co-ordinate and actively participate in the development of county sanitation/MHM marketplace engagement
• Ensure that WKSP achieves its objectives and performance targets in the assigned
• Take lead in the development of annual county specific workplans and budget for the project.
• Adhere to WKSP programmatic policies and operational
• Take lead in county scoping and stakeholder
• Support in co-creation, implementation, and scaling of sanitation and MHM
• Develop concept notes, terms of references, presentations, and other relevant documents during the county engagement
• Work collaboratively with other County Market Advisors and WKSP partners for successful implementation of WKSP activities
• Provide day-to-day management of specific county WKSP project activities, ensuring work is completed against the scope, timelines, and
• Document the county engagement process to facilitate learning across all WKSP teams and target
• Support in programme reporting as may be required from time to
• Coordinate and actively participate in development and strengthening of markets for menstrual products and services in the assigned Cluster (Kisumu, Homa Bay, Kisii, Homa Bay counties)
• Support and strengthen County MHM Steering committees in the assigned
• Support in strengthening and monitoring MHM SBCC activities within the
• Serve as the field contact person and liaison for the grantees to deliver on their MHM work as stipulated in their

Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

The Western Kenya Sanitation Programme is ambitious intervention advancing locally owned solutions to sanitation and menstrual hygiene challenges in the target counties. It is expected that the team members must be able to work in a fast-paced, results-driven environment – with one team – one project concept. The ideal candidate should be highly motivated, entrepreneurial, resourceful, flexible, independent, and energetic with excellent communications skills, cultural sensitivity and has demonstrated experience supporting technical assistance projects.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, or other relevant fields. Post graduate training will be an added advantage.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• At least five (5) years’ experience in the design, implementation, and monitoring of Sanitation projects with hands on experience in Market Based Sanitation and Menstrual Hygiene Management programming.

Skills and Competencies.

• Excellent knowledge of Market Based Sanitation and Menstrual Hygiene Management programming.
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Strong interpersonal skills working with cross cultural and multi diverse
• Excellent analytical skills, as well as the ability to express facts and ideas in a clear, convincing, and organized manner and good writing
• Highly organized and able to set priorities and handle multiple competing time and resource demands.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Willing to travel across the county of deployment