Danish Embassy DANIDA Jobs – Senior Adviser -Water Resource Management Adviser

Organisation: Danish
Embassy (DANIDA)
Project: Joint Water and
Environment Sector Support Programme Uganda
Duty Station: 
Ministry of Water and Environment/Directorate of Water Resources Management, Kampala,
Uganda
Reference number: DK-50990-2013/UGA.02-W

About US:
The Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme (JWESSP) has
commenced with a six months inception phase from September 2013 to April 2014.
The Water Resource Management Adviser for the Directorate of Water Resource
Management will therefore collaborate with two Danida recruited advisers as
well as with advisers recruited by other Development Partners and the
Government of Uganda.
About Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme:
The Government of Uganda (GoU) and Development Partners (DPs) are
implementing a Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme (JWESSP)
over the 5-year period 2013-2018. The programme is a continuation of a similar
programme running from 2008 to 2013 and will support the GoU’s effort to
eradicate poverty in Uganda. In line with the mandate of the Ministry of Water
and Environment (MWE) and the merging of the two subsectors, this new programme
also incorporates support to the environment and natural resources (ENR)
sub-sector. It is also intended to further harmonise and align DP support to the
sector by establishing one, co-ordinated and flexible sector programme, which
DPs will be able to “buy in” to and support components or elements of
that comply with their respective policies and strategic areas of support.
Job Summary: The Senior Adviser (N1) – Water Resource Management
Adviser to the Directorate of Water Resources Management (DWRM) will support
DWRM in realising its mission of sustainable and integrated catchment-based
management of water resources of Uganda.  The job holder will also effectively and
efficiently plan, organise, direct, and control all the human and financial resources
made available to the Directorate (from Government of Uganda and various donors,
including the JWESSPS); S/he will also have the overall purpose of the Directorate
through its various managed activities and outputs, while contributing to
safeguarding the principles of alignment, harmonisation, accountability, and
transparency.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
The scope of work of the Water Resource Management Adviser will include
advisory services with the aim of strengthening DWRM’s overall performance. It
will include but not be limited to:
1. Improved Sector
Performance:
The Water Resource Management Adviser shall support the DWRM in its
catchment-based approach to water resources management. The Water Resource
Management Adviser will support the DWRM in its efforts to:
  • Improve planning, monitoring and reporting
    with a special focus on application of Integrated Water Resources
    Management (IWRM) principles and approaches in the water and environment
    sector including, but not limited to, the relevance and reliability of data
    and information systems in which they are used;
  • Continuously improve the institutional,
    organisational, staffing, and financial managerial structures in DWRM,
    with the aim of enhancing the Directorate’s contributions to sector performance;
  • Strengthen implementation of all water
    resources management functions of monitoring (quantity and quality),
    assessment, information services, planning, regulation, policy making and
    trans-boundary water resources management and priority issues as summarised
    from time to time in the DWRM annual work plan:
  • In collaboration with the Good Governance
    & Financial Management Adviser, maintainand/or establish financial
    management mechanisms in the DWRM that are well-working, transparent and
    accountable, and aligned to government rules and procedures;
  • Refine and implement the framework for
    catchment-based water resources management, ensuring synergy with the
    MWE’s other de-concentrated structures (i.e. Technical Support Units,
    Water Supply Development Facilities, Umbrella Organisations, etc.);
  • Actively involve all levels of
    stakeholders, from governmental decision-makers down to civil society
    beneficiaries, in the management and development of water and related resources
    through application of sound Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
    principles;
  • Ensure systematic implementation of a
    water resources management communication strategy at all levels, leading
    to increased appreciation of water resources management issues and the
    importance of sound management and development of the country’s water and
    related resources to socio-economic development, thus increasing the visibility
    of the DWRM, leading to tangibly increased allocation/share of budgetary
    resources for sustainable management, development and use of the water
    resources in the country
  • Popularise and operationalise the WRM
    performance indicator framework.
2. Harmonisation and
Alignment
The Water Resource Management Adviser shall assist DWRM/MWE in:
  • Strengthening and consolidating Sector
    Wide Approach arrangements, based on a consolidated sector investment plan
    (SIP) as the point of departure for continuously increased alignment and
    harmonisation of contributions from JWESSP as well as non- JWESSP donor
    partners;
  • Identifying strategic dialogue issues for
    the annual Joint Sector Reviews and Joint Technical Reviews, as well as
    for issues for discussion in the Water and Environment Sector Working
    Group (WESWG);
  • Supporting the development and/or
    implementation of internal DWRM administrative and financial management
    mechanisms for i) coordinating the utilisation of GoU, JWESSP and other
    donor financial resources and ii) preparing comprehensive work plans,
    budgets and reports – based on departmental inputs – for presentation to
    the WESWG and subgroups;
  • Establishing a system, based on the WESWG,
    for interaction between government and development partners, which allows
    for strategic dialogue and informed decisions on work plans, budgets and
    reports. Supporting rational, uniform and integrated planning and
    reporting systems that satisfy both government and development partners;
  • Identification and formulation of new
    water resources management projects and programmes for future funding.
3. Strengthening the
Involvement of the Private Sector and Civil Society
  • The Water Resource Management Adviser will
    provide support and advice to DWRM on issues relating to the private
    sector and civil society involvement in water resources management:
  • Promotion and training of civil society in
    application of IWRM approaches in water and related resources management;
  • Ways of strengthening private sector and
    Civil Society Organisations’ (CSO) involvement in application of IWRM
    approaches in water and related resources management and development;
  • Facilitate the involvement of Private
    Sector Organisations (PSOs)/CSOs in catchment based planning and
    implementation.
4. Coordinating the Capacity
Building Input of DWRM
In close consultation with the Director and Commissioners, the Water
Resource Management Adviser will support the DWRM in the coordination of Short
Term Technical Advisers (STTA) (international and local) to ensure
appropriateness, timeliness, and value for money, including ensuring that there
is a direct link between the outputs of the TA inputs to the achievement of
directorate work plan outputs. Additionally, the Water Resource Management
Adviser will support DWRM to:
  • Coordinate the capacity building
    activities;
  • Coordinate the cross-cutting activities
    like HIV/AIDS, gender, good governance, and environment;
  • Collaborate with the Directorate of Water
    Development and Environment and Natural Resources sub sector to ensure
    synergy;
  • Collaborate with the Climate Change Unit
    to ensure that the links between water resources management and climate
    change adaptation are clearly articulated and that climate change
    adaptation strategies and actions are developed and implemented by relevant
    sectors/sub-sectors in a coordinated manner.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant should possess a master’s
    degree or corresponding qualifications in subjects relevant to the water resources
    management and/or public sector restructuring and reform;
  • Significant experience in comprehensive
    water sector reform, including institutional reform and enhanced
    involvement of the private sector and civil society, or equivalent experience
    of institutional reforms in other sectors, where institutional reform of
    the public sector is combined with private sector and civil society
    involvement;
  • Profound knowledge in IWRM/catchment based
    planning and implementation;
  • Extensive work experience from central
    governments and/or donors;
  • Strong experience from developing
    countries and, preferably, from Eastern Africa;
  • Fluency in written and spoken English
  • Analytical, outgoing and robust with a
    pragmatic approach and appreciation for the dynamics in a politically
    managed organisation;
  • Ability to work as part of an
    interdisciplinary team with relations to different ministries and stakeholder.
Terms of employment: The
contract period is three years, with the third year pending budgetary
approval.  Attractive remuneration
package reflecting family status. Contribution to a pension scheme,  health insurance and reimbursement of school
fees. Free housing. Grant for relocation.
How to Apply:
Information about the mandatory application procedure can be
found at: www.danidajob.dk. Reference number DK-50990-2013/UGA.02-W should
be stated in the application.
Preliminary interviews and personal evaluation: week 47 (18-19 November
2013). Mercuri Urval will conduct a personal evaluation of selected candidates.
Language test: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided that all
candidates called in for interview – except for those to whom the relevant
language is mother tongue – shall be language tested in Denmark in the working
languages of the duty station (i.e. English).
Presentation to the appointments committee: 20 November 2013.
Decision: A decision is expected shortly after 20 November 2013.
Deadline: 24th
October 2013 at 12 noon (CEST).

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