Nile Basin Initiative Senior Water Resources Management Specialist Jobs in Uganda

Nile Basin Initiative Senior Water Resources Management Specialist Jobs in Uganda

The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is an inter-governmental organization initiated and led by the Nile riparian countries to promote joint development, protection, and management of the common Nile Basin water resources.

NBI has a Shared Vision, namely: ‘to promote sustainable socioeconomic development through the equitable utilization of, and benefit from, the common Nile Basin water resources.

The NBI provides a unique forum for the countries of the Nile Basin to move toward a cooperative process to realize tangible benefits in the basin and build a solid foundation of trust and confidence under NBI designed to contribute towards the realization of the NBI Shared Vision. NBI has three Centres: Nile-SEC based in Entebbe, Uganda, NELSAP-CU based in Kigali, Rwanda and ENTRO based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Job Purpose/Role:

The Nile-SEC intends to employ the services of a Regional Coordinator/Investment Expert for the Nile River Basin Investment Program (NR-BIP) who shall provide the the regional BIP Coordinator/Investment Expert shall be based within the Nile Secretariat at Entebbe, Uganda and will be responsible for management of the NR-BIP activities within the NBI with support from the NR-BIP Task Team covering the period July 2022 to June 2025.

Specific responsibilities for the NR- BIP Coordinator are:

Management of the BIP Task within the BWP/Nile-Sec, including preparation of annual work plans and budgets as well as progress monitoring and reporting

Provide secretariat services to the NR-BIP Task Team and Regional Technical Working Group including the preparation of meetings, documentation of proceedings, development, and monitoring of joint annual program of work, support member RECs+LRBOs in reporting to their respective governance meetings, monitoring of the NR BIP acti

Coordinate the BIP portfolio development, including compiling candidate projects, developing, and applying methods for project selection

Develop communication of the BIP e.g., through BIP documents, advocacy and marketing materials, web and social media communication and other suited approaches.

Develop and implement strategy for resource mobilization support for the projects included in the BIP

with the respective project implementing agencies, such as.

Develop lead multilateral bank partnership for the BIP, such as through AfDB, ICA, etc.

Maintaining an information system for the NR-BIP based on the African Infrastructure Database (AID) and web-dashboard of the NR-BIP.

Produce the annual state of the BIP investment portfolio report

Manage capacity building on topics related to the BIP for member countries.

Academic /Professional Qualifications & Experience

At least a Masters’ degree in a relevant academic field such as economics, investment banking, financial management or water/energy infrastructure engineering.

Minimum Experience Required

Ten (10) years working experience (5 of which are post master’s degree experience) in areas of infrastructure development, infrastructure financing and program management.

Five (5) years of work experience in infrastructure development in Africa working on transboundary water or energy resources projects in a regional context e.g. working with RECs, L/RBOs, AU (including NEPAD-AUDA) or regional development banks.

Demonstrable experience of working in projects funded by multilateral development banks/international financial institutions

Proven track record of the coordination and facilitation of high-level political processes at REC/RBO level or on the African continent

Experience with the Nile Basin cooperation process is an added advantage

Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English

Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office, internet research, web and social media, other digital tools)

Duration

The duration of the employment shall initially be 2.5 years (with a six months’ probation period) renewed annually based on satisfactory performance.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Nile Basin Initiative Senior Water Resources Management Specialist Jobs in Uganda

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