Living Water International exists to demonstrate the love of God by helping communities acquire desperately needed clean water, and to experience "living water"—the gospel of Jesus Christ—which alone satisfies the deepest thirst.
In 1990, we set out to help the church in North America be the hands and feet of Jesus by serving the poorest of the poor. More than a billion people in the world live on less than a dollar a day. 783 million people lack access to safe drinking water.
For all practical purposes, these statistics refer to the same people; around the world, communities are trapped in debilitating poverty because they constantly suffer from water-related diseases and parasites, and/or because they spend long stretches of their time carrying water over long distances.
In response to this need, we implement participatory, community-based water solutions in developing countries. Since we started, we’ve completed more than 14,000 water projects (and counting!) for communities in 26 countries.
It all began in 1990, when a group from Houston, Texas traveled to Kenya and saw the desperate need for clean drinking water. They returned to Houston and founded a 501(c)3 non-profit. The fledgling organization equipped and trained a team of Kenyan drillers, and LWI Kenya began operations the next year under the direction of a national board. That pattern continues today; we train, consult, and equip local people to implement solutions in their own countries. Remembering the life-changing nature of that first trip in 1990, we also lead hundreds of volunteers on mission trips each year, working with local communities, under the leadership of nationals, to implement water projects. It's hard to know which lives are changed more—those "serving" or those "being served." Our training programs in shallow well drilling, pump repair, and hygiene education have equipped thousands of volunteers and professionals in the basics of integrated water solutions since 1997.
Fonctions
• Responsible for the programmatic design and delivery of the approved program strategy including development of proposals and successful implementation of program activities.
• Conduct assessments of community needs and resources; support community baseline surveys and best practice research and documentation related to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) strategies.
• Establish and maintain systems to deliver effectively the WASH activities as per the approved program plan.
• Track progress closely and alert Living Water should there be any significant project challenges.
• Maintain program quality through compliances with the standards of Living Water and the requirements of the donors.
• Ensure that funding requests are in line with budget.
• Ensure compliance with grant requirements and all grant related documents are readily available for reference by donor and other implementation partners, if applicable.
• Write monthly, quarterly and annual reports per country and regional guidelines.
• Develop relationships and/or represent Living Water with major stakeholders in WPA areas - government officials, project partners, churches, NGOs, media, academic institutions and donors.
• Provide coaching, mentoring and support for team to improve in key identified growth areas through regular monitoring of performance plans.
• Model a high standard of personal Christian leadership, ministry and integrity though lifestyle and work relationships, and provide spiritual guidance to the staff.
Qualifications Requises
• University degree in international development, Social Science or relevant field.
• At least 5 years of program management experience in developing country.
• Highly proficient in French, Haitian Creole and English.
• At least 2 years’ experience in the WASH sector with program design, strategy implementation and leadership.
• Experience in dealing with major donors, like corporations, government agencies, etc.
• Proven leadership skills and experience in managing a team.
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation of projects and their effectiveness.
• Has up to date knowledge of best practices in both national and international WASH strategies.
• Communicating orally/Presentation skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
Conditions particulières
Core Characteristics:
These principles guide and identify us as colleagues and representatives of Living Water:
• Honor God
• Develop People
• Pursue Excellence
• Be Good Stewards
