THE ORGANIZATION
The Water Trust empowers the poorest rural communities to provide their children safe water and a healthy, clean environment to develop to their potential. Since 2008, The Water Trust has partnered with more than 800 communities in Masindi and Kiryandongo, benefitting more than 300,000 people. In 2017, The Water Trust developed an innovative savings group-based approach to increase the sustainability of rural water and the impact of hygiene and sanitation promotion. The organization is currently scaling this novel program across more than 400 communities a year in western Uganda across Ugandan and refugee communities. Over the next three years, The Water Trust aims to scale up its programs through direct implementation and technical assistance partnerships, while continuing to partner with researchers to find new ways to raise the bar for impact and sustainability. This newly-created position will lead our organization’s finance and operations as we aim to reach more than one million people across East Africa by 2025. Learn more about The Water Trust at watertrust.org.
THE OPPORTUNITY
The Water Trust plans to add a Director of Finance and Operations (DFO) position to manage our growth. This position will be a key member of the senior management team, reporting directly to the Executive Director (ED). This position will lead the finance and operations functions of The Water Trust with a broad mandate that will include grant management. The DFO sits in Kampala, and will indirectly or directly manage a Program Manager, Finance Assistant, Field Office Administrator, and Human Resource and Administration Officer. The DFO will work closely with the Uganda Country Director, who will lead external representation, advocacy, and engagement with government and funding entities in the country. We plan to create this new position to help manage an operations portfolio that we anticipate growing in size and geographical footprint. We are looking for a mission-driven leader with strong financial skills, excellent attention to detail, and the acumen and motivation to be a senior cross-functional leader. Programmatic knowledge about water, sanitation, and hygiene is not required, but the ability and passion to work with our team of programmatic experts to plan and implement effectively certainly is. This is a great opportunity for a senior financial leader who is more than capable as a finance manager and who has the motivation and skills to expand beyond accounting and administration to be a cross-functional operational leader.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Finance
Operations
JOBÂ QUALIFICATIONS
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
Apply online here. This is a rolling application process, which means we encourage you to apply early. Last date for applications is July 22, 2021, at 5 p.m. EAT. Incomplete applications will not be considered. No paper copy applications will be considered. Due to the number of applications received, we are not able to respond to each application.
The Water Trust does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process nor request any information related to bank accounts.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We strive for a gender-balanced workforce. Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
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