Global Water Partnership Eastern Africa (GWPEA)

GWPEA Interim Regional Coordinator

 BACKGROUND

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is a worldwide network which has since 1996 successfully supported countries in their efforts to implement a more equitable and sustainable management of water resources. GWP comprises 3,000+ partner organizations in over 180 countries. Our network of 65+ Country Water Partnerships and 13 Regional Water Partnerships convenes, and brokers coordinated action by government and non-government actors. A long-time advocate for integrated water resources management, GWP draws on implementation experience at the local level and link it across our Network and to global development agendas. For more information, visit https://gwp.org  and https://gwp.org/en/GWP-Eastern-Africa/.

GWP Eastern Africa was constituted in 2003 by stakeholders to support the sustainable development and management of water resources at all levels in the region. GWP Eastern Africa is currently composed of nine Country Water Partnerships (Burundi, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda) and counts over 200 partners operating in these Countries. GWPEA works with these country water partnerships to address water security issues and environmental challenges such as drought, floods, food insecurity, climate change and water insecurity. GWP Eastern Africa and its partners strive to promote the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach to foster the coordination, development and management of water resources for sustainable development.

GWPEA GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

GWP Eastern Africa has a governance structure with the following components:

·         Country Water Partnerships (CWPs): it is a network of partner institutions at national level

·         Consulting Partners (CP): it is the representative body of the regional network of CWP partners

·         Regional Steering Committee (RSC): it is the executive supervisory body constituting representatives of the CWPs in the region

·    Secretariat (GWPEA Sec): a small secretariat responsible for the overall co-ordination and the day-to-day management and administration of the regional program activities.

SCOPE OF THIS INTERIM POSITION

Stocktaking and internalization of ongoing GWPEA network, programs, projects and activities – both in substance and processes. Thereafter, the Interim Regional Coordinator shall proceed in execution of related activities and commitments and follow on processes of proposals. These includes, but not limited to: drought resilience for small holder farmers and pastoralists in the IGAD region (DRESS EA) project; enhancing resilience of communities to climate change through catchment based integrated management of water and related resources (EURECCCA) project; GCF readiness proposals in Burundi and Sudan; NDC Partnership Country Action Enhancement Package (CAEP) work in Somalia and Sudan, SDG 6 IWRM Support Program activities. Including, supporting Pan-African programs (e.g. AIP) and water and climate change development program – gender (WACDEP-G) and network with GWP global, regional and national networks, and development partners, etc. 

Specifically, the Interim Regional Coordinator, shall:

ü  Oversee the management and administration of GWPEA Sec, in collaboration with the Host Institution and in liaison with GWPO

ü  Based on the guidance of the Regional Steering Committee develop options for potential alternative hosting arrangements and present these options to the Regional Steering Committee

ü  Ensure continuity in implementation and execution of ongoing GWPEA programs, projects and activities – (at implementation phase and those in the pipeline)

ü  Upkeep and maintain established working relationships and synergies with cooperating allies (development partners, national and regional institutions) and GWP networks

ü  Coordinate, liaise and work very closely with the GWPEA Chair, GWPO Network Officer for the region to ensure timely submission of regional inputs, development of synergies within the GWPEA network and knowledge sharing across the GWP Network

ü  Coordinate, liaise and work very closely with the Host Institution in order to ensure efficient and effective operations in the GWPEA Office

ü  Liaise and consult with the countries water partnerships and other national institutions on issues related to programs and activities

ü  Prepare for the upcoming GWPEA CP and RSC meetings

ü  Any other responsibilities as assigned by the RSC Chair and/or requested by GWPO Senior Network Officer.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

The Interim Regional Coordinator should have the following qualifications and abilities:

Ø  Advanced degree (M.Sc. degree and above) in water resources planning, development and management and its related natural environment, with any combination of climate and natural resources sciences

Ø  At least 10 years relevant experience in working with implementation of natural resources development programs (emphasis on water resources, climate and related environment).

Ø  Knowledge of the development and management in the context of integrated approaches (e.g. IWRM, Nexus, integrated catchment management)

Ø  Ability to coordinate and manage multiple tasks with excellent project management skills

      Ø  Strong managerial leadership skills, with analytical capabilities

See detailed call for consultancy by clicking on Apply button.  

The offer shall be

Þ    submitted to procurement@gwp.org.

Þ    submitted in English, 4 pages maximum with 1-page motivation letter

Þ    Complete with name, address and e-mail address, VAT-number or registration number if applicable

Þ    signed by the bidder

Þ    considered as confidential

Þ    specifying an e-mail address to which potential clarifications may be sent

ADDENDUM:  Article 2.3.3 Communications during the procurement procedure

If the bidder has any questions regarding the call for consultancy, please contact GWPO via email vacancy@gwp.org. GWPO will respond via email to any request for clarification that it receives prior to the closing date. GWPO’s response to all questions (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the source of enquiry) will be posted at the website where this is advertised.

i) On page 4 of the attached (Section 2.2) states that the offer should include a 1 page motivation letter, CV, references and costs while Section 2.3 indicates that the offer should have maximum 4 pages. From this narrative, it means that the CV will be 2 pages. Please advise if a 2 page CV is what you are aiming for and is sufficient for your evaluation purposes.

Total number of pages should not exceed 4 pages. The configuration is entirely up to you and how you wish to structure your proposal. The 4 pages is sufficient for our evaluation purposes

 ii) On page 4, there is a statement that states that “The bidder is welcome to include other printed information, although the comments in the proposal requirements should be listed as specified without relying on information in enclosures or elsewhere”. Does it mean that I can submit extra materials e.g complete CV as Appendices and possibly cite it in the 4 page proposal?. Must the extra materials be printed or can be submitted as soft copies?

Yes, you can submit extra materials as appendices that you will have indicated in the 4-page proposal. These must be relevant to the proposal and  complementary to the proposal and must not include the CV, motivation, references and costs which form the content of the proposal within the 4 pages.  All proposals must be submitted as soft copies including other printed information (appendices).

iii) Page 6, section 2.4.3, there is a statement that reads “ If a bidder wants to include divergent conditions in a future contract, these should be clearly stated in the proposal offer”. Does it mean that, in the future, reference will not be made to propositions made under this bid?

It means that the basis for any divergent conditions have to be indicated as these are based on this initial call for consultancy. For the conditions to be divergent, the basis for the divergence stems from the initial proposal offer.