JOB VACANCY: TECHNICAL MANAGER – WSUP ADVISORY

Location: London

Salary: up to £55,000 per annum

Full-time, permanent Closing date: Monday 18 April 2016, 9am GMT

WSUP Advisory is seeking a highly motivated WASH professional committed to improving WASH services to low-income consumers in cities of the developing world through the provision of commercially viable and sustainable consulting services. This is an opportunity to play a key role in the development of a rapidly growing organisation that needs creative thinking and tenacity from its entire staff to achieve its business objectives and to maximise its contribution to the implementation of WSUP’s 2016-2020 Business Plan.

The role includes both technical and commercial tasks. The successful applicant will work independently and in collaboration with colleagues in WSUP Advisory and the broader WSUP organisation to:

•  Win new projects by promoting WSUP Advisory’s experience and skills through networking, presentations, proposals, tenders and direct negotiations with potential clients;
• Deliver high quality consultancies on time and within budget to clients in the field of urban WASH, using the collective knowledge, experience, skills and networks of WSUP as well as those that s/he will bring to the position;
• Lead WSUP Advisory’s efforts to enhance its service offer and project delivery by drawing on the learning of WSUP’s core country programmes, while creating value for the broader WSUP organisation by feeding back experience from WSUP Advisory’s own projects.