Regional Professionalized Services Operations Manager

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• Job Type Full Time
• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
• Experience 7 years
• Location Nairobi
• Job Field Engineering / Technical
• Maintain a strong Christian witness and model servant leadership to colleagues, partners, the communities we serve, and the public.
• Engage and participate in prayer before and after team meetings.
• Lead and participate in biblically based staff devotions.
• Work in a posture of humble service to God and others.
• Understand, support, and nurture the Vision, Mission, and Core Values of Water Mission.
• Provide matrix leadership, coaching, and functional oversight to Country Program PSMs while respecting the direct supervisory authority of Country Directors, and directly supervise the Regional Professionalized Services Engineer, including work planning, priority setting, performance management, and professional development.
• Establish regional Professionalized Services priorities, annual work plans, deliverables, performance expectations, and common implementation approaches aligned with organizational and country program objectives.
• Coordinate regularly with Country Directors and Program Managers on Professionalized Services priorities, staffing, budgets, risks, and support needs, contributing functional input to PSM goal-setting and performance evaluation and supporting Country Directors in addressing performance or capacity gaps.
• Facilitate regional coordination meetings, peer learning, joint problem-solving, and the sharing of best practices across country teams, and identify staffing and capacity gaps, recommending appropriate team structures, training, coaching, and technical assistance.
• Guide consistent regional implementation of Water Mission’s Professionalized Services framework — including Rural Water Cooperative approaches, utility and local service provider models, and other context-appropriate arrangements — and lead the operational integration of Master Planning and district-wide or portfolio-based planning.
• Provide regional leadership for sustainability planning, preventive maintenance systems, service reliability, uptime and asset management, and operational standards, supporting country teams in assessing existing WASH service provision, identifying performance gaps, and developing prioritized improvement plans.
• Guide water scheme transition activities — readiness assessments, transition planning, stakeholder engagement, operational handover, and post-transition monitoring — and strengthen the governance, management systems, policies, and accountability structures of utilities, local service providers, and other service delivery entities.
• Support the development, testing, documentation, and scaling of innovative Professionalized Services models appropriate to country and regional contexts.
• Oversee regional application of key performance indicators, benchmarks, and operational monitoring for service reliability, water quality, customer service, financial performance, and asset condition, ensuring country teams use mWater and other approved systems to maintain accurate data for timely decision-making.
• Review country Professionalized Services performance, identify trends and risks, and coordinate corrective actions with Country Program PSMs and Country Directors.
• Promote return-on-investment analysis, lifecycle costing, and other evidence-based methods to prioritize investments, and support strategies that improve revenue generation, cost recovery, non-revenue water reduction, and long-term financial sustainability.
• Work closely with the Regional Climate Finance and Carbon Markets Manager and Regional MEL Specialist to coordinate Professionalized Services contributions to Performance-Based Financing/Funding initiatives, including UPTIME and carbon-related programs, while ensuring required operational and reporting standards are met.
• Coordinate infrastructure assessments, operational monitoring, system upgrade planning, and QA/QC activities with the Regional Professionalized Services Engineer and Engineering teams, ensuring technical findings translate into practical operational plans, preventive maintenance actions, budgets, and prioritized capital improvements.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with government agencies, regulators, local authorities, service providers, utilities, NGOs, and funders, and represent Professionalized Services in regional and cross-functional planning, program design, and standards development.
• Prepare and present regional reports, dashboards, recommendations, lessons learned, and performance updates for leadership, donors, country teams, and other stakeholders.
• Manage multiple simultaneous initiatives within agreed scope, schedule, and budget; work effectively across cultures, countries, and time zones with clear stakeholder communication; and participate in disaster response activities when needed.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Personal and growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Alignment with Water Mission’s Statement of Faith and core values of Love, Excellence, and Integrity.
• Job Type Full Time • Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA • Experience 7 years • Location Nairobi • Job Field Engineering / Technical • Maintain a strong Christian witness and model servant leadership to colleagues, partners, the communities we serve, and the public. • Engage and participate in prayer before and after team meetings. • Lead and participate in biblically based staff devotions. • Work in a posture of humble service to God and others. • Understand, support, and nurture the Vision, Mission, and Core Values of Water Mission. • Provide matrix leadership, coaching, and functional oversight to Country Program PSMs while respecting the direct supervisory authority of Country Directors, and directly supervise the Regional Professionalized Services Engineer, including work planning, priority setting, performance management, and professional development. • Establish regional Professionalized Services priorities, annual work plans, deliverables, performance expectations, and common implementation approaches aligned with organizational and country program objectives. • Coordinate regularly with Country Directors and Program Managers on Professionalized Services priorities, staffing, budgets, risks, and support needs, contributing functional input to PSM goal-setting and performance evaluation and supporting Country Directors in addressing performance or capacity gaps. • Facilitate regional coordination meetings, peer learning, joint problem-solving, and the sharing of best practices across country teams, and identify staffing and capacity gaps, recommending appropriate team structures, training, coaching, and technical assistance. • Guide consistent regional implementation of Water Mission’s Professionalized Services framework — including Rural Water Cooperative approaches, utility and local service provider models, and other context-appropriate arrangements — and lead the operational integration of Master Planning and district-wide or portfolio-based planning. • Provide regional leadership for sustainability planning, preventive maintenance systems, service reliability, uptime and asset management, and operational standards, supporting country teams in assessing existing WASH service provision, identifying performance gaps, and developing prioritized improvement plans. • Guide water scheme transition activities — readiness assessments, transition planning, stakeholder engagement, operational handover, and post-transition monitoring — and strengthen the governance, management systems, policies, and accountability structures of utilities, local service providers, and other service delivery entities. • Support the development, testing, documentation, and scaling of innovative Professionalized Services models appropriate to country and regional contexts. • Oversee regional application of key performance indicators, benchmarks, and operational monitoring for service reliability, water quality, customer service, financial performance, and asset condition, ensuring country teams use mWater and other approved systems to maintain accurate data for timely decision-making. • Review country Professionalized Services performance, identify trends and risks, and coordinate corrective actions with Country Program PSMs and Country Directors. • Promote return-on-investment analysis, lifecycle costing, and other evidence-based methods to prioritize investments, and support strategies that improve revenue generation, cost recovery, non-revenue water reduction, and long-term financial sustainability. • Work closely with the Regional Climate Finance and Carbon Markets Manager and Regional MEL Specialist to coordinate Professionalized Services contributions to Performance-Based Financing/Funding initiatives, including UPTIME and carbon-related programs, while ensuring required operational and reporting standards are met. • Coordinate infrastructure assessments, operational monitoring, system upgrade planning, and QA/QC activities with the Regional Professionalized Services Engineer and Engineering teams, ensuring technical findings translate into practical operational plans, preventive maintenance actions, budgets, and prioritized capital improvements. • Build and maintain effective working relationships with government agencies, regulators, local authorities, service providers, utilities, NGOs, and funders, and represent Professionalized Services in regional and cross-functional planning, program design, and standards development. • Prepare and present regional reports, dashboards, recommendations, lessons learned, and performance updates for leadership, donors, country teams, and other stakeholders. • Manage multiple simultaneous initiatives within agreed scope, schedule, and budget; work effectively across cultures, countries, and time zones with clear stakeholder communication; and participate in disaster response activities when needed. • Other duties as assigned. • Personal and growing relationship with Jesus Christ. • Alignment with Water Mission’s Statement of Faith and core values of Love, Excellence, and Integrity.

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