Job Purpose:
WaterAid in Pakistan (WAP) is looking for an energetic and creative Manager for Policy & Advocacy in order to continue its high quality policy influencing work. The work pivots around nurturing sustained engagement with public, private and academia at the national and provincial level with greater emphasis on influencing water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) agenda at the level of federal as well as provinces. H/She is required to lead WAP’s advocacy team, and support the work of WASH Sector and local partners in Pakistan to promote as well as implement WAP’s policy and advocacy agenda. The overarching strategic objective of the work of the Manager is to maximise policy endeavours and create tangible impact in promoting right to water, sanitation and hygiene for all the citizens’ with focus on the poor, women and the excluded.
Key Responsibilities:
WaterAid is an international not-for-profit, determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. Since we started in 2006 in Pakistan, we’ve remained resolutely focused on tackling these three essentials that transform people’s lives. Without all three, people can’t live dignified, healthy lives. With all three, they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty, and change their lives for good. Children grow up healthy and strong, women and men get to earn a living, whole communities start to thrive. It sounds normal and it should be. By inspiring people and sparking chain reactions we help deliver lasting change in what’s normal. By working closely with partners internationally and on the ground in some of the toughest places in the world, we help achieve widespread change. Millions of people have already taken control of their lives and built better futures.