Chemonics International Hiring for Terms of Reference: Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plans Team Lead at Amman, Jordan Full Time

SCOPE OF WORK (SOW)

TITLE: Terms of Reference: Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plans Team Lead

1. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: June 5, 2022 – May 30, 2023
2. BACKGROUND

The Water Governance Activity (WGA) program is a multi-year project funded by USAID, which aims to support the Government of Jordan (GoJ) to achieve measurable improvements and greater sustainability of the water sector by providing technical assistance to strengthen the GoJ’s reform, policy development and implementation, and capacity-building efforts. WGA will support the following objectives; support the GoJ to define and resolve water sector strategy and policy issues; improve water entities’ performance by reducing network losses, increasing conveyance efficiencies, and improving utility cost recovery; and specific, cross-cutting objectives related to support to gender, youth, persons with disabilities (PWD), and private sector engagement.

3. DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES

The Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plans (W&WWIMPs) Team Lead will work closely with the WGA team, MWI, WAJ and the water companies, to revise and update the recently developed W&WWIMPs for Jordan by the USAID Water Management Initiative in 2021, and update the Capital Investment Program (CIP), Specifically, s/he will,

Task 1: Updating the Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plans

• Review all related existing documents.
• Build on the existing efforts to finalize the water demand calculations for municipal water use.
• In collaboration with MWI and GIZ, re-study the available and needed water resources, develop a revised water balance for each water system and develop water re-allocation plans including the different future resource alternatives
• Identity needed updates and improvements on the W&WWIMPs including tables, figures, other key sections, etc. based on the feedback received from WGA, USAID, MWI and WAJ.
• Examine the infrastructure facilities proposed to be implemented in the master plan and proposed needed adjustment or resizing.
• Identity other human resources needed to support updating the W&WWIMPs, draft their SOWs and lead the assigned team to do that.
• Based on the updated W&WWIMPs, update the Capital Investment Program

The total level of effort to complete task 1 is a period of up to 50 days

Task 2: Technical support for developing the Supply and Demand Balance Chapter in the National Water Strategy and Governorate level water master plans

• Based on the results of Task 1 above, provide technical support in developing the supply and demand balance chapter in National Water Strategy
• Collaborate and coordinate with counterparts, donors and implementers to ensure that the national master plans are incorporated in the governorate level water master plans.
• Support providing unified design criteria for the governorate level water master plans.

The total level of effort to complete task 2 is a period of up to 10 days

4. Qualification

• Minimum a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as water management or engineering. Advanced degree is preferred
• Experience in developing water and wastewater infrastructure plans and projects
• Experience in developing capital investment programs
• Strong understanding of the Jordan water sector; the context, status, and foundational facts
• Experienced in managing diversity and in building relations with public sector personnel
• Fluency in Arabic and English, including ability to develop written reports in English
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

5. LOCATION OF ASSIGNMENT

This assignment is to be conducted in Amman, Jordan with some travels to the different governorates as needed.

6. DELIVERABLES

Deliverables under this work scope will include:

* The dates of these deliverables are tentative subject to when input from the governorate level water master plans and comments are received from the various counterparts and the amount of work needed to finalize the plans

7. REPORTING

The position holder will directly report to the Deputy Chief of Party – Technical, or his designee.