The Organization
Splash is an international development organization founded in 2007 and headquartered in Seattle, WA. Our mission is simple: we clean water for kids. To date, we have reached over 600,000 children in cities around the world. In 2019, we embarked on an exciting, five-year initiative, Project WISE (WASH in Schools for Everyone), to reach every government school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Kolkata, India with improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure, WASH behavior-change programs, and strengthened school-based menstrual health programs. This multi-donor, $45M Project will benefit one million children by 2023 in India and Ethiopia. Splash is pursuing funding to reach 100% of government schools in Addis Ababa with full WASH coverage by the end of 2022.
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The Job
This full-time position is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and will report to the Ethiopia Country Director.
Position Overview:
This role will develop and implement Splash’s city government relations strategy with key stakeholders within the city of Addis Ababa with a specific focus on the implementation of Project WISE. They will strengthen and expand Splash’s relationships with key city government stakeholders. The position requires strong engagement skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to represent Splash Ethiopia locally in meetings that are conducted with Government Officials, NGOs, local donor representatives, and the private sector. The successful candidate has the opportunity to break new grounds in the nonprofit water sector by forming a model for true long-term government ownership and sustainability of Splash’s WASH in Schools program in all government schools in Addis Ababa.
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