iDE is recruiting a Business & Marketing Specialist for a proposed USAID WASH program in Ethiopia. iDE is looking for a highly experienced business and private sector development professional to serve as key advisor and iDE’s WASH Program Director for the anticipated USAID-funded $24 million TRANSFORM/WASH activity. TRANSFORM/WASH encompasses a set of innovative and strategic interventions targeting actions at different scales, with an overall goal of reducing under-five mortality, through increased use of WASH products and services to be achieved via the four interrelated objectives: 1) Increased WASH governance and management capacity at the sub-national level; 2) Increased demand for low-cost quality WASH products and services, with a focus on sanitation; 3) Increased supply for low-cost quality WASH products and services, with a focus on sanitation; 4)Increased knowledge base to bring WASH innovations to scale. iDE will be substantially involved in building both supply and demand for WASH products and services along the lines of our successful scale-up programs in Cambodia and elsewhere, as well as building on the strong market and product development work we've done to date in Ethiopia.

As part of the senior management team for the project, the Business & Marketing Specialist will work under the direction of the COP and be responsible for managing private sector marketing activities to create new markets for WASH products. S/he will be responsible for overseeing activities with local manufacturers and providers of WASH services and products, as well as Health Extension Workers.

We're looking for a seasoned business and marketing specialist (10+ years of related experience), with a proven track record of designing and managing business strategies and private sector development programs. Specifically, the candidate should have experience conducting market assessments, leading product launches, commercialization strategies, behavior change, microcredit, enterprise development, and managing sales operations.

The job description is attached, and it is also linked here: www.ideorg.org/GetInvolved/PDF/TRANSFORM...ket%20Specialist.pdf. We would like to identify a candidate by May 13--preferably sooner.