Overview
Consultant to develop a National Strategy and Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality and Water Quality Surveillance for Lesotho.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct a comprehensive situational analysis of the drinking water quality and surveillance landscape.
- Develop a five-year National Drinking Water Quality Strategy.
- Develop Operational Guidelines for Water Quality Surveillance (WQS).
- Establish standardized monitoring protocols, quality assurance mechanisms, and enforcement procedures.
- Define a clear multi-stakeholder coordination framework.
- Develop a costed capacity-building and implementation roadmap.
Required Experience
- Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in the WASH sector, with a strong focus on drinking water quality and public health.
- Proven experience in drinking water quality management and surveillance.
- Demonstrated experience applying WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality, including risk-based approaches such as Water Safety Plans (WSPs) and public health surveillance frameworks.
- Strong track record in developing national or sub-national policies, strategies, guidelines, or regulatory frameworks in the WASH, environmental health, or public health sectors.
- Experience in institutional and governance analysis.
- Proven experience working within multi-sectoral environments.
- Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing capacity-building programmes.
- Experience working in developing country contexts, preferably in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Master’s level or higher) in one or more of the following fields: Environmental Health, Public Health, Public Health Engineering, Water Resources Management, Water and Sanitation Engineering or Water, Sanitation and Health Engineering, Civil or Environmental Engineering, Environmental Sciences, or a closely related discipline.
