Programme Manager: Water Reuse

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is mandated by the National Water Act, 1998 and Water Services Act
1997 to be responsible for national water resource infrastructure and supporting municipalities with the provision of water
services. To support the implementation of the National Water & Sanitation Masterplan, DWS has designed and
implemented the National Water Partnerships Programme (NWPP) comprising of several sub-programmes within the
water sector that will address specific challenges facing the sector.
The DWS has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the South African Local Government (SALGA) and the
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) to jointly implement the programme. To give effect to the NWPP, the
parties have established the Water Partnerships Office (WPO) which includes the following:

- The development of a standardised programme for the preparation, funding and implementation of projects within the water sector.
- Providing support to municipalities and water boards to prepare, fund and implement projects according to a standardised approach.
- The development of innovative and blended finance funding solutions, that will unlock and enable private sector investment in the water sector.
- Facilitating partnerships with the private sector and other key stakeholders

The role of the Programme Manager: Water Reuse (WR) is to manage the development of a pipeline of municipal WR projects to be prepared, financed and implemented.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Programme Development and Establishment**
- Develop strategies and plans for the execution of the programme and to optimise the support provided to

municipalities and water boards.
- Develop and establish the WR Programme as a standardised programme within the WPO, to support

municipalities in addressing water reuse challenges.
- Develop a “toolbox” of standardised documentation, best practice approaches, methodologies, models and

mechanisms to support the preparation, funding and implementation of projects.
- Engage with municipalities and water boards to introduce the programme and the Unit/Team as the “centre of

excellence” for municipal WR interventions in the country.
- Conduct a needs analysis to identify project opportunities and develop a pipeline of projects to be prepared,

financed and implemented.
- Identify sources of project preparation funding for WR projects and work with the Head: WPO to secure the

funding.
- Solve for the bankability of projects to enable the successful delivery of projects, creating an environment to

attract investment and finance from both public and private sector, including but not limited to preparation, design,
development and structuring of projects.
- Design and review the implementation of projects/programmes, including:

- the preparation of estimates and detailed programme plans for all phases of the programme
- implementation plans with outputs, activities, responsibilities and time frames
- programme budget and report against budget
- resource plan and allocate responsibilities
- Manage, coordinate and monitor a portfolio of WR infrastructure projects and programmes involving multiple

stakeholders from cradle to completion in line with the overarching policies, frameworks and master plans in the
Local Government structures and the Department of Water and Sanitation’s strategy.
- Facilitate project costing and cost control methodologies and procedures to ensure that projects are completed

within budget.
- Map key programme dependencies and the interfaces between projects and facilitate cohesive project interfaces

and collaboration.
- Manage challenges, risks and programme change requests and implement risk mitigating measures to prevent

adverse impact on the project deliverables.
- Provide status reporting regarding programme milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues,

communicating across leadership and identified stakeholders.
- Develop and support the implementation, including improvement of project management methodologies, tools

and standards.
- Provide inputs to contracts, agreements, MOA’s and other legal documents with partners/ service providers and

manage the enforcement of agreements.
- Ensure implementation of safety, health and environmental standards by contractors in compliance with the

requirements and guidelines of the DBSA.
- Manage the WR programme in terms of the monitoring, reporting and meeting the requirements of the Green

Climate Fund (GCF)
- Prepare monthly progress reports that are required by the WPO (for purposes of reporting to the Oversight

Committee as well as to the DBSA and the GCF).

**2. Procurement**
- Establish and maintain service provider panels to ensure there are adequate resources to achieve programme objectives in planned timeframes.
- Procure, appoint and manage service providers for the preparation, funding and implementation of projects.
- Support the procurement of contractors and operators for the implemen