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GWP’s VISION is a water secure world. Our MISSION is to advance governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development.

OUR UNIQUE VALUE: GWP mobilises action on the global water crisis through a unique combination of social capital, shared values, credibility within the global water community, bottom-up orientation, and expertise. A network of networks, we ensure the ‘voices of water’ can inﬂuence local, national, regional, and global development priorities. We are committed to our role as a neutral convener and respected for our focus on inclusiveness and sustainability.

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GWP creates and communicates information about integrated water resources management which contributes to improved water governance and, ultimately, water security.

Together with our Partners, we provide knowledge resources and capacity building activities for solving water problems.

Partner

Institutional Partners are the basis of GWP's multi-stakeholder partnership. A strong, diverse partnership can bring about the changes needed to achieve a water secure world. In this section, learn about the benefits of being a Partner and meet a few who already are. We invite like-minded organisations to join us!

GWP Regions

This is where you can find links to the websites of our Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs). RWPs are closest to the countries where we work. They share knowledge and learning across national boundaries and are expected to have an open, inclusive, and gender-sensitive policies for bringing together as wide a group of stakeholders as possible to solve water problems.

Senior Water Resource Management Specialist

Please note the application deadline for this position has passed and we no longer accept submissions.

GWP’s global team is looking for a highly motivated and creative Senior Water Resource Management Specialist who would bring a strong sense for the interface between community building and knowledge sharing to the Partnership.

The position would shape and support the vibrancy and growth of the GWP community. Specifically, the Senior Water Resource Management Specialist would build a global Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) knowledge community, stimulating discussion and the sharing of experience and insight across and beyond the Partnership, while also identifying and driving GWP’s Thought Leadership agenda by leveraging the GWP Technical Committee (TEC) and other knowledge partners, and by leading efforts to ensure the IWRM Toolbox is and becomes a vital, often used and broadly owned instrument of the community’s knowledge communities.

In achieving this, the position would work closely also with the thematically focused Specialists (e.g. Transboundary Water Management Specialist; Flood/Drought Management Specialist) on building the knowledge communities relevant for their themes.

Full details of the position are available in these Terms of Reference. Please send in your CV along with a motivation letter noting “IWRM Management Specialist” in the subject, to vacancy@gwp.org by Wednesday, 31st October 2018.

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