Regional Infrastructure Services Lead, East Asia

**Category**: Full-time
**Reports to**: Director of Infrastructure Advisory Services
**Location**: Philippines, Indonesia, or Cambodia / Remote within the region

**About Water.org**

1 in 10 people around the world lack access to safe water and 1 in 4 people don’t have access to a toilet. We are working every day to change this. We are Water.org. We’re here to bring water and sanitation to the world. We want to make it safe, accessible and cost-effective because we believe that water is the way to empower a bright future that we can all share, worldwide. We are an international nonprofit organization based in Kansas City, Missouri that has positively transformed millions of lives around the world through access to safe water and sanitation. Founded by Gary White and Matt Damon, we pioneer market-driven financial solutions to the global water crisis. For more than 25 years, we’ve been providing women hope, children health and families a future.

Water.org is an international non-profit that specializes in correcting market failures in the water and sanitation sector. WaterEquity is the first-ever asset manager dedicated to mobilizing private sector investments to accelerate universal access to water and sanitation in emerging and frontier markets.

Water.org and WaterEquity have established an asset origination alliance (AOA) to align the market building activities of Water.org and the investment activities of WaterEquity to:
Strengthen and expand investment opportunities;
Pursue closer integration of the businesses over time; and

Build Water.org’s broader capacity to facilitate investments in the sector.

Water.org is seeking a Regional Lead, Infrastructure Services, East Asia Pacific to support the growth of the advisory services practice in the region designed to bolster private sector participation in emerging markets WSS infrastructure development and operations, and to strengthen and expand related investment opportunities for Water.org’s asset management affiliate, WaterEquity.

Infrastructure Services forms part of WaterEquity’s strategy to invest in the Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) infrastructure sector. Together with other functions within the asset origination alliance it is one of the main pillars toward achievements of WaterEquity’s investment objectives on return and impact whilst meeting compliance requirements. Infrastructure Services are expected to help expand and strengthen opportunities pipeline for investment while also bolstering Water.org’s long-term capacity to cultivate investment opportunities.

**Summary**

The Regional Lead, Infrastructure Services, East Asia Pacific within the Infrastructure Advisory Services department is primarily responsible for leading the identification and generation of WSS infrastructure services and investment opportunities in the region, management of implementation and delivery of infrastructure services in the form of technical assistance in project development and policy advisory, both directly and through third-party service providers.

Working closely with multiple functions of the organization, particularly the WaterEquity investment team, this individual will drive complex projects while anticipating issues, recognizing risks, considering alternatives, and supporting long-range goals, including executing the strategy and innovating various solutions to meet the unique, local demand from target markets in the region.

**Key Responsibilities**

The Regional Lead, Infrastructure Services, East Asia Pacific is part of a growing team of infrastructure advisory services and investment professionals, and is responsible for:
**Infrastructure Services and Technical Assistance Management and Delivery (40%)**
- Responsible for delivery of infrastructure services in the form of technical assistance, including coordinating third-party service providers and/or vendors, preparation of project and legal requirements and scopes of work/terms of reference, and selection of third-party service providers and/or vendors.
- Ensures third-party deliverables meet goals in terms of results and timelines and, escalating recommendations to the appropriate authority.
- Drive implementation, working with other team members within the organizations and related stakeholders to evaluate frameworks, service design, and models that support the deployment of infrastructure services.
- Ensure accurate, timely reporting on project progress, risks and related KPIs for services provided.

**Business and Project Development (30%)**
- In collaboration with Head of Project Development and Advisory performs business development and project development activities - identification, development of climate resilience infrastructure investment and services opportunities in water supply and sanitation sector.
- Screening and due diligence of potential partners and projects.
- Provide input and support investment decisions - evaluation and appraisal of infrastructure servic