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Recruitment of a Consultant for Country Engagement Support Services

Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) is recruiting a Consultant for Country Engagement Support Services, hosted by the Lisbon International Water Centre (LIS-Water).

The consultancy aims to provide targeted support in the coordination and execution of the activities of the Country Engagement Team within the scope of the SWA activity, ensuring the efficient delivery of key results and deliverables aligned with the SWA work plan for the year 2025. The consultant will provide support services to the Country Engagement Manager in the following areas:

  • Team Coordination: assist in preparing team meeting agendas, tracking tasks, and providing logistical support to ensure smooth team operations.
  • Reporting: Compiling and organizing data for reports, aligning inputs with existing systems and supporting timely submissions.
  • Learning and Knowledge Management: Documenting activities, tagging and categorizing content on platforms, and recording lessons learned.
  • Liaison and Communication: Drafting basic informational materials (gathering preliminary information for new or current partners about SWA or ongoing activities), corresponding to partners, and providing follow-up support for stakeholder communication.
  • Research and Evidence Development: Conducting basic research, monitoring relevant developments, and creating summaries and briefings for the team.
  • Executive and Administrative Support: Providing comprehensive support to the Head of Country Engagement through compiling information and documents, supporting follow-up, calendar and inbox management, meeting preparation, and streamlined coordination of team activities.

Interested individuals are encouraged to submit applications explaining their interest and competencies matching the job description, together with updated Curriculum Vitae, by 10 January 2025. Please see the Terms of Reference (SWA Country Assistant Consultancy Jan-December 2025) for Recruitment.

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Welcome Message

The vision of Associação LIS-Water – Lisbon International Center for Water is to contribute to a better world through better water governance. It thus promotes more effective, efficient and resilient water supply and wastewater and rainwater management services, within the framework of sustainable development objectives.

These water services are essential for the well-being of citizens and for economic activities, with a clear impact on improving public health, environmental sustainability and mitigating risks, namely arising from climate change.. They generate benefits in terms of job creation, economic growth, increased social stability and reduced conflicts, contributing to a more developed, peaceful, equitable and healthy society.

LIS-Water’s mission is thus to reinforce public policies, regulation and management of water services for the benefit of society, integrating the best knowledge in management, economics, engineering, law, social sciences, communication and other relevant areas.

Together with its partners, the association intends to make available and produce the best and most up-to-date knowledge at an international level and to transfer it continuously to decision-makers, water professionals, industry and society.

In this way, we will make our contribution towards achieving the great goals of humanity regarding better water governance, for a better world.

The Board of Directors

Rita Brito

President of the Board of Directors

Eduardo Marques

Member of the Board of Directors

José Matos

Member of the Board of Directors

We take care of water services, essential to the well-being of society.

The members of LIS-Water represent the main players in the water sector in Portugal.

National Civil Engineering Laboratory (LNEC)

Public institution for research and scientific and technological development in Portugal, one of the largest civil engineering laboratories in the world.

Foundation for Studies and Training in Local Authorities (FEFAL)

Non-profit entity, formed by the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities, to carry out information, training, research, technical advice, international cooperation on relevant topics for Local Authorities.

Associação das Empresas Portuguesas para o Sector do Ambiente (AEPSA)

Business association that represents and defends the collective interests of private companies that intervene in the environmental sector, acting as a dynamic player in the development of the market in the environmental sector.

Portuguese Partnership for Water (PPA)

Network of entities that aims to develop synergies and maximize potential for the development of the water sector in the world, promoting alliances and partnerships between national institutions and nations committed to the sustainable use of water and the enhancement of water resources.

Grupo Águas de Portugal (AdP)

The AdP Group is responsible for the integrated management of the urban water cycle, providing services to Municipalities, which are simultaneously shareholders of the companies managing multi-municipal systems, and directly serving the population through municipal water supply and sanitation systems.

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