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The IIHS Practice Programme provides advisory services to national and state governments; public, parastatal, and municipal agencies; and international development agencies and private firms at the interface of human settlements and urbanisation. The IIHS Practice Programme seeks to critically influence and enable urban transformations.

The IIHS Practice Programme is supporting the government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) and is the lead agency for implementation of the Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support Programme (TNUSSP). TNUSSP is part of a broader vision of the GoTN’s ‘Muzhu Sugadharam’ initiative (Mission for Total Sanitation), focused on both solid waste management and sanitation. TNUSSP aims to improve urban sanitation in Tamil Nadu by demonstrating innovations in two urban locations of Trichy city and Periyanaicken-Palayam (PNP) and Narasimhanaicken-Palayam (NNP) near Coimbatore and then scaling it up across the state.

If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please fill the online application form by clicking on the “Apply Now” button at the end of the job description displayed on the website. Visit the IIHS website for more opportunities.

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Associate – Governance and Engineering Support for CWIS

Job Description
The Practice Team is responsible for providing cutting-edge and integrated solutions to India’s urban development challenges by bringing together faculty and experts across diverse domains of knowledge and practice; exposing learners to real-life problems and integrating the practice into academics and research.
This is a project based position, in the Practice Team at IIHS based out of Trichy. The person will provide support to the Governance and Engineering and work closely with the team to deliver the following outputs:

Legal and Regulatory Review, and Recommendations to improve urban sanitation at the city level
Revisions to the City Operative Strategy and Guidelines for Septage Management
Support ULB and anchor the preparation of City Sanitation Plans and programs, and Detailed Project Reports for sanitation solutions
Identification, assessment and design of urban sanitation solutions and innovations
Adaptation and testing of toolkits for planning, and benchmarking performance of sanitation systems
Carry out pre-feasibility of pilot demonstration projects and assist in implementation of demonstration projects

In addition, he and she will be expected to contribute to other projects in IIHS Urban
Practitioners’ Programme (UPP) and Practice programmes.

Specialist – MLE and Knowledge Management for CWIS

Job Description
The Practice Team is responsible for providing cutting-edge and integrated solutions to India’s urban development challenges by bringing together faculty and experts across diverse domains of knowledge and practice; exposing learners to real-life problems and integrating the practice into academics and research.
This is a project based role, initially contracted for 11 months, in the Practice Team at IIHS based out of Trichy. The MLE and knowledge management Specialist will support the Team Leader on this component in the CWIS. The person will be responsible for deliverables of this component. Deliverables in this component include:

Project and Process documentation and creation of various knowledge products
Strengthening / Creation of Knowledge Gateways and Mobilizing Communities of Practice (COPs)
Implementation of the Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) Framework for the sector and the program

In addition, he and she will be expected to contribute to other projects in IIHS Urban
Practitioners’ Programme (UPP) and Practice programmes.

Specialist – Social Development – CWIS

Job Description
The Practice Programme at IIHS is responsible for providing cutting-edge and integrated solutions to India’s urban development challenges by bringing together faculty and experts across diverse domains of knowledge and practice, exposing learners to real-life problems, and
integrating the practice into academics and research.

The CWIS Trichy project will be anchored in the Practice Programme at IIHS and is expected to run over a duration of about two and a half years. Located mainly out of Trichy, the Specialist – Social Development will be responsible for supporting the execution of social and community
development deliverables of the CWIS project.

This could either be full time or part time for a contractual project-based engagement with the Practice Team at IIHS, based out of Trichy, with frequent travel to Chennai and other urban locations in Tamil Nadu.

The relevant outcomes are improvement in access and services for urban poor, improvement in safety and welfare of sanitary workers, and mainstreaming gender concerns across sanitation value chain and increasing awareness for sanitation. The anticipated deliverables to achieve these outcomes include: various assessments and baselines, design and implementation of pilots including slum improvements, increasing women’s participation and leadership in sanitation, adoption of safety protocols, various BCC activities etc. Further, this role requires working in close collaboration with communities and local partners.