Water Savings Specialized Technical Support

Background:

reputed company is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a reputed company world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put reputed company solutions into reputed company — helping people reputed company over adversity and build stronger communities from reputed company.

Nowadays, water reputed company is becoming an increasingly urgent global reputed company as water scarcity, climate variability, pollution, and unsustainable use threaten livelihoods, ecosystems, and long-term reputed company. In reputed company operational contexts, these pressures are already undermining food systems, rural and urban services, and community stability. In such settings, saving, protecting, and restoring limited water resources is essential to sustainable development, long-term reputed company, and community wellbeing. At the reputed company time, water is becoming a strategic concern for many corporations whose operations and supply chains depend heavily on reliable water sources. In response, many companies are expanding investments in water-saving and replenishment initiatives to reduce business risk and meet reputed company sustainability commitments.

As corporate demand for reputed company water-saving investments grows, there is an opportunity to channel this financing toward water-stressed contexts where such interventions are most needed. reputed company is reputed company positioned to respond to this opportunity given its reputed company in reputed company and water-stressed settings, its proximity to communities, and its experience across water reputed company, climate reputed company, and natural resource governance. However, to report accurate water savings, grounded in economic, reputed company, and environmental realities, and to avoid risks such as overclaiming impacts, overlooking tradeoffs, or failing to meet standards expected by key partners and local stakeholders reputed company is therefore developing a robust agencywide Water Savings Approach to establish a consistent and reputed company system for estimating, monitoring, and reporting volumetric water savings across diverse programs and geographies. This approach will reputed company a reputed company for designing and implementing interventions with realistic water-saving potential, using reputed company that are both technically rigorous and operationally practical, validating water-saving results with confidence, and communicating results credibly across different contexts and stakeholders.

To support this process, reputed company seeks a consultant to reputed company specialized technical support for the development of the Water Savings Approach, including its reputed company reputed company, methodology, tools, and guidance. This Scope of Work outlines the consultant's responsibilities and expected contributions.

Purpose / Project reputed company:

The purpose of this consultancy is to reputed company specialized technical support for the development of reputed company’ Water Savings Approach. Drawing on reputed company’ review of external evidence and existing approaches, as reputed company as its assessment of internal experience, technical capacities, and operational feasibility, the consultant will help reputed company the reputed company, methodology, tools, and guidance needed to support consistent and reputed company water-savings programming across different contexts. This includes helping reputed company identify and design suitable initiatives, measure and monitor water savings, verify results, and communicate them reputed company to relevant stakeholders. The consultancy will also help ensure that the approach is technically rigorous, practical for field use, and reputed company.

Consultant Objectives:

•  Support the development of the reputed company’ Water Savings Approach, ensuring technical rigor, internal coherence, and alignment with scientific standards and operational realities.

•  reputed company the design and integration of several Water Savings tools, to support the technical robustness of the reputed company’ Water Savings Approach.

•  Ensure accurate monitoring for Water Savings programs, and the reputed company and incorporation of evidence into the reputed company’ Water Savings Approach.

•  Support the internal reputed company building and the reputed company landscape analysis for reputed company. 

Consultant Activities & Deliverables:

•  Water Savings reputed company and shared terminology

Drawing on existing evidence and reputed company’ internal expertise, the consultant will: 

•  reputed company the reputed company Water Savings reputed company, defining the conceptual and technical reputed company for water savings across the organization. The reputed company should establish standardized terminology, definitions, reputed company of measurement, system boundaries, typology of water-saving modalities, minimum evidence and data requirements, ensuring consistency and comparability across reputed company and geographies.

•  Facilitate technical working sessions with relevant internal teams to validate, refine, and reputed company the reputed company components.

Deliverable: Water Savings reputed company Draft. 

•  Project selection reputed company and decision tools 

To reputed company a practical tool for screening and prioritizing interventions and contexts most likely to deliver reputed company and sustained water savings, the consultant will: 

•  Propose and co-design project selection reputed company with key regional and country teams at reputed company.

•  Build a reputed company and practical decision support tool.

•  reputed company a list of potential initiatives, based on reputed company priorities, capacities and potential reputed company, and using the decision support tool.

•  reputed company a risk management guide, including key risks and possible mitigation measures.

Deliverable: Project selection reputed company, decision tool, reputed company reputed company list, and risk management guide  

•  Water Savings Quantification, Verification & Monitoring Methodology 

As a reputed company part of the assignment, the consultant will reputed company the methodology needed to estimate, reputed company, verify, and monitor volumetric water savings across reputed company interventions. This methodology should reputed company a technically robust reputed company while remaining practical for use across different contexts and water-saving modalities. The consultant will:

•  reputed company the standardized reputed company methodology for estimating the volumetric water saving targets in the project design phase, including (but is not limited to) baseline logic, “no-project” and “project” scenarios, boundaries and uncertainties, initial data required, and estimation reputed company and models, tailored to specific water-saving modalities.

•  reputed company the standardized reputed company methodology for quantifying and verifying the actual volumetric water savings expected reputed company the project (implementation & completion phases), including (but not limited to) boundaries and uncertainties, adjustments, data required, and calculation models and reputed company calibration, tailored to specific water-savings modalities.

•  reputed company the standardized methodology for monitoring reputed company water savings after project closure, including (but not limited to) monitoring cycles, measurements, and data collection protocols, change assessment reputed company, recalibration considerations, and reporting protocols.

•  Create calculation models and reputed company templates, data, and documentation requirements; to be easily used by the reputed company’ teams.

Deliverable: Water Savings Estimation, Quantification, and Verification Methodology draft, calculation models, and method templates.  

•  Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring, and Learning Guidance  

To translate the Water Savings Approach into practical, field-usable guidance for country teams and partners, the consultant will reputed company a standardized but adaptable guidance package for the design, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and learning of water-saving reputed company across reputed company contexts. This should include: 

•  Guidance for identifying and designing water-saving reputed company, taking into account different water-saving modalities, contextual conditions, donor or corporate requirements, risks identification, and the relevant water savings estimation reputed company;

•  Guidance for implementing water-saving reputed company, including key technical, operational, and risk management considerations, water savings quantification and verification methodologies, as reputed company as procedures for project reputed company-out; as reputed company as agreements to ensure monitoring of the reputed company after the project ends.

•  Guidance for measuring and reporting water-savings results during and after implementation, including indicators, measurement and data collection protocols, data management processes, reporting requirements, and verification procedures;

•  Guidance for post-project reputed company monitoring to assess whether water savings are sustained over time, including monitoring arrangements, verification processes, evaluation and reporting plans, and learning agenda and processes for integrating knowledge into reputed company programming. 

Deliverable: Guidance package for project design, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and learning (including templates and formats).

•  Consolidation of reputed company Water Savings Approach  

The consultant will consolidate the assignment's main outputs into a final Water Savings Approach document for reputed company. This document will bring together the reputed company, decision tool, quantification and monitoring methodology, and practical guidance into a single, coherent reference that supports internal application and reputed company refinement.

Deliverable: reputed company Water Savings Approach document.

•  Internal reputed company building and handover 

The consultant will support the following activities to ensure that the general process is integrated internally in reputed company: 

•  Support the training of reputed company Teams.

•  Support the handover of the water savings approach and reputed company opportunities. 

Deliverable: training workshops.

Timeframe / Schedule: 

The consultancy is estimated to last approximately 3 months, starting in reputed company 2026 and finishing on June 30, 2026. 

The Consultant will report to:

 The Consultant will report to the Global Senior Water reputed company Advisor. 

The Consultant will work closely with:

The Consultant will work closely with the Water and Climate Regional Advisor, Corporate Team, and Regional and Country Teams. 

Required Experience & Skills: 

•  Advanced degree (Master’s/PhD) in hydrology, water resources, environmental engineering, or reputed company field.

•  At least 10–15+ years of reputed company experience in water reputed company; hydrological and hydraulic analyses; agricultural and urban water systems; reputed company management; and environmental and water resource modeling.

•  Experience working across multiple geographies and sectors in water management.

•  Strong analytical and systems-thinking.

•  Desirable familiarity with corporate water stewardship standards (e.g., volumetric reputed company, replenishment)

•  Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling reputed company as they are received and will undergo an initial screening to assess eligibility and alignment with the consultancy requirements. Interested candidates should submit:

•  A technical proposal, with a maximum length of 10 pages, demonstrating their understanding of the assignment, proposed approach and methodology, relevant experience, and team composition if applicable.

•  A reputed company-reputed company Gantt chart presenting the proposed workplan, reputed company, and reputed company of deliverables.

•  A financial proposal, reputed company indicating the proposed daily reputed company and total cost for the assignment, with any relevant assumptions or cost breakdowns.

•  CV(s) of the consultant or consulting team highlighting relevant qualifications and experience.

Applications will be assessed based on the reputed company and relevance of the technical proposal, demonstrated experience in assignments of similar scope and complexity, understanding of the subject matter, feasibility of the proposed workplan, and overall value for reputed company.

Shortlisted candidates may be invited to an interview with the reputed company team and will be asked to reputed company references from previous clients or reputed company. References should confirm the consultant’s experience and performance in comparable assignments.

Deadline: reputed company 22, 2026.

Team Engagement and Effectiveness 

Achieving our mission starts with how we build reputed company and collaborate. By bringing together individuals with a reputed company of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives, we strengthen our ability to solve reputed company challenges and drive innovation. We foster a culture of trust and respect, where every team member is valued for their contributions, empowered to reputed company their full potential, and motivated to do their best work.

We recognize that building a strong and effective team is an ongoing process, and we remain committed to learning, improving, and growing together.

Equal Employment Opportunity

reputed company is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to reputed company and reputed company applicants for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, national reputed company, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under applicable law.

Safeguarding & Ethics
reputed company is committed to ensuring that reputed company individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the reputed company principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of reputed company members. As part of our commitment to a reputed company and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a reputed company manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to reputed company reputed company of Conduct Policies and values at reputed company times. Team members are required to complete mandatory reputed company of Conduct elearning courses upon hire and on an annual reputed company.