Consultancy - WASH Information and Knowledge Management. LACRO, Panama City (Remote)

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, an advocate

How can you make a difference?

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

Support in advancing the Regional WASH Sector and UNICEF WASH programme agenda by contributing to the strategic areas of capacity building, information and knowledge management.

Scope of Work:

The WASH Information and Knowledge Management Consultant is a core regional WASH sector coordination team member. The purpose of this assignment is to support in the management, the collection, analysis and sharing of information that is important for the Regional Cluster participants and the WASHLAC Group to make informed (evidence based) strategic decisions.

The WASH Information and Knowledge Management Consultant will work with the WASHLAC Group team to support the Regional WASH Information Management agenda of both UNICEF WASH work in the region as well as the wider Regional WASH Sector which is led by UNICEF and PAHO/WHO as per the biannual workplans.

The WASH Information and Knowledge Management Consultant will interact with UNICEF colleagues as well as different segments of the sector including government officials, private sector, water operators, local organizations, regional and multi-country organizations, NGO, INGOs, etc.

The WASH LACRO unit sits within the LACRO WASH-CEED (Climate, Energy, Environment and Risk reduction) section implementing Goal Area 4 of UNICEF Global Strategic Plan and UNICEF regional Management plan for 2022-2025 and work in most countries and territories of the Latin America and Caribbean region (24 offices).

Where UNICEF does not have an office, the WASH Information Manager and KM Consultant and the WASH LACRO team support the WASH Sector through the national coordination mechanism in that respective country/territory that they support to create and/or strengthen. Where UNICEF does not have an office, the WASH Information Manager and KM Consultant and the WASH LACRO team support the WASH Sector through the national coordination mechanism in that respective country/territory that they support to create and/or strengthen.

Deliverables

Work Assignments Overview

Deliverables/Outputs

Delivery deadline

1

Develop a Regional CSI RA4 Monitoring Dashboard

30/07/2023

20%

2

WASHLAC IM (Information Management) minimum requirements Package for WASH National platforms developed in 1 country

15/09/2023

20%

3

Training Delivered on Introduction to WASH Information Management in 1 country

15/11/2023

20%

4

Deliver massive communication package for the Regional WASHLAC Group (six monthly updates)

15/12/2023

20%

5

Lead in the development of Refugee and migrants WASH sector strategic humanitarian documents (RMNA/RMRP)

31/12/2023

20%

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum Qualifications required

• First level University degree, in a subject area relevant to information and knowledge management or WASH related studies including civil and environmental engineering, public health and related subjects.
• A minimum of five years of professional experience related to Information Management, Knowledge Management, WASH, Coordination required.-At least 2 years progressively responsible humanitarian work experience with UN and/or NGO, including information management experience in the first phase of a major emergency response relevant to the cluster.
• Formal training in WASH cluster information management an advantage
• Experience working with UNICEF and in the countries to be supported is desirable/an advantage
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel or MS Access (e.g. pivot tables and functions); proven technical expertise for managing data capture and storage, for analyzing diverse datasets, and presenting information in understandable tables, charts,graphs and reports; knowledge of establishing and managing basic websites (e.g. UNOCHA’s Humanitarian Response-platform, Google Sites and SharePoint); proven skills in using GIS and map-making packages, and in web design and software development are an asset.
• Demonstrated extensive skills in generating interactive dashboards with programs like (Power BI, Tableau, Google Data Studio) for WASH
• Demonstrated experience in deployment of data collection as KOBO Collect, Survey123 related to WASH Assessments.

Administrative details

Supervision: The consultant will work under the overall supervision and guidance of the UNICEF LACRO WASH Specialist.

Workplace: The consultancy is home-based. Travel may be involved. International/national travel may be required, discussed and agreed with the consultant (a separate travel line will be included in the contract).

Duration: Estimated start date is July 2023 until December 2023.

How to Apply: Applications should be submitted online including a financial proposal as per the deliverables mentioned.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.