Internal: WASH Specialist Cluster Coordinator, P3, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Contract

This is a P-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 101,224 USD and 132,545 USD.

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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, a hero

to provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, coherent, strategic and effective WASH response in Burkina Faso by a mobilized and adequately resourced groups of agencies, organizations, NGOs, local communities etc. Further, given the continued protracted humanitarian situation in Burkina Faso, this position will support government lead WASH sector coordination, while linking and transitioning humanitarian interventions to longer-term development strategies, which will contribute to national strategic goals and priorities with due attention to disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness and response.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Chief WASH and on behalf of the Humanitarian Coordinator and UNICEF and in collaboration with the State Authorities, the main purpose of the Water, Sanitation an Hygiene (WASH) Cluster Coordinator post is:

1. Coordination with national/local authorities, State Institutions, local civil society and other actors
2. Inclusion of key humanitarian partners
3. Establishment and maintenance of appropriate humanitarian mechanisms
4. Participatory, conflict sensitive and community-based approaches
5. Attention to priority cross-cutting issues
6. Needs assessment and analysis
7. Emergency preparedness
8. Planning and strategy development
9. Application of standards
10. Monitoring and reporting
11. Advocacy and resource mobilization
12. Training and capacity building
13. Provision of assistance or services as a last resort

The support provided by the WASH Specialist Cluster Coordinator will enable the country office to achieve the WASH-related output results of the country programme. This, in turn, will contribute to the achievement of the outcome results of the country programme document. When done effectively, the achievement of the outcome results will improve child survival, growth and development and reduce inequalities in the country.

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: WASH e.g. public health, social sciences, behavior change communication, sanitary engineering or another relevant technical field.
• Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement the main degree are a strong asset.
• A minimum of five (5) years of progressive professional work experience at national and international levels in fields relevant to WASH related programmes in developing country work experience (for IP) or field work experience (for NO)
• At least one three-month deployment mission in a humanitarian situation (with UN-Govt-INGO) is required.
• Knowledge of the latest theories, technology and practices in community-based sanitation i.e: hygiene education or latrine construction and waste management
• Fluency in French is required. Fluency in English Knowledge of the local working language of the duty station is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate

UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and

The Core Competencies required for this post are:

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People [2]
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness [3]
• Works Collaboratively with others [3]
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships [3]
• Innovates and Embraces Change [3]
• Thinks and Acts Strategically [3]
• Drives to achieve impactful results [3]
• Manages ambiguity and complexity [3]

The technical competencies required for this post are:

• Analyzing [3]
• Applying technical expertise [3]
• Deciding and Initiating action [2]

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. Female candidate strongly encouraged.

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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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