Technical assessment on water tariff and its cost-structure in Ukraine – Team Leader

Lead technical assessment on water tariff structures in Ukraine.

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Overview

Lead technical assessment on water tariff structures in Ukraine.

You have:

  • Provide technical expertise on water tariff and its cost-structure in Ukraine.
  • Demonstrate understanding of UNICEF's values: Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability.
  • Ensure compliance with child safeguarding principles during consultancy.
  • Confirm fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 with a WHO-endorsed vaccine if working onsite.

Contract

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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, hope

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How can you make a difference?

Please find the attached ToR for details of the assignment.

All applications must include an all-inclusive proposal to be considered.

ToR_Consultant_international expert_team leader_VA.pdf

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

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 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.

Potential interview questions

Can you describe your experience with water tariff systems in other countries? The interviewer wants to assess your relevant experience with similar projects. Provide specific examples of past projects where you assessed or implemented water tariff systems.
How do you ensure stakeholder engagement during consultancy projects? The interviewer is assessing your ability to communicate and work with different stakeholders. Pro members can see the explanation.
What measures do you take to enforce child safeguarding in your projects? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Added 2 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: unicef.org