Vacancy Announcement - WASH Officer, NOA, TA, Sokoto, Nigeria

Contract

This is a NO-1 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. More about NO-1 contracts.

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.

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The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favouritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

Nigeria is one of the largest UNICEF Country Offices globally - click the link to learn more about UNICEF in Nigeria: https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/.

How can you make a difference?

Under supervision of the WASH Specialist, the WASH Officer will provide technical, operational, and administrative support throughout the programming process and will manage the delivery of results for sanitation and hygiene in Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara states. The WASH Officer will support demand creation for improved sanitation and hygiene services in households and institutions through Community Approaches for Total Sanitation (CATS/CLTS), Water Safety Planning (WSP) and hygiene behaviour change promotion. The WASH Officer will support strengthening of market-based sanitation to ensure supply of improved sanitation and hygiene products and services for households and institutions, and support in establishment of public-private-partnerships (PPPs) to provide and manage sanitation facilities in public places. The WASH Officer will provide technical support to UNICEF partners in planning, design, implementation, monitoring and reporting for the assigned result area in line with the annual work plans for Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara states. The WASH Officer will provide capacity development, technical advice, and support to WASH Facilitators and consultants.

Key functions/accountabilities:

Programme development and planning

• Prepare updates and reports for assigned result areas. Research and report on trends in the assigned result area, for use in programme development, management, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Provide technical and administrative support throughout all stages of programming for sanitation & hygiene in communities, institutions, and public places, mainstreaming gender and humanitarian preparedness and response.

Programme management, monitoring, and delivery of results

• Work collaboratively with colleagues and partners to collect/analyze/ share information on implementation issues, provide solutions on routine programme implementation and alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level interventions and/or decisions.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sectoral reviews with government and other counterparts and prepare reports for required action/interventions at the higher level of programme management.
• Monitor and report on the use of programme resources (financial, administrative, and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocations, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity.

Technical and operational support for programme implementation

• Undertake field visits and surveys, collect and share reports with partners/stakeholders. Report critical issues, bottlenecks, and potential problems to supervisor for timely action.
• Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices in sanitation and hygiene and WASH in institutions, to support programme implementation.
• Champion implementation of CATS/CLTS, market-based sanitation and sanitation and hygiene behaviour change and provide technical support to partners in the implementation of sanitation voucher subsidy targeting the most vulnerable households.

Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response

• Support humanitarian sanitation and hygiene preparedness and response as and when need arises

Networking and partnership building

• Build and sustain close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve sanitation and hygiene behaviour change output results
• active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve sanitation and hygiene behaviour change output results.
• In collaboration with Social Behaviour Change (SBC) section at the field office, draft communication, and information materials for WASH programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnership/alliances and support fund-raising for WASH.
• Prepare resource mobilization materials and briefs for fund raising and partnership development purposes.

Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

• Assist in the development, implementation, monitoring and documentation of sanitation and hygiene, and WASH in institutions’ action research and innovation (technical or systems)
• Assist in the preparation of learning/knowledge products, covering innovative approaches and good practices to support overall WASH sector development
• Participate as a resource person in capacity-building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders
• Support in the design and management of a sanitation and hygiene dashboard

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

Education:

A university degree in public health, social sciences, social and behaviour change communication, sanitary engineering, or other specialist field related to WASH is required. An advanced degree or other postgraduate qualification will be an added advantage

Experience:

A minimum of three years of proven professional experience work in WASH-related programmes is required with specific experience in WASH behaviour change programming

1. Understanding of WASH development and humanitarian work.
2. Experience implementing development projects with a good understanding of the operations of the government, donors, and other development organizations
3. Experience in project planning/ management to include development of end-to-end project plans, which include supported budgets, timelines, and resource utilization
4. Experience in coordination, community mobilization and intersectoral collaboration
5. Emergency experience is an advantage

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required. Fluency in Hausa language is an asset and an added advantage

Knowledge/expertise/skills required:

1. 1. Technical skills/knowledge of sanitation and hygiene promotion and behaviour change approaches (CATS, CLTS and BCC) in communities, institutions, and public places.
   2. Ability to engage with local entrepreneurs such as Toilet Business Owners (TBOs), local sanitation suppliers and the private sector at large to deliver affordable sanitation products and to promote equitable uptake of improved and climate-resilient sanitation facilities by households, institutions, and public places.
   3. Skills in hand hygiene promotion activities and Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH) interventions in schools, health care facilities and communities in general.
   4. Knowledge of institutional arrangements and policy framework for sustainable gender-responsive WASH services in Schools, Health Care Facilities and Public Places.
   5. Knowledge of the national and SDG standards, targets and indicators for sanitation and hygiene services in communities, institutions, and public places.
   6. Skills in engaging stakeholders at the state, LGA and community level including private sector, media, traditional and religious leaders etc to mobilize support for sanitation and hygiene services in households, institutions, and public places.
   7. Skills in information management to track/ monitor gaps in sanitation and hygiene services at the household and institutional levels for planning, advocacy and reporting purposes.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

• UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies: Builds and maintains partnerships (II); Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (II); Drive to achieve results for impact (II); Innovates and embraces change (II); Manages ambiguity and complexity (II); Thinks and acts strategically (II) Works collaboratively with others (II) Nurtures, leads and manages people (II

The functional competencies required for this post are:

• Leading and supervising (I)
• Formulating strategies and concepts (II)
• Analyzing (III)
• Applying technical expertise ((III)

View our competency framework at

https://unicef.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/DHR-UCF/SiteAssets/SitePages/DHR-UCF/Competency%20Framework%20Brochure.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=IPpgba

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.

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.

"UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Remarks:

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