WASH Officer

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards children. UNICEF insists that the survival, protection and development of children are universal development imperatives that are integral to human progress. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development, to save children's lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments and works with partners around the world to promote policies and expand access to services that protect all children.

The National UNV Specialist will be located at the WASH section of the UNICEF Kenya Country Office.

Under the direct supervision of WASH Specialist (Sanitation & Hygiene), the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

· Contribute to supporting the government: Ministry of Health, Ministry of Water, Sanitation, and Irrigation, and other key line ministries for the planning and monitoring of rural water supply and sanitation programmes. · Participate in capacity building activities for National and County-led teams to support pro-gramme implementation, monitoring, and reporting. · Support roll-out of real time monitoring information systems, mechanisms, and procedures in the area of sanitation and hygiene in communities and facilities including annual sector reviews. · Participate in advocacy activities designed to influence Government of Kenya and counties to prioritise sanitation and hygiene in the development agenda and ensure government’s leadership by actively sharing information and knowledge through evidence-based programming. · Support UNICEF WASH team in designing the appropriate strategic plan for Sanitation and Hygiene and to sustain behavior changes. · Support UNICEF WASH team to co-author and present research for visibility (e.g., journal articles, case studies, and webinars); in addition to preparing Kenya Technical reports and inputs including sanitation factsheets and profiles. · Support UNICEF WASH team to roll out the Safely Managed On-site Sanitation (SMOSS); National Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Protocol, Roadmap. · Support in internal sectoral progress reports for management, donors, and partners. · Participate in fundraising activities to mobilise domestic resources through structures like Kenya Sanitation Alliance to end open defecation and advance SMS in Kenya by 2025. · Undertake technical and supervisory field missions and report critical issues, bottleneck, best practice, challenges, and impact to the supervisor.

Furthermore, the UN Volunteers are required to:

· Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); · Be acquainted with and build on traditional and local forms of volunteerism in the host country; · Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities; · Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publica-tions/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; · Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers; · Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Results/Expected Outputs

· Basic M&E mechanism established for data collection, data compilation and archiving; · Quarterly updates on the progress of the Kenya Sanitation Alliance; · Contribution to the design of the strategic plan for WASH facilities and to sustain behavior changes; · The development of capacity through coaching, mentoring, and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-) governmental counterparts, including Implementing Partners (IPs); · Age, Gender, and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated, and documented in all activities throughout the assignment · A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in, and capacities developed.

Commitment and Motivation Communication Planning and Organizing Professionalism Respect for Diversity Self-Management

general development programmes on a national and international level. professional work experience in WASH-related programmes for developing countries is required.

The Republic of Kenya is an equatorial nation on the coast of East Africa, neighboring Somalia, Ethi-opia, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Indian Ocean. Kenya has two levels of Government; Na-tional Government and 47 sub-national Governments called Counties. Counties are further divided into sub-counties. Kenya is a multi-party state with Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. Kenya’s population of more than 40 million is growing at an annual rate of 2.2%. The country’s GNP per capita estimated at purchasing power parity (PPP) is $975, and the GNP is growing at an average rate of 0.1% annually. More than 26% of Kenya’s people live below the international poverty line of $1 per day. Kenya’s main food crops are “maize, wheat, pulses, roots and tubers.” (FAO). Nairobi is a modern metropolitan city where most basic goods and services, health facilities, public transport, telecommunication and banking services and educational facilities are readily available. The city is widely connected through its main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the smaller Wilson Airport. Air transport is also available to many up-country destinations. The city is home to some 3,000 UN personnel mainly attributed to the fact that it serves as the headquarters for both the UN HABITAT and UNEP. The socio-economic and cultural background of the immediate society the UNV would be living and working in is diverse and prevailing security conditions at the place of assignment is modest. The topographic and climatic features of the assignment location is highland cool and warm tropical climate.