WASH Officer, NO-1, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico (Temp Appointment - Mexican Nationals Only)

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.

And we never give up.

For every child, results

The UNICEF field office in Chiapas operates within the context of supporting and protecting the rights of children in one of Mexico's most diverse and culturally rich states. Chiapas is known for its significant Indigenous populations, important presence of children and families on the move, and profound socio-economic challenges. The state has high rates of poverty, inequality, and limited access to essential services such as education, healthcare, and clean water, which disproportionately affect children.

The UNICEF office in Chiapas focuses on various critical areas to improve the lives of children and adolescents. These areas include WASH, improving access to clean water, sanitation facilities, and promoting hygiene practices to prevent disease and improve health outcomes among children and their families.

UNICEF collaborates with local governments, non-governmental organizations, community groups, and other UN agencies to implement its programs. The overarching goal is to ensure that every child in Chiapas can realize their rights in alignment with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The WASH Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the WASH programming process, through the application of theoretical and practical technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting programme information while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures to support the development, implementation and monitoring of the WASH output results of the Country Programme.

For more information related to the work of our organization in Mexico, please visit our website: UNICEF Mexico and our latest Annual Report 2022: Informe Anual 2022 UNICEF México

How can you make a difference?

The WASH Officer (NO-1) reports to the Chief Field Office in Tapachula, with technical supervision of WASH Specialist P-3 in the Mexico Country Office. They may be assigned the primary, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following areas of major duties and key end-results:

1. Programme development and planning

2.Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results

3. Technical and operational support for programme implementation

4. Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response

5. Networking and partnership building

6. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

If you are interested in learning more about this position and the key-end results and accountabilities, read the Complete Terms of Reference: ToRs_WASH Officer (NO-1) - Tapachula (1).pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child, you will have the following requirements...

• A Bachelor's degree, preferably in, public health, engineering, sanitary engineering, social sciences or any other relevant field of discipline.
• One year of professional work experience in WASH-related programmes for developing countries.
• Fluency in Spanish.
• Intermediate level of English.

You may also have the following assets (desirable, not mandatory)...

• Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement the main degree.
• Professional experience in WASH-related programs in emergencies.
• Experience working with migration on the southern border of Mexico.
• Fluency in English.

For every child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework 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 including everyone, regardless of race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. 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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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:

• UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children.
• UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
• This is a national position. Candidates who are not original citizens of Mexico must hold a valid Mexican citizenship previous to applying, to be considered eligible for this post. Please note that work visas are not enough to be eligible for this position.

• This is a temporary position, expected to last 364 days. Exceptionally, it may be extended for an additional 364 days, summing to 728 days as the maximum possible duration of this appointment.

  Apply now and JOIN US as the next WASH Officer at UNICEF Mexico!