WASH Specialist (Cluster Coordination), P3, Kyiv, 364 days

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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.

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Background and Organizational Context:

Since the beginning of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, the cluster approach has ensured clear leadership, predictability and accountability in international responses to humanitarian emergencies by clarifying the division of labour among organizations and better defining their roles and responsibilities within the different sectors of the response. It has aimed to make the international humanitarian community better organised and more accountable and professional, so that it can be a better partner for the affected people, host governments, local authorities, local civil society and resourcing partners.

UNICEF is the Cluster Lead Agency for the WASH Cluster, the Nutrition Cluster, Child Protection Area of Responsibility, and co-lead for the Education Cluster. The recent escalation in many parts of Ukraine specifically in east, south and north has had an impact on WASH service delivery, resulting in significant displacement of the population and the need to expand the WASH response nationwide. Coordination mechanism is well established at national level as well as sub-national (Dnipro, Odessa, Vinnytsia) where WASH actors meet on bi-monthly basis and discuss about needs, response and gaps.

More information about WASH cluster in Ukraine are available at https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/ukraine/water-sanitation-and-hygiene

Purpose of the job:

On behalf of UNICEF, the Country Lead Agency for the WASH Cluster, and in support of the Government, the purpose of this post is to provide support in leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective WASH programming by participants in the WASH Cluster.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The post holder has joint responsibility with the Cluster Lead Agency, and the national cluster coordinator, in supporting national and sub-national clusters in the implementation of the WASH Cluster core functions:

• Establish and maintain an appropriate humanitarian coordination mechanism;
• Strengthen pre-existing sectoral coordination through increased predictability and accountability;
• Build complementarity of partner actions: avoiding duplication and gaps;
• Ensure adequate resources are mobilized and are equitably allocated for the effective functioning of the cluster and its response;
• Effective and comprehensive integration of relevant cross-cutting issues, including age, gender, environment and HIV/AIDs;
• Maintain flexibility within the cluster to respond to changes in the operating environment, evolving requirements, capacities and participation;
• Effectively use and transfer information to, from and between cluster participants and other stakeholders;
• Interact with other clusters (including through inter-cluster coordination fora), humanitarian actors, government counterparts, and relevant authorities for operational planning, engagement and active contribution of operational partners;
• Be accountable to the affected population through effective and inclusive consultative and feedback mechanisms.
• Monitor performance of the core cluster functions.
• Effective communication, reporting, engagement and coordination national and sub-national clusters

ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS

The post holder is accountable to:

• The WASH Specialist (cluster coordination) is accountable to the UNICEF Representative and will be managed by the National WASH Cluster coordinator or delegated manager.
• Participants of the national and subnational clusters who will in turn ensure that they deliver on their agreed minimum commitments (see IASC Reference Module for Cluster Coordination at the Country Level, November 2012)
• Inter-cluster coordination bodies established by the HCT/UNOCHA at national or subnational level
• Affected populations through agreed mechanisms

Core cluster functions:

Supporting service delivery

• Provide a platform to ensure that service delivery is driven by the agreed strategic priorities
• Develop mechanisms to eliminate duplication of service delivery

Informing strategic decision-making of the HC/HCT for the humanitarian response

• Needs assessment and gap analysis (across other sectors and within the sector)
• Analysis to identify and address (emerging) gaps, obstacles, duplication, and cross-cutting issues.
• Prioritization, grounded in response analysis

Planning and strategy development

• Develop sectoral plans, objectives and indicators directly support realization of the HC/HCT strategic priorities
• Application and adherence to existing standards and guidelines
• Clarify funding requirements, prioritization, and cluster contributions to HC’s overall humanitarian funding considerations (Flash Appeal, CAP, ERF/CHF, CERF)

Advocacy

• Identify advocacy concerns to contribute to HC and HCT messaging and action
• Undertaking advocacy activities on behalf of cluster participants and the affected population
• Monitoring and reporting the implementation of the cluster strategy and results; recommending corrective action where necessary
• Contingency planning/preparedness for recurrent disasters whenever feasible and relevant.

Accountability to affected populations

COMPETENCIES

• Understands the rationale behind Humanitarian Reform and Transformative Agenda, its main components and recent developments including the Grand Bargain.
• Understands, uses, and adapts the tools, mechanisms, and processes developed as part of the Cluster Approach.
• Demonstrates commitment to Humanitarian Principles: https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Documents/OOM-humanitarianprinciples_eng_June12.pdf
• Demonstrates commitment to Principles of Partnership: http://www.globalhumanitarianplatform.org/doc00003804.doc
• Communicates, works, and networks effectively with a wide range of people to reach broad consensus on a well-coordinated response, and demonstrates leadership where required
• Thinks and acts strategically and ensures that cluster activities are prioritised and aligned within an agreed strategy
• Demonstrates commitment to the cluster and independence from employing organisation
• Builds, motivates, and leads the cluster coordination team
• Successful track-record in presenting complex issues to various stake holders effectively, sensitively, and within professional poise

Professional Skills

• Ability to build trust, develop, and maintain effective working relationships with respect for diversity.
• Communicates effectively including, tailoring languages, tone, style, and format to match audiences; actively listens to perspectives of stakeholders and team members; interpreting messages and respond appropriately; speaking and writing clearly and efficient; and makes presentations in public with confidence
• Conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines, and achieving results
• Fosters innovation and empowers management
• Excellent oral and written communications skills, as well as analytical skills, with an exemplary ability to identify problems and propose solutions
• Strategic thinking and decision-making skills, with a commitment to excellence
• Strong interpersonal, teamwork, and self-management skills, as well as mature judgment
• Ability to perform under pressure while maintaining a sense of humor
• Commitment to the UNICEF’s values and guiding principles

Technical competences

• Understands key WASH technical issues for the cluster sufficiently well enough to be able to: engage with cluster participants; make full use of their experience and knowledge; guide strategy and plans; communicate and advocate on important issues

Languages

Fluency in English is required.

Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Qualifications

An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health, social sciences, behaviour change communication, sanitary engineering, Utility Engineering, Environment or Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, or another relevant technical field.

Extensive work experience relevant to this post may be considered as a replacement for formal qualifications.

Formal training or past experience in cluster coordination an advantage.

Experience

At least 5 years progressively responsible humanitarian work experience with UN and/or NGO, including programme management and/or coordination in the first phase of a major emergency response relevant to the cluster.

Extensive work experience outside the humanitarian sector which is relevant to this post may be considered as a replacement for humanitarian experience.

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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.

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