WASH Specialist, P-4, Fixed Term, Juba, South Sudan

Contract

This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 142,550 USD and 183,789 USD.

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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, clean water

Under the general guidance of the Chief of WASH Section, supports the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of WASH interventions under the country programme

The post will lead the sector in providing leadership on development / emergency nexus with focus on resilience programming, youth engagement, and WASH GBV programming in rural settings.

How can you make a difference?

The post will ensure programming with nutrition, protection, education and health to accelerate WASH services to rural displaced and host marginalized/vulnerable communities affected by water borne diseases, floods, conflict and other multiple deprivations to contribute towards reduction of stunting, improved health and safety and increased resilience of the targeted communities.

Programme/project Planning, Development and Management.

Enhance effective programme, sectoral or inter-sectoral, planning, development and management by leading, guiding, coordinating and supporting the timely completion of the Situational Analysis and its periodic update, addressing gender inequalities and determinants of inequalities through accurate and complete monitoring and analysis, and the timely preparation or finalization of sectoral input.

Ensure inclusion and delivery on sectoral leadership responsibilities including facilitation of the WASH Cluster.

2. Knowledge Management.

Promote knowledge management by exchange of knowledge, information, situation analysis, experience or lessons learned; promote knowledge sharing and technical input or recommendations on major programme directions and on introduction of new initiatives in the country.

Promote programme nexus between development and emergency interventions as well as ensuring programming for resilience is integrated into the ‘Sustainable WASH for Resilience’ and ‘Strengthening community resilience in South Sudan’ projects

Advise the Chief of section on appropriate training and professional development opportunities for WASH staff.

3. Rights-Based Programme with Results-Based Approach.

Promote the quality of rights-based WASH programme and programmes through participation in the formulation of programme/project goals, strategies and approaches. Bring coherence, synergy and added value to programme management processes using a results-based management approach to planning and design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

In collaboration with relevant partners and sections, promote the integration of conflict sensitive approach and ensure principles of accountability to affected populations are main streamed.

4. Sectoral Work Plan Development, Implementation, and Monitoring.

Takes primary responsibility for the development of the sectoral work plan and technical decisions as well as for project management, implementation and monitoring of assigned project/sectoral activity, in compliance with the defined project strategies and approaches, with an emphasis on promoting approaches to reducing gender inequalities and gender based violence and achieving gender mainstreaming.

Where appropriate, collaborate or take lead on developing programme monitoring framework for specific programmes that covers WASH indicators as well as cross cutting indicators focusing on resilience, conflict sensitivity and gender.

5. Programme Management, Delivery, Evaluation and Reporting.

Ensure programme efficiency and delivery through a rigorous and transparent approach to evaluation. Participation in major evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sector review meetings with government counterparts. Ensure the preparation of annual WASH sector status reports.

6. Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response

Facilitate UNICEF’s responsibility as co-lead of the WASH Cluster, contributing to a coordinated and coherent WASH humanitarian preparedness and response at national level. Ensure timely and adequate supplies for humanitarian response are available through the core WASH supplies and take responsibility for IRRM activities.

Proactively liaise with OCHA, IOM and other agencies and partners for improved humanitarian response and preparedness in host communities as well as displaced camps.

7. Promotion of UNICEF’s Global Goals

Promote the organization goals of UNICEF through advocacy and policy dialogue through active engagement with relevant national ministries in communication, networking and participation at every opportunity inside and outside UNICEF, leveraging the strength of UNICEF mission, goals and programmes, and with reference to the WASH Strategy.

8. UNICEF and Government Accountability.

Coordinates with Operations and Supply staff on supply and non-supply assistance activities ensuring proper and timely UNICEF and Government accountability. Certifies disbursements of funds, monitors and submits financial status reports to management in compliance with the regulations and guidelines.

Advocate for due attention and support to be given to environmental and sustainable development issues (pertaining to WASH) in all sectors and line ministries.

In collaboration with other agencies and partners, promote adequate attention to humanitarian response and development planning including contribution to HNO and HRP, UNCF

Promote government accountability and contribution on WASH, including development of compact for UNICEF supported WASH programmes

9. Communication, Collaboration, Networking and Partnership.

Ensure exchange of information, experience, identify new strategies and courses of action to accelerate/improve delivery of services and achieve WASH programme requirements and objectives. Conduct field visits to monitor programmes and collect information. Conduct periodic programme reviews with Government counterparts and other partners.

Collaborate with Communication and Programme Communication groups to ensure development of effective communication materials and strategies to support advocacy and social mobilization efforts.

Overall coordination with Regional Advisers and HQ Officers. Collaborate with other Project or Programme or Emergency Officers to ensure the integration of the project/sectoral programme with other sectors.

Collaborate with the Operations and Supply Sections and Government authorities to establish and maintain sound internal controls supportive of WASH programme or sectoral planning and implementation, to coordinate financial and supply management requirements as well as to ensure accountability.

Interact with Government and other partners, NGOs, UN and bilateral agencies in the different stages of WASH programme/project implementation to follow up on agreements and recommendations.

Provide technical support and guidance on appropriate technical, financial and institutional capacity building measures to achieve WASH programme goals.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Public Health, Civil Engineering, Geology, Hydrology, Sanitation Engineering, or a field relevant to international WASH related development assistance.
• Additional training in Health Education or Communication for Development (Programme Communication), an asset.
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience in the UN or other international development organization, national government or the private sector. Field work experience.
• Background/familiarity with Emergency (preparedness and response) and the IASC Cluster approach.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

The Technical Knowledge required for this post are...

Advanced Technical Knowledge of the theories, principles and methods in the following areas:

• WASH in institutions (schools and health care facilities)
• Communication for behavior change
• Community based management of WASH including development of spares supply chain
• Appropriate water supply and quality technologies for rural areas including use of solar power
• Approaches for strengthening nexus between emergency and development for sustaining WASH
• Resilience in WASH programming in context of conflict, human displacement and natural disaster, particularly flooding
• Gender and diversity awareness and mainstreaming in WASH
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Integrated water resource management
• Community based sanitation i.e. hygiene education or latrine construction and waste management
• Rural water supply projects management

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The functional competencies required for this post are...

- Builds and maintains partnerships

- Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

- Drive to achieve results for impact

- Innovates and embraces change

- Manages ambiguity and complexity

- Thinks and acts strategically

- Works collaboratively with others

- Nurtures, leads and manages people

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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 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:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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

Due to COVID19, office physical presence and travel restriction might be in place at the duty station. In this regard, it is expected that the selected incumbent will have the resources to work remotely as long as it is required.

Once COVID19 restrictions are lifted, it is expected that the incumbent will be physically present in the position duty station. Specific circumstances will be discussed during the recruitment process.

Please note that some entitlements related to relocation will be effective once the official travel to the duty station takes place