WASH Specialist (Peshawar)

Volunteering

Overview

Provide technical, programmatic, and capacity-building support for climate-resilient WASH interventions in Pakistan.

You have:

• Working in WASH programming and climate-related field with a humanitarian and/or development organization.
• Knowledge of child rights and gender equality principles.
• Experience in conducting research and analysis on WASH projects.
• Knowledge of current climate change trends and its impact on WASH is desirable.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Contract

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This position is being filled to provide technical, programmatic, and capacity-building support to strengthen the design, implementation, monitoring, and scaling of climate-resilient and inclusive WASH interventions aligned with UNICEF’s child rights–based approach.

UNICEF supports the Government of Pakistan in achieving SDGs and advancing children’s rights through partnerships with government institutions, communities, and stakeholders.

The WASH Programme focuses on: • System strengthening • Expanding access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene • Climate-resilient WASH services

The programme emphasizes gender-responsive, disability-inclusive, and child-friendly services, alongside climate adaptation and community engagement.

Reporting directly to the Provincial WASH-CEE Specialist, the incumbent will provide programmatic and technical support in development and implementation of WASH programme in line with integrated approach:

• Support preparation of annual work plans, budgets, and implementation roadmaps for the WASH component and develop monitoring frameworks and tools aligned with programme indicators • Support programming to ensure all WASH services and facilities are safe, inclusive, gender-responsive, disability-inclusive, and aligned with UNICEF’s child rights–based approach and global sector standards • Support development and implementation of safely managed and climate resilient WASH service models • Provide technical support to improve WASH infrastructure and services in schools, health facilities and ensure facilities meet minimum service standards for water supply, sanitation, handwashing, MHM, and disability inclusion • Support strengthening evidence-based behaviour change strategies in line with office-wide integrated community development approach • Conduct regular field visits to ensure quality assurance and provide technical backstopping. Support data analysis, reporting, and documentation of results and lessons learned and contribute to donor reporting and programme reviews • Document best practices, innovations, success stories, case studies and technical briefs for replication and scale-up and support knowledge-sharing workshops and learning events

Other support, as required, to programme areas including sector coordination and stakeholder engagement • Support coordination with relevant provincial departments, district authorities, and development partners • Represent UNICEF WASH in technical working groups at provincial and district levels when required and facilitate convergence between WASH and other sectors within the integrated approach

• Excellent writing and communication skills • Ability to work independently and as part of a team • Knowledge of the current climate change trends and its impact on WASH is desirable

working in WASH programming and climate-related field with a humanitarian and/or development organization Knowledge of child rights and gender equality principles, gender sensitive programming in WASH Experience in conducting research and analysis on WASH projects Prior experience with UN agencies or international organizations is an asset

As this is a national UNV assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. UNV Field Unit will help you open a Pak rupee bank account with Standard Chartered Bank or any other local bank at your duty station.

Assignment remarks: This is a national UNV assignment, and a Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) of PKR 183,920 is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities and normal cost of living expenses. Life health and permanent disability insurance are included (health insurance for up to 3 dependents), as well as final repatriation (if applicable) and resettlement allowance for satisfactory service.

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