WASH Specialist - Sanitation (P-4), Programme Group - WASH, NYHQ (Temporary Appointment 364day)

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 171,387 USD and 220,969 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.

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does: in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children's rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life-in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions - her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society's most disadvantaged citizens - addressing inequity - not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

For every child, a hope….

You will support the development, provide technical guidance and management support to facilitate the achievement of the WASH-related output results in the strategic plan. You will also provide oversight and technical support to the implementation of the Lixil funded six country multi-regional sanitation programme; support the rolling out of the UNICEF Sanitation Game Plan including capacity development, documentation and dissemination of experiences among countries and regional offices.

How can you make a difference?

Lead oversight and engagement of the global private sector initiatives in sanitation

• Under the supervision of the Senior Adviser (WASH) for Sanitation and Hygiene, provide technical support in the management of the implementation of Lixil funded six country sanitation programme.
• Provide ongoing support to monitoring and reporting on the UNICEF- Lixil partnership and regular communications with programme countries and regional offices
• Support development of relevant communications materials (i.e. videos, briefs, etc.)
• Support ideation processes and cross-learning opportunities across regions and programme countries.
• Provide regular coordination and liaison with Lixil and PFP on this initiative
• Support private sector engagement in market-based approaches to sanitation

Support capacity and coordination on rolling out of UNICEF Sanitation Game Plan to countries and regional offices

• Support the Senior Adviser (WASH) in developing communication plan and strategy for rolling out the Sanitation Game Plan.
• Support the Senior Adviser (WASH) in regularly updating the monitoring framework and guidance for adoption of the Sanitation Game Plan by regional and country offices.
• Build capacity of UNICEF WASH staff and partners on sanitation systems strengthening for accelerating progress on safely managed sanitation.
• Prepare briefing notes, policy papers and proposals for use by management, donors, UNICEF regional and country offices and headquarters.
• Support the planning, organizing and content development for regional and global sanitation events such as Stockholm World Water Week, UN 2023 Water Conference, UNC conference, AfWA/FSM conference, etc.
• Support documentation of experiences and learnings from countries and regional offices on the adoption and implementation of the Sanitation Game Plan.

Support monitoring, reporting and resources mobilization efforts within the Sanitation and Hygiene team

• Under the guidance of the Senior Adviser (WASH) for Sanitation and Hygiene, provide support to development of new proposals and new partnerships
• Preparation of partnership briefing notes, PowerPoints as needed

• Support for reporting and monitoring on donor-funded initiatives.

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

• A minimum of master’s degree in relevant field such as public health, education, environmental health, social sciences and engineering or related field is required.

• Specialized studies in the area of market-based approaches, Communication for Development (C4D) or social and behavior change communication (SBCC) is an asset.

• A minimum of 8 years of programme management experience in WASH development in developing countries is required. *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.

• Experience working in the areas of private sector engagement, strategy development, capacity building, planning, monitoring and knowledge management will be considered an asset.

• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability (CRITA), and sustainability

Please click Here to view UNICEF's core values and Here to view our competency framework.

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.

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, irrespective of their 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, 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 promoting 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.

“UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/”

For more information on remuneration and benefits, please visit UNICEF’s Entitlements’ page. If you would like to find estimates for entitlements, you may use the online Salary Estimate Calculator

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