Deadline: 07 March, 2022

Location: Juba, South Sudan

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Urban WASH Specialist.

Across 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely sectoral analysis, input, support and collaboration for the Situation Analysis and its periodic update made for effective programme planning, development and management
• Ensure knowledge management is effectively promoted through drafting/finalising key WASH sectoral programme documents and reports, sharing good practice, lessons learnt, and knowledge/information exchange
• Ensure quality of rights-based WASH programmes is effectively promoted, and coherence, synergy and value added to programme management process through results-based management
• Ensure sectoral work plan and activities are formulated, implemented and monitored, ensuring alignment with the defined programme strategies and approaches, with special attention to gender/sex disaggregation of relevant indicators
• Ensure programme delivery, evaluation and reporting are carried out efficiently, rigorously and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures
• Ensure UNICEF’s global goals are effectively promoted through advocacy and policy dialogue in the WASH sector
• Ensure proper and timely UNICEF and government accountability regarding supply, non-supply and emergency assistance as well as disbursement of programme funds for the WASH sector
• Ensure effective communication and networking through partnership and collaboration, including assistance to sectoral leadership of the IASC WASH cluster

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Public Health, Civil Engineering, Geology, Hydrology, Sanitation Engineering, Urban Planning or a related field
• Additional training in health education or communication for development (programme communication) will be a plus
• Eight years of progressively responsible professional work experience in urban WASH programming in the UN or another international development organisation, national government or the private sector
• Field work experience specific to urban water and sanitation service provision
• Experience working with urban water utilities will be a plus
• Fluency in English
• Knowledge of another UN language or local language of the duty station will be a plus

To apply and for more information, click here.

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