Apply: UNICEF WASH Officer

Deadline: 13 September, 2020

Location: Yaounde, Cameroon

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to fill the role of WASH Officer.

UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.

Responsibilities

  • Draft updates for WASH in the situation analysis, informing the development of WASH-related outcome and output results
  • Research and report on trends in WASH for use in programme development, management, monitoring, and evaluation
  • Prepare technical reports and inputs for programme preparation and documentation, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and relevance of information
  • Contribute to the development/establishment of WASH-related outcome and output results, as well as related strategies, through analysis of WASH sector needs and priorities
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues and partners to collect/analyse/share information on implementation issues
  • Provide solutions on routine programme implementation and alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level interventions and/or decisions
  • Keep records of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalise lessons learnt
  • Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sectoral reviews with government and other counterparts and prepare reports on results for required action/interventions at the higher level of programme management
  • Undertake field visits and surveys, collect and share reports with partners/stakeholders
  • Report critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems to supervisor for timely action
  • Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices in WASH to support programme implementation

Requirements

  • University degree in Water, Hygiene or Sanitation Sciences, Rural Engineering, Hydrology, Hydrogeology or a related technical field
  • Two years, minimum, of experience in project administration related to water, hygiene and sanitation sector, including WASH infrastructures construction, hygiene promotion, data collection and analysis, monitoring and evaluation
  • Experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset
  • Knowledge of English or another official UN language is considered an asset
  • Knowledge of any local language of the duty station is considered an advantage
  • Fluency in French
  • Nationality of Cameroon

To apply and for more information, click here.

Photo source: USAID in Africa

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