Deadline: 29 December, 2020
Location: Bangui, Central African Republic
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of WASH Officer.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, reaching the most disadvantaged children and saving their lives.
Responsibilities
- Draft updates for WASH in the situation analysis to inform 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
- Monitor and report on the use of sectoral programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets)
- Verify compliance with approved allocations, organisational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity
- Report on issues identified to enable timely resolution by management/stakeholders
- Prepare sectoral progress reports for management, donors and partners
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Behaviour Change Communication, Sanitary Engineering, or a related field (additional relevant postgraduate courses are a strong asset)
- First degree in a relevant field with two years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree
- Two years, minimum, of professional work experience in WASH-related programmes for developing countries
- Two years, minimum, of professional experience in WASH emergency programming
- Fluency in French
- Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered an asset
To apply and for more information, click here.
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