WASH Officer, NO-B, Garowe, Somalia, Temporary Appointment [364 days] post # 119372

Job no: 548830

Position type: Temporary Appointment

Location: Somalia Division/Equivalent: Nairobi Regn’l(ESARO)

School/Unit: Somalia

Department/Office: Garoowe, Somalia

Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

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.

For every child, Safe water

www.unicef.org/somalia

How can you make a difference?

Programme development and planning

•  Draft the WASH inputs for the situation analysis. Provide timely, comprehensive and current data to inform WASH policy and programme development, planning, management and implementation. Keep abreast of WASH sector development trends, for maximum efficiency and effectiveness in programme design, management and implementation.
•  Participate in strategic WASH programme planning discussions. Provides input to WASH donor proposals, ensuring alignment with UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, UNICEF’s global WASH strategy and the Country programme, as well as government plans and priorities, and the role of other external support agencies.
•  Assist in the formulation of the WASH outcome and output results, related indicators, baselines, targets and means of verification. Prepare required documentation for programme reviews.Work with colleagues and partners to discuss strategies and methodologies for the achievement of WASH output results in the country programme.
  • Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes and ensure integration, coherence, and harmonization of WASH with other UNICEF sectors, for the achievement of the WASH output results with due consideration of climate resilient programme requirements.
  •  Draft assigned sections of the annual work plan, in close cooperation with government and other counterparts.
  •  Advise the emergency focal point and sector partners on innovative ways to enhance WASH facility sustainability and hygiene promotion for behavior change.

  Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results

  •  With other external support agencies, strengthen national government WASH sector monitoring systems, with a focus on WASH outcomes (behaviors), using bottleneck analysis tools available in the sector (WASH-BAT etc).
  •  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.
  •  Prepare/assess monitoring and evaluation reports to identify gaps, strengths/weaknesses in programmes and management, identify and document lessons learned.
  •  Monitor and report on the use of sectoral programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocations, organizational 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.

  Technical and operational support for programme implementation

  •  Actively monitor UNICEF-supported activities through field visits, surveys and exchange of information with partners, to assess progress, identify bottlenecks and potential problems and take timely decisions to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for timely interventions.
  •  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.
  •  Participate in WASH programme meetings, to review progress, with government, other sector agencies and implementation partners, involved at various stages of WASH programme implementation, to provide expert advice and guidance.
  •  Co-ordinate with other WASH team members and UNICEF staff, especially logistics, Health/Nutrition, Child Protection, Education and Communication section, to ensure a rapid proportionate and effective and integrated response.
  •  Collect information on WASH facilities in terms of construction progress and functionality regularly and share reports regularly with concerned people.

  4. Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response

  •  Prepare state level humanitarian response plans.
  •  Prepare requisitions for supplies, services, long-term agreements and partnership agreements to ensure UNICEF is prepared to deliver on its commitments for WASH in case of an emergency.
  •  Contribute to the coordination arrangement for humanitarian WASH, for instant robust coordination in case of an emergency. c866R9H Dgn9Vz
  •  Ensure that all UNICEF WASH staff are familiar with UNICEF’s procedures for responding in an emergency.
  •  Take up support roles in an emergency response and early recovery, as and when the need arises.

  5. Networking and partnership building

  •  Build and sustain close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve WASH output results.
  •  Prepare materials for WASH programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnerships and support fund-raising.
  •  Participate in inter-agency discussions, ensuring that UNICEF’s position, interests and priorities are fully considered and integrated in the ICCG development planning and agenda setting.

  6. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

  •  Lead the development, implementation, monitoring and documentation of WASH action research and innovation (technical or systems).
  •  Prepare learning/knowledge products, covering innovative approaches and good practices, to support overall WASH sector development.
  •  Contribute to the systematic assessment of WASH sector capacity gap analysis, in collaboration with government and other stakeholders, and support the design of initiative to strengthen capacities systematically.
  •  Participate as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders.

  7. Coordination

  •  Co-coordinate with WASH cluster partners at puntland level, including developing context-specific standards, ensuring programme coherence, transparency and accountability among WASH partners, maintaining contact lists, and ensuring 4Ws and service provision mapping is regularly updated

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

  •  A Bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields is required: public health, social sciences, behavior change communication or another relevant technical field.
  •  Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement the main degree are a strong asset.
  •  A minimum of two years of professional experience in WASH related programmes for developing countries is required.
  •  Experience in a humanitarian context (with UN-Govt-INGO) is required.
  •  Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

  For every Child, you demonstrate…

  UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

  The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

  •  Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
  •  Works Collaboratively with others (1)
  •  Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
  •  Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
  •  Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
  •  Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
  •  Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

  To view our competency framework, please visit here.

  UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

  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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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.

  Remarks:

  UNICEF only considers Higher education 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.

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

  Advertised: Mar 01 2022 E. Africa Standard Time Application close: Mar 14 2022 E. Africa Standard Time

   

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