WASH Specialist, NO-3

Job no: 570974
Contract kind: Momentary Appointment
Obligation Station: Addis Ababa
Stage: NO-3
Location: Ethiopia
Classes: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

UNICEF works in over 190 nations and territories to avoid wasting youngsters’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood via adolescence.

At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate, and pleased with what we do. Selling the rights of each little one isn’t just a job – it’s a calling.
UNICEF is a spot the place careers are constructed: we provide our employees various alternatives for private {and professional} improvement that may assist them develop a satisfying profession whereas delivering on a rewarding mission. We delight ourselves on a tradition that helps employees thrive, coupled with a gorgeous compensation and benefits bundle.

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For each little one, a champion

Ethiopia is located within the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous nation on the continent with an estimated inhabitants of 115 million. It borders six African nations: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 sq. kilometers. Roughly 85 % of the inhabitants lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of historical cultures with Center Japanese and African cultures evident within the spiritual, ethnic, and language composition of its individuals.

Over the previous two years, youngsters and their households throughout Ethiopia confronted a number of and complicated emergencies, such because the battle within the northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in tens of millions of individuals in want of pressing humanitarian help. UNICEF has programmes in Little one Safety, WASH, Well being, Diet, Social Coverage, and Schooling and serves over 15 million youngsters in Ethiopia. Be a part of UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to enhancing the lives of youngsters and girls.

How are you going to make a distinction?

Roles and tasks

1. Programme improvement and planning

• Draft the WASH inputs for the scenario evaluation.  Present well timed, complete, and present information to tell WASH coverage and programme improvement, planning, management and implementation. Maintain abreast of WASH sector improvement tendencies, for max effectivity and effectiveness in programme design, management, and implementation.
• Take part in strategic WASH programme planning discussions. Put together WASH donor proposals, guaranteeing alignment with UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, UNICEF’s world WASH strategy and the Nation programme, in addition to authorities plans and priorities, and the position of different exterior assist businesses.
• Help within the formulation of the WASH consequence and output outcomes, associated indicators, baselines, targets and technique of verification. Put together required documentation for programme opinions.
• Work with colleagues and companions to debate methods and methodologies for the achievement of WASH output ends in the nation programme.
• Present technical and operational assist all through all levels of programming processes and guarantee integration, coherence, and harmonization of WASH with different UNICEF sectors, for the achievement of the WASH output outcomes.
• Draft assigned sections of the annual work plan, in shut cooperation with authorities and different counterparts.

1. Programme management, monitoring and supply of outcomes

• With different exterior assist businesses, strengthen nationwide authorities WASH sector monitoring programs, with a deal with WASH outcomes (behaviors), utilizing bottleneck evaluation instruments obtainable within the sector (WASH-BAT, CSOs, SDAs). 
• Take part in monitoring and analysis workouts, programme opinions and annual sectoral opinions with authorities and different counterparts and put together experiences on outcomes for required motion/interventions on the greater degree of programme management.
• Put together/assess monitoring and analysis experiences to determine gaps, strengths/weaknesses in programmes and management, determine and doc classes discovered.
• Monitor and report on using sectoral programme sources (monetary, administrative, and different property), confirm compliance with authorized allocations, organizational guidelines, rules/procedures and donor commitments, requirements of accountability and integrity. Report on points recognized to allow well timed decision by management/stakeholders.
• Put together sectoral progress experiences for management, donors, and companions.

1. Technical and operational assist for programme implementation

• Actively monitor UNICEF-supported actions via subject visits, surveys, and change of data with companions, to evaluate progress, determine bottlenecks and potential issues and take well timed choices to resolve points and/or confer with related officers for well timed interventions.
• Present technical and operational assist to authorities counterparts, NGO companions, UN system companions and different nation workplace companions/donors on the appliance and understanding of UNICEF insurance policies, methods, processes, and greatest practices in WASH, to assist programme implementation.
• Plan to be used of technical specialists from the Regional Workplace and HQ, as and the place acceptable within the WASH programme, via distant assist and on-site visits. 
• Take part in WASH programme conferences, to assessment progress, with authorities, different sector businesses and implementation companions, concerned at varied levels of WASH programme implementation, to offer professional recommendation and steering.
• Draft coverage papers, briefs, and different strategic supplies to be used by management, donors, UNICEF regional places of work and headquarters.

1. Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response

• Contribute to the coordination association for humanitarian WASH, for immediate strong coordination in case of an emergency. 
• Be sure that all UNICEF WASH employees are acquainted with UNICEF’s procedures for responding in an emergency.
• Take up assist roles in an emergency response and early restoration, as and when the necessity arises. 

1. Networking and partnership building

• Construct and maintain shut working partnerships with authorities counterparts and nationwide stakeholders via energetic sharing of data and information to facilitate programme implementation and construct capability of stakeholders to attain WASH output outcomes.
• Put together supplies for WASH programme advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnerships and assist fund-raising.
• Take part in inter-agency discussions, guaranteeing that UNICEF’s place, pursuits and priorities are totally thought of and built-in within the UNDAF improvement planning and agenda setting.

1. Innovation, information management and capability building

• Lead the event, implementation, monitoring and documentation of WASH motion research and innovation (technical or programs). 
• Put together studying/information merchandise, masking modern approaches and good practices, to assist total WASH sector improvement.
• Create and ship studying alternatives for UNICEF WASH employees, to make sure our sector capability stays up-to-date with newest developments. 
• Contribute to the systematic evaluation of WASH sector capability hole evaluation, in collaboration with authorities and different stakeholders, and assist the design of initiative to strengthen capacities systematically.
• Take part as a useful resource individual in capability building initiatives to reinforce the competencies of purchasers/stakeholders.

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you’ll have…

The next minimal necessities:

Schooling: 

• A sophisticated college diploma in one of many following fields is required: public health, social sciences, conduct change communication, sanitary engineering, or one other related technical subject.

Work Expertise:

• A minimal of 5 years {of professional} expertise in WASH-related programmes for growing nations is required.
• Rural water provide for low- and middle-income nations – together with water safety, sustainability is required.
• Rural sanitation for low- and middle-income nations, incl sustainability; making use of CATS ideas is fascinating.
• City sanitation for low- and middle-income nations, incl sustainability is required.
• WASH-in-Colleges and Well being Centres is fascinating.
• Expertise with Nationwide authorities WASH insurance policies, plans and techniques is required.
• Evaluation of nationwide budgets and expenditure for fundamental WASH, and associated advocacy is fascinating.

• Language Necessities: Fluency in English and Amharic is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or an area language is fascinating.

For each Little one, you exhibit…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every little thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

Core Competencies

• Demonstrates Self Consciousness and Moral Consciousness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to attain impactful outcomes (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should replicate the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF household is dedicated to incorporate everybody, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

We provide a big selection of advantages to our employees, together with paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks, and cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.

UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to youngsters (individuals below 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to selling the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will bear rigorous reference and background checks and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background verify.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station is required for IP positions and might be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may additionally be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Do you have to be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. In any other case, the choice might be canceled.

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Constitution of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the employees is the need of securing the best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF’s energetic dedication to diversity and inclusion is essential to ship the perfect outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates and individuals with incapacity are inspired to use.

Authorities staff who’re thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking on an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the appropriate to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance just isn’t obtained, or crucial inoculation necessities usually are not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any motive. 

UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing payment at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., utility stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF is not going to ask for candidates’ checking account info.

All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the degree of the put up within the related purposeful space, or an inside/exterior candidate within the corresponding Expertise Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the put up, with out evaluation of different candidates.

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Marketed: 15 Apr 2024 E. Africa Normal Time
Deadline: 22 Apr 2024 E. Africa Normal Time