WASH Supervisor Cluster Coordinator

Job no: 571880
Contract kind: Fastened Time period Appointment
Obligation Station: Addis Ababa
Stage: P-4
Location: Ethiopia
Classes: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

UNICEF works in over 190 international locations and territories to avoid wasting kids’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood by way of adolescence.

At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate, and happy with what we do. Selling the rights of each youngster isn’t just a job – it’s a calling.

UNICEF is a spot the place careers are constructed: we provide our workers various alternatives for private {and professional} growth that may assist them develop a satisfying profession whereas delivering on a rewarding mission. We satisfaction ourselves on a tradition that helps workers thrive, coupled with a beautiful compensation and benefits bundle.

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For each youngster, 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 international locations: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 sq. kilometers. Roughly 85 p.c 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 folks.

Over the previous two years, kids 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 hundreds of thousands of individuals in want of pressing humanitarian help. UNICEF has programmes in Baby Safety, WASH, Well being, Vitamin, Social Coverage, and Schooling and serves over 15 million kids in Ethiopia. Be a part of UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to bettering the lives of youngsters and girls.

How will you make a distinction? 

Coordination, illustration and management

• Guarantee, set up and preserve a coordination mechanism that facilitates the efficient achievement of the cluster features (as outlined by the IASC Reference Module) and the necessities of the HPC (HNO, HRP and CCPM) and which builds on pre-existing coordination buildings the place acceptable and furthers the event of present or future nationwide and subnational capacities,
• Oversee the functioning of any sub-national or hub Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group the place they exist, making certain alignment of labor and priorities, efficient communication, reporting, engagement and coordination between the degrees,
• Supervise the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group coordination workforce,
• Guarantee acceptable coordination and construct partnerships with all related sector stakeholders together with authorities counterparts and nationwide authorities, native, nationwide and worldwide organizations and affected populations,
• Construct complementarity of companion actions inside the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group, pro-actively negotiating with companions to keep away from and resolve duplication and gaps,
• Coordinate, collaborate and characterize the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group with stakeholders throughout all sectors, together with by way of inter-cluster coordination fora, growing cross-sectoral relationships as acceptable.

Wants evaluation and evaluation

• Lead the planning and implementation of wants evaluation and evaluation, together with representing the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group in multi-sectoral wants assessments and joint evaluation of want, at nationwide and subnational ranges,
• Analyse wants evaluation information and work collaboratively with the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group companions to create analytical merchandise, together with an HNO primarily based on evidence-based info.

Strategic response planning

• Lead and coordinate strategic planning, response prioritization and the event of the sectoral response plan that’s primarily based on the HNO and aligned with nationwide priorities, insurance policies and plans,
• Guarantee all programme supply modalities (in-kind, money, voucher and companies) are given equal consideration within the strategic response planning and set up and implement systematic measures for supporting their consideration and use,
• Present technical experience and recommendation to Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group companions to make sure actions are related, acceptable and according to nationwide priorities and communities’ wants,
• Make sure that the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group response plan is up to date usually in keeping with evolving wants and that it establishes indicators by which efficiency of the cluster may be measured,
• Interact with OCHA and different AoRs/ Clusters/ Sectors/ Working Teams to contribute to the event of the HRP, advocating for a response that displays and addresses the issues of the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group.

Useful resource mobilization and advocacy

• Assist and coordinate the mobilization of sufficient sources to make sure the efficient functioning of the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group and its response and subsequent handing over and institution of medium to long run capacities when the cluster method is deactivated,
• Monitor, analyse and talk details about the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group’s monetary state of affairs and useful resource mobilization and establish acceptable actions to deal with gaps or constraints,
• Advocate for improved sectoral outcomes, by growing an advocacy strategy, networking with advocacy allies, influencing stakeholders’ decision-making.

Implementation and monitoring

• Monitor, consider and report on the protection, fairness, high quality and progress of the response in opposition to the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group strategy, priorities and agreed outcomes,
• Plan and assist hole and protection evaluation to establish spatial and temporal gaps, overlaps and protection of the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group humanitarian response,
• Monitor Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group adherence to IASC cluster method rules, related humanitarian and sectoral agreements, requirements, initiatives and pointers and assist companions to make enhancements.

Operational peer overview and analysis

• Lead the annual cluster coordination efficiency monitoring (CCPM) train and annual overview and contribute to different sectoral and humanitarian evaluations as acceptable.

Accountability to affected populations

• Be accountable to the affected inhabitants by establishing inclusive and consultative suggestions mechanisms, creating significant alternatives for the involvement of the affected inhabitants within the response and inspiring companions to function accountably,
• Make sure the inclusion of cross reducing points (age, youngster safety, incapacity, gender, gender-based violence (GBV) mitigation and response and HIV & AIDS) in Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group actions all through the HPC,
• Set up and implement systematic measures for supporting inclusive work practices and processes, 

Strengthen nationwide and native capability

• Encourage participation of native and nationwide actors in Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group actions and strategic decision-making, eradicating limitations to entry.
• Adhere to youngster safeguarding and PSEA insurance policies together with procedures for difficult and reporting incidents and guarantee different members of the coordination workforce comply.
• Lead the event of a capability evaluation and capability strengthening strategy for Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group members and oversee implementation and harmonization of initiatives.
• Lead early warning, contingency planning, and emergency preparedness efforts for the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group, making certain sufficient cluster participation in inter-cluster early warning, contingency planning and emergency preparedness actions.

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have…

The next minimal necessities:

• Schooling: A complicated college diploma in one of many following fields is required: public health, social sciences, health and hygiene habits change communication, WASH-related engineering or one other related technical area. 

• Work Expertise: A minimal of 8 years {of professional} expertise, ideally on the worldwide stage, in WASH-related programmes planning and management is required. Related expertise in programme management in WASH associated areas in a UN system company or group is taken into account an asset.

  Expertise in humanitarian contexts is required. Expertise in growth contexts is an added benefit.

  A minimal of two years of expertise of WASH Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group coordination is fascinating.

• Language Necessities: 

  Fluency in English and the official UN language of the obligation station are required. Information of different languages (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) is taken into account an asset.

For each Baby, you show…

UNICEF’s Core Values underpin every little thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Belief
• Accountability
• Sustainability

The UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages Folks (2)
• Demonstrates Self Consciousness and Moral Consciousness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with Others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drives to Obtain Impactful Outcomes (2)
• Manages Ambiguity and Complexity (2)

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

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should replicate the variety of these kids. The UNICEF household is dedicated to incorporate everybody, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

We provide a big selection of advantages to our workers, together with paid parental depart, day off for breastfeeding functions [KR5], and cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.

UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to kids (individuals underneath 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims 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 kids. All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply 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 will likely be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments might also be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to 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 will likely be canceled.

Remarks:

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

UNICEF’s lively dedication to diversity and inclusion is vital to ship one of the best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates and individuals with incapacity are inspired to use.

Authorities staff who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required [LK6] to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking over an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the precise to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is just not obtained, or vital inoculation necessities usually are not met, inside an affordable interval for any motive. 

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

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Marketed: 09 Might 2024 E. Africa Normal Time
Deadline: 16 Might 2024 E. Africa Normal Time