WASH Manager (P-4), TA, 364 days, #00138925

UNICEF

The WASH Manager works in Odesa Field Office, reports directly to the Chief Field Office for general guidance and direction and maintains a dotted line to the Chief of WASH in Kyiv for technical oversight, ensuring programme coherence and compliance with national coordination mechanisms. The WASH Manager leads the development, preparation, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH programme primarily within the Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson Oblasts.

The WASH Manager provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes, to ensure the achievement of the WASH-related output results in the country programme. The Manager provides authoritative advisory services to government and sector support agencies, and interacts with government at Oblast level. The manager leads the WASH unit in Odesa FO and supervises WASH officers at NO-2 level.

The WASH Manager works collaboratively with the Chief Field office, Chief of WASH section and WASH section staff at the country office to ensure coordination within the overall WASH Programme, with contributions to proposals, reports, strategy development, for developing for Annual Work Plan, to ensure proper utilization of fund, monitoring of interventions, etc.

Key accountabilities:

• Management support to the Chief of WASH
• Programme development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Advisory services and technical support
• Advocacy, networking and partnership building
• Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Job Description_WASH Manager.pdf

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

Minimum requirements

• Education: An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health, social sciences, behavior change communication, sanitary engineering or another relevant technical field.
• Work

Experience

• A minimum of eight years of professional experience in WASH-related programmes for developing countries is required.
• One year of deployment in a developing country is required.
• At least six months of work in humanitarian situations, including one three-month deployment mission (with UN-Govt-INGO) is required.
• Skills: WASH Programme Management, Humanitarian WASH Response, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Capacity Development, Leadership, Partnership Building.
• Language

Requirements

• Fluency in English is required.

• Desirables

• Knowledge of another official UN language.

• Experience in emergency response.

• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

• For every Child, you demonstrate...

• UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

• UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• (1) Builds and maintains partnerships

• (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

• (3) Drive to achieve results for impact

• (4) Innovates and embraces change

• (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

• (6) Thinks and acts strategically

• (7) Works collaboratively with others

• Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

• UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

• UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

• UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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, discrimination, fraud, corruption and other forms of serious misconduct.

• UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference, safeguarding and background verification checks. These checks may include verification of academic credentials and employment history, screening against relevant United Nations misconduct databases, and requests for misconduct disclosures from current and former employers, professional associations, other relevant organizations and participating organizations under inter-agency safeguarding initiatives, including the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS), where applicable.

• Appointment, selection and continued engagement are subject to the satisfactory completion of all required checks. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information and consent to enable UNICEF to undertake these 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

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Remarks:

• As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

• UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, all eligible and suitable candidates are encouraged to apply.

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