WASH Specialist, NO-3, TA (364 days)

WASH Specialist, NO-3, TA (364 days)

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

The WASH Specialist, TOC, will make a difference by strengthening the evidence base, strategic logic and results orientation of UNICEF Nigeria’s WASH programme. They will also ensure quality implementation and oversight of the DGIS-funded ASWA III project from both the service delivery and systems strengthening components. By supporting high-quality programme design, theory of change, monitoring, documentation, partnership engagement and knowledge management, the role will help improve programme effectiveness and contribute to sustainable, equitable and climate-resilient WASH results for children and communities.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

1. Programme development and planning
2. Develop, implement, monitor WASH strategies and project activities
3. Technical and operational support for programme implementation
4. Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
5. Networking and partnership building
6. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

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

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

• Education: A Master’s degree in Public Health, Water and Sanitation, Environmental Engineering or related field.
• Experience: A minimum of five years of professional experience in WASH-related programmes is required, in addition to experience in WASH systems strengthening, advocacy and stakeholder coordination. Experience in humanitarian preparedness and response is required.
• Skills:
• Expert knowledge of selected WASH components, including rural and urban water supply, sanitation, hygiene, WASH in institutions, national WASH policies and strategies, or public financing for basic WASH.
• Experience in climate resilience construction and engineering
• Strong skills in theory of change, results-based planning, situation analysis, bottleneck analysis, programme design, monitoring and evaluation.
• Ability to prepare high-quality donor proposals, strategic briefs, policy papers, progress reports and knowledge products.
• Basic knowledge of humanitarian WASH preparedness, response, recovery and coordination.
• Language: Fluency in English is required.

Desirables:

• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language
• A bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Water Resource Engineering, Environmental Science and Sanitary Engineering or a related field is an advantage
• Experience and knowledge of market-based approaches for WASH and public private partnerships will be an asset
• Experience supporting climate resilient WASH, and WASH service sustainability is desirable
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts

UNICEF competencies required for this post:

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others

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 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 channel on the UNICEF Careers webpage.

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.

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.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments are conditional on the selected candidates' willingness to comply with current or future vaccination requirements, should UNICEF mandate it for personnel. Failure to comply with such requirements, where applicable and without a duly approved medical exemption from the relevant UN authority, will result in the cancellation of the selection or may lead to other administrative measures, including separation from service.