Apply for Chief WASH, Niamey, Niger Job Vacancy | Position

Chief WASH, P4, FT, Niamey, Niger #83376

Job no: 577939

Position kind: Fixed Term Appointment

Location: Niger

Division/Equivalent: Dakar (WCAR), Senegal

School/Unit: Niger

Department/Office: Niamey, Niger

Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

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For each child, clear water.

Niger is a landlocked Sahelian nation of 24 million inhabitants predominantly by younger and rural individuals (81.3%). Children aged 0-14 is 51% of the overall inhabitants and 20% for these aged 15-24. Although poverty has declined, inequality persists, because the progress made has been misplaced owing to a mixture of many vulnerabilities. While two thirds of the nation is a desert, it additionally experiences excessive inhabitants progress, accelerating pure disasters, the results of local weather change and important insecurity within the cross-border areas of the central Sahel.

The present nation program of UNICEF in Niger is aligned to the UNSDCF and covers the interval 2023 – 2027 with the intention at guaranteeing all women and boys, from start by adolescence, survive, thrive, be taught, develop to their full potential, are shielded from all types of violence and exploitation, and thus contribute to optimistic social change of their communities.

Niger can also be notably weak to the results of local weather change, being ranked the second most weak nation on the planet (ND-GAIN Country Index) and the seventh nation the place kids are most in danger from local weather change (UNICEF Children’s Climate Risk Index, 2021).

Despite efforts to make sure entry to water and sanitation for all, progress stays restricted, notably in rural areas and in IDP websites and host communities. According to the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP, 2023), lower than 50% of the inhabitants has entry to fundamental ingesting water, whereas 66% of the inhabitants nonetheless practices open defecation, with important geographical and socio-economic disparities. Access to WASH companies in faculties and well being/vitamin centres can also be restricted: in 2023, 75% of faculties didn’t have entry to secure ingesting water, 57% didn’t have entry to sanitation (JMP, 2023), and most faculties and well being centres didn’t have handwashing services.

How are you able to make a difference?

The Chief WASH reviews to the Deputy Representative for normal steerage and path. The Chief is accountable for managing and supervising all phases of the WASH programme from strategic planning and formulation to the supply of the WASH final result and output outcomes. The Chief can also be accountable for main and managing the CO WASH group. The Chief WASH is accountable for guaranteeing that the WASH final result and output outcomes are achieved in accordance with plans, allocations, outcomes based-management approaches and methodology, UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, requirements of efficiency and accountability framework.

Key features, accountabilities and associated duties/duties

1. Managerial management

• Establish the annual work plan, figuring out priorities and efficiency measurements. Monitor workplan implementation, to make sure that WASH output outcomes are achieved to schedule and efficiency requirements. Report important points to the Deputy Representative and Representative for well timed motion.
• Establish the annual workplan outputs, actions and developmental priorities of the WASH part employees. Provide well timed steerage to allow the WASH part employees to carry out their duties responsibly and effectively.
• Manage the WASH group constructing and motivation. Signal potential conflicts and take preventive motion, in coordination with Human Resources employees.

2. Programme improvement and planning

• Prepare the WASH inputs for the state of affairs evaluation. Provide complete and present knowledge to tell WASH coverage and programme improvement, planning, administration and implementation. Keep abreast of worldwide, regional and nationwide WASH sector developments, for most effectivity and effectiveness in WASH programme design, administration and implementation.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and companions to debate nationwide WASH priorities, assets, methods and methodologies to make sure probably the most strategic use of the collective assets of exterior assist companies.
• Lead the event of the WASH final result and output outcomes of the nation programme (or CCPD), together with associated background, strategic evaluation and supply methods, guaranteeing alignment with UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, UNICEF’s world WASH technique and the nation programme in addition to authorities plans and priorities, and the position of different WASH exterior assist companies. Lead the event of output-related indicators, baselines, targets and technique of verification. Lead the event of the WASH content material of the CPAP.
• Develop and handle a fund elevating technique for WASH, aligned with the WASH output ends in the nation programme, and lead interactions with senior employees of donor companies.

3. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes

• Prepare documentation for programme opinions and analytical statements on progress and constraints of WASH final result and output outcomes.
• Provide technical and operational assist all through all phases of programming processes for the achievement of the WASH output outcomes. Ensure efficient collaboration with different UNICEF sectors, the place wanted.
• With different exterior assist companies, analyze nationwide authorities WASH sector programmes and tasks, with a concentrate on WASH outcomes (behaviors), utilizing bottleneck evaluation instruments out there within the sector (WASH-BAT, CSOs, SDAs).
• Manage monitoring and analysis of the WASH programme and its elements, programme opinions and annual sectoral opinions with authorities and different companions and put together reviews for CO administration and WASH sector coordination our bodies.
• Monitor, report and certify the usage of sectoral programme assets (monetary, administrative and different belongings), confirm compliance with accepted allocations, organizational guidelines, laws/procedures and donor commitments, requirements of accountability and integrity.
• Ensure well timed donor reporting, negotiate any adjustments required to agreements with donors in a well timed method. Ensure techniques are in place for HACT compliance.

4. Advisory companies and technical assist

• Participate in strategic discussions to affect nationwide WASH insurance policies and techniques, together with the discount of inequalities, contributing to world sector studying.
• Advise senior officers in authorities, NGOs, UN companies and WASH sector donors on WASH insurance policies, methods and greatest practices.
• Lead the preparation of coverage papers, briefing notes and different strategic supplies for use by administration, donors, UNICEF regional places of work and headquarters.
• Coordinate the usage of technical specialists from the Regional Office and HQ, as and the place acceptable within the WASH programme, by distant assist and on-site visits.

5. Advocacy, networking and partnership constructing

• Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with authorities counterparts, UN companies, donor companies, WASH establishments, NGOs, analysis institutes and the non-public sector to stimulate coordination and collaboration.
• Oversee the evaluation of nationwide budgets for WASH, value evaluation and value-for-money research, to advocate for enhancements in sector effectivity.
• Produce supplies for WASH programme advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnerships and assist fund-raising.
• Represent UNICEF in inter-agency discussions, guaranteeing that UNICEF’s place, pursuits and priorities are totally thought-about and built-in in planning and agenda setting.
• Interact with world and regional initiatives and partnerships for WASH.

6. Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response

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• Ensure the annual preparation/revision of UNICEF’s preparedness for WASH in emergencies.
• Ensure the coordination preparations for humanitarian WASH are in place, for prompt strong coordination in case of an emergency.
• Ensure that every one UNICEF WASH employees are aware of UNICEF’s procedures for responding in an emergency.
• In case of an emergency, be sure that UNICEF meets its commitments for WASH within the response and early restoration.
• Support authorities to strengthen WASH emergency preparedness.

7. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

• Organize and lead the event, implementation, monitoring and documentation of WASH motion analysis and innovation (technical or techniques), guaranteeing rigorous monitoring and huge sharing of outcomes.
• Determine priorities for studying/information merchandise, masking progressive approaches and good practices, to assist total WASH sector improvement.
• Systematically plan, assist and monitor the skilled improvement of UNICEF WASH employees, to make sure our sector capability stays up-to-date with newest developments.
• Organize the systematic evaluation of WASH sector capability hole evaluation, in collaboration with authorities and different stakeholders, and assist the design of initiatives to strengthen capacities systematically.

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

• An superior college diploma in one of many following fields is required: public well being, social sciences, conduct change communication, sanitary engineering or one other related technical discipline.
• Additional related post-graduate programs that complement/complement the primary diploma are required.
• DEVELOPMENTAL: a minimal of eight years {of professional} expertise in WASH-related programmes for growing international locations is required.
• One 12 months of deployment in a growing nation is required.
• Proven potential to successfully lead a group to ship outcomes is required.
• HUMANITARIAN: At least one 12 months of labor in humanitarian conditions, together with one three-month mission deployment (with UN-Govt-INGO) is required.
• Fluency in English and French is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language or native language of the obligation station is taken into account as an asset.

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UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (2)
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drive to attain impactful outcomes (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

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

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Advertised: Dec 19 2024 W. Central Africa Standard Time

Application shut: Jan 02 2025 W. Central Africa Standard Time