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Re-advertisement: WASH Specialist (NOC), FT, Kaya, Burkina Faso # 116840 – Previous Applicants Need to Re-Apply

Job no: 577843

Position kind: Fixed Term Appointment

Location: Burkina Faso

Division/Equivalent: Dakar (WCAR), Senegal

School/Unit: Burkina Faso

Department/Office: Kaya, Burkina Faso

Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

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For each child, Water!

The elementary mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each child, in every single place, in all the things the Organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing probably the most deprived and excluded kids and households, interprets this dedication to kids’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness signifies that all kids have a possibility to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any child has an unequal likelihood in life — in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is rising proof that investing within the well being, schooling and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give extra kids the chance to satisfy their potential but additionally will result in sustained development and stability of nations. This is why the deal with fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in the direction of realizing the human rights of all kids, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, whereas additionally supporting the equitable growth of countries.

How are you able to make a difference ?

The WASH Specialist experiences to the Chief of Field Office (Kaya) for steerage and normal supervision. He/She is technically supervised by the Chief WASH and he/She (the WASH specialist) helps the event, preparation, administration, implementation, monitoring, and analysis of the WASH Programme throughout the area. He/She ensures coordination with the regional technical authorities as effectively animation of the regional cluster and different associated WASH working teams. He/She (the WASH specialist) will supervise a WASH Officer NO2.

Programme growth and planning

• Draft the WASH inputs for the scenario evaluation. Provide well timed, complete and present knowledge to tell WASH coverage and programme growth, planning, administration and implementation. Keep abreast of WASH sector growth traits, for most effectivity and effectiveness in programme design, administration and implementation.
• Participate in strategic WASH programme planning discussions. Prepare WASH donor proposals, making certain alignment with UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, UNICEF’s international WASH technique and the Country programme, in addition to authorities plans and priorities, and the function of different exterior help businesses.
• Assist within the formulation of the WASH final result and output outcomes, associated indicators, baselines, targets and technique of verification. Prepare required documentation for programme critiques.
• Work with colleagues and companions to debate methods and methodologies for the achievement of WASH output leads to the nation programme.
• Provide technical and operational help 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.
• Prepare partenship settlement with implementing companions, monitor UNICEF funded venture implementation (NOG and Contract with personal sector).
• Co-facilitated the regional cluster conferences and coordination with all regional WASH stakeholders.

Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes

• With different exterior help businesses, strengthen nationwide authorities WASH sector monitoring methods, with a deal with WASH outcomes (behaviors), utilizing bottleneck evaluation instruments out there within the sector (WASH-BAT, CSOs, SDAs).
• Participate in monitoring and analysis workout routines, programme critiques and annual sectoral critiques with authorities and different counterparts and put together experiences on outcomes for required motion/interventions on the increased degree of programme administration.
• Prepare/assess monitoring and analysis experiences to determine gaps, strengths/weaknesses in programmes and administration, determine and doc classes realized.
• Monitor and report on using sectoral programme assets (monetary, administrative and different belongings), confirm compliance with authorised allocations, organizational guidelines, laws/procedures and donor commitments, requirements of accountability and integrity. Report on points recognized to allow well timed decision by administration/stakeholders.
• Prepare sectoral progress experiences for administration, donors and companions as effectively inputs to the SitReps.

Technical and operational help for programme implementation

• Actively monitor UNICEF-supported actions by means of discipline visits, surveys and change of data with companions, to evaluate progress, determine bottlenecks and potential issues and take well timed selections to resolve points and/or discuss with related officers for well timed interventions.
• Provide technical and operational help to authorities counterparts, NGO companions, UN system companions and different nation workplace companions/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF insurance policies, methods, processes, and greatest practices in WASH, to help programme implementation.
• Plan for use of technical specialists from the Central workplace and the place acceptable within the WASH programme, by means of distant help and on-site visits. eiFa5yw BIpnb
• Participate in WASH programme conferences, to overview progress, with authorities, different sector businesses and implementation companions, concerned at numerous levels of WASH programme implementation, to offer knowledgeable recommendation and steerage.
• Draft coverage papers, briefs and different strategic supplies for use by administration, donors, UNICEF regional workplaces and headquarters.

Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response

• Prepare requisitions for provides, providers, long-term agreements, and partnership agreements to make sure UNICEF is ready to ship on its commitments for WASH in case of an emergency.
• Contribute to the coordination association for humanitarian WASH, for immediate sturdy coordination in case of an emergency.
• Ensure that each one UNICEF WASH employees are acquainted with UNICEF’s procedures for responding in an emergency.
• Take up help roles in an emergency response and early restoration, as and when the necessity arises.

Networking and partnership constructing

• Build and maintain shut working partnerships with authorities counterparts and regional stakeholders by means of lively sharing of data and data to facilitate programme implementation and construct capability of stakeholders to realize WASH output outcomes.
• Prepare supplies for WASH programme advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnerships and help fund-raising.
• Participate in inter-agency discussions, making certain that UNICEF’s place, pursuits, and priorities are absolutely thought-about and built-in within the UNDAF growth planning and agenda setting.

Innovation, data administration and capability constructing

• Lead the event, implementation, monitoring and documentation of WASH motion analysis and innovation (technical or methods).
• Prepare studying/data merchandise, overlaying progressive approaches and good practices, to help total WASH sector growth.
• 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 at regional degree, and help the design of initiative to strengthen capacities systematically.
• Participate as a useful resource individual in capability constructing initiatives to boost the competencies of companions/stakeholders.

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

Minimum necessities:

• 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 principle diploma are a powerful asset.
• A minimal of 5 years {of professional} expertise in WASH-related programmes for growing nations is required. One 12 months of deployment in a growing nation is required.
• At least three months deployment mission in a humanitarian scenario (with UN-Govt-INGO) is required.
• Fluency in French and good working data in English, particularly the power to jot down experiences, of English is required. Knowledge of native language of the obligation station is taken into account as an asset.

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the things we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this publish are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness

(3) Drive to realize outcomes for impression

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others

(8) Nurtures, Leads and Manages People

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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 id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

We provide a variety of measures to incorporate a extra various workforce, resembling paid parental go away, day without work for breastfeeding functions , 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 beneath 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 bear rigorous reference and background checks and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer extra data to conduct a background check.

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 may be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you 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. Otherwise, the choice will likely be canceled.

Remarks

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

UNICEF’s lively dedication to range and inclusion is vital to ship the very best outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate females candidates are inspired to apply.

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

UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing price at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF won’t ask for candidates’ checking account data.

Visa residence necessities: UNICEF Burkina Faso won’t facilitate the issuance of a visa and dealing authorization for candidates into account for positions on the nationwide officer and normal service class.

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 inner candidate performing on the degree of the publish within the related practical space, or an inner/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the publish, with out evaluation of different candidates.

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Advertised: Dec 26 2024 Greenwich Standard Time

Application shut: Jan 09 2025 Greenwich Standard Time