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UNICEF WASH focuses its efforts on rising sustainable entry to secure consuming water, eliminating open defecation, enhancing entry to secure sanitation and selling hand washing and good hygienic practices, together with in colleges and healthcare services and with specific consideration to women and to kids with disabilities. Leveraging its presence earlier than, throughout and after emergencies, UNICEF WASH gives assist to extend entry to secure consuming water, sanitation and hygiene amongst kids and households in humanitarian conditions.
Within these pages you’ll find details about WASH programming areas, our precept methods, who’s who, sources and instruments, and information and occasions.
For each child, a hope….
We are trying for a proactive and skilled WASH Specialist (Sanitation) to affix our group remotely below the steerage of the Senior Adviser (Sanitation and Hygiene). In this position, you’ll collaborate with regional advisors, nation workplaces, and exterior companions to drive market-based mostly sanitation programming and strengthen sanitation programs for scaling up safely managed sanitation companies. You will present technical assist and oversight for the Lixil-funded multi-regional sanitation program, help in rolling out the UNICEF Sanitation Game Plan, and assist capability growth and data sharing to assist obtain common entry to securely managed sanitation. This is a singular alternative to contribute to world WASH initiatives and make an enduring impression.
How are you able to make a difference?
The WASH Specialist (Sanitation) will tackle a management position in overseeing and fascinating with world personal sector initiatives in sanitation, particularly specializing in the Lixil-funded six-nation sanitation program. This consists of offering technical assist for this system’s administration, monitoring progress, and guaranteeing efficient communication with program nations and regional workplaces. The position additionally entails creating communication supplies similar to movies and briefs, supporting cross-regional studying alternatives, and sustaining common coordination with Lixil and PFP. The specialist will additional drive personal sector engagement in market-based mostly approaches to sanitation, contributing to scaling up sanitation efforts globally.
Additionally, the WASH Specialist will assist the implementation and coordination of the UNICEF Sanitation Game Plan and the eight steps to realize common entry to securely managed sanitation. The position consists of helping within the growth and updating of the communication plan, supporting the mixing of local weather resilience into sanitation efforts, and constructing capability inside UNICEF WASH employees and companions. The specialist can even put together coverage papers and proposals, plan and arrange regional and world sanitation occasions, and doc learnings from the adoption of the Sanitation Game Plan. Furthermore, the specialist will present assist to the Sanitation and Hygiene Unit’s monitoring, reporting, and useful resource mobilization efforts, together with creating new proposals and partnerships to speed up progress on safely managed sanitation.
Minimum necessities:
Education
Advanced college diploma (grasp’s diploma) in a related discipline similar to public well being, training, environmental well being, social sciences and engineering or a associated discipline is required.
Work Experience
At least eight years of stable accountable work expertise in WASH growth in creating nations.
Desirables/Assets:
- Experience working within the areas of personal sector engagement, technique growth, capability constructing, planning, monitoring and data administration might be thought-about an asset.
Language Requirements
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.
For each Child, you show…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin the whole lot we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…
- Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
- Works Collaboratively with others (1)
- Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
- Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
- Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
- Drive to realize impactful outcomes (1)
- Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)
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UNICEF is dedicated to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, no matter gender, nationality, non secular or ethnic background, and individuals with disabilities, to apply to grow to be a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF provides paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks, and affordable lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations. Click here to be taught extra about versatile work preparations, effectively-being, and advantages.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embrace those that have lengthy-time period bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with numerous limitations, could hinder their full and efficient participation in society on an equal foundation with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has dedicated to extend the variety of workers with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-associated assist necessities of candidates and workers with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen bodily and digital accessibility. If you’re an applicant with a incapacity who wants digital accessibility assist in finishing the web application, please submit your request by means of the accessibility e mail button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to kids (individuals below 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 based mostly on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, non secular or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all kids. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to supply further info to conduct a background check, and chosen candidates with disabilities could also be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their incapacity confidentially.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station is required for IP positions and might be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments might also 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 should be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice might 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 best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
Government workers who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking on an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the precise to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or essential inoculation necessities should not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any purpose.
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WASH Specialist – Sanitation (P-4), PG WASH, New York # 00131705 (Temporary Appointment 364days) Fully Remote
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