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UNICEF Ukraine

Join WASH team at UNICEF Ukraine

How are you able to make a difference? 

The elementary mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each child, all over the place, in all the pieces the Organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing essentially the most deprived and excluded kids and households, interprets this dedication to kids’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness implies that all kids have a chance to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any child has an unequal probability 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 meet their potential but additionally will result in sustained development and stability of nations. This is why the give attention to 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.

Purpose of the job: The WASH Officer studies to the Head of the Field Office who’s at stage 3 for supervision. The WASH Officer supplies technical, operational and administrative help all through the WASH programming course of. The Officer prepares, manages and implements quite a lot of technical and administrative duties, associated to the event, implementation, monitoring and analysis of the WASH output outcomes of the nation programme.

Summary of key capabilities/accountabilities: 

1. Programme growth and planning
2. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes
3. Technical and operational help for programme implementation
4. Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
5. Networking and partnership constructing
6. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

1. Programme growth and planning

• Draft updates for WASH within the scenario evaluation, to tell the event of WASH-related consequence and output outcomes. Research and report on traits in WASH, for use in programme growth, administration, monitoring, and analysis. 
• Prepare technical studies and inputs for programme preparation and documentation, making certain accuracy, timeliness and relevance of knowledge.
• Contribute to the event/institution of WASH-related consequence and output outcomes, in addition to associated methods, by means of evaluation of WASH sector wants and priorities.
• Provide technical and administrative help all through all levels of programming processes by executing/administering quite a lot of technical programme transactions, getting ready supplies/documentations, complying with organizational processes and administration programs, to help progress in the direction of the WASH-related consequence and/or output leads to the nation programme.
• Prepare required documentations/supplies to facilitate evaluate and approval processes.

2. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes 

• Work collaboratively with colleagues and companions to gather/analyze/ share data on implementation points, present options on routine programme implementation and alert acceptable officers and stakeholders for higher-level interventions and/or choices. Keep information of studies and assessments for simple reference and/or to seize and institutionalize classes discovered. 
• Participate in monitoring and analysis workouts, programme evaluations and annual sectoral evaluations with authorities and different counterparts and put together studies on outcomes for required motion/interventions on the greater stage of programme administration.
• Monitor and report on using sectoral programme sources (monetary, administrative and different property), confirm compliance with accredited allocations, organizational guidelines, rules/procedures and donor commitments, requirements of accountability and integrity. Report on points recognized to allow well timed decision by administration/stakeholders.
• Prepare sectoral progress studies for administration, donors and companions.

3. Technical and operational help for programme implementation

• Undertake discipline visits and surveys, gather and share studies with companions/stakeholders. Report crucial points, bottlenecks and potential issues to supervisor, for well timed motion.
• 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 finest practices in WASH, to help programme implementation.

4. Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response

• Draft 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.
• Study and absolutely perceive 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. 

5. Networking and partnership constructing 

• Build and maintain shut working partnerships with authorities counterparts and nationwide stakeholders by means of lively sharing of knowledge and information to facilitate programme implementation and construct capability of stakeholders to attain WASH output outcomes.
• Draft communication and data supplies for WASH programme advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnership/alliances and help fund-raising for WASH.
• Participate in inter-agency conferences on UNDAF planning, to combine and harmonize UNICEF output outcomes and implementation methods with UNDAF growth and planning processes.
• Research data on potential donors and put together useful resource mobilization supplies and briefs for fund elevating and partnership growth functions.

6. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

• Assist within the growth, implementation, monitoring and documentation of WASH motion analysis and innovation (technical or programs). 
• Assist within the preparation of studying/information merchandise, overlaying revolutionary approaches and good practices, to help general WASH sector growth.
• Assist in creating and delivering studying alternatives for UNICEF WASH workers, to make sure our sector capability stays up-to-date with newest developments.
• Participate as a useful resource particular person in capability constructing initiatives to reinforce the competencies of shoppers/stakeholders.

Impact of Results

The help offered by the WASH officer will allow the nation workplace to attain the WASH-related output outcomes of the nation programme.  This, in flip, will contribute to the achievement of the end result outcomes of the nation programme doc.  When carried out successfully, the achievement of the end result outcomes will enhance child survival, development and growth, and scale back inequalities within the nation. 

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

Minimum necessities:

Education:

• A 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.

Work Experience:

• A minimal of two years {of professional} work expertise in WASH-related programmes for growing international locations is required.

Language Requirements: 

• Fluency in English and native language is required.

Desirables:

• Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency. 
• Additional related post-graduate programs that complement/complement the primary diploma are a robust asset.
• Knowledge of one other official UN language is an asset.

For each Child, you display…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the pieces we do and how 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 attain outcomes for impression

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

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We provide a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, similar to paid parental go away, break day for breastfeeding functions, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.

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Remarks:

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This place is predicated in Kharkiv and the incumbent will likely be anticipated be work on-site. However, relying on the safety situations and advisory, s/he will likely be required to relocate inside Ukraine.