Wash Specialist

COMPANY PRESENTATION

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS.

More than 13,000 staff work with UNICEF, with approximately 85 per located in the field in 190 countries. Seven regional offices and over 124 country offices worldwide, 34 national committees, a research centre in Florence, a supply division in Copenhagen, a shared services centre in Budapest and offices in Berlin, Brussels, Seoul and Tokyo, and UNICEF headquarters in New York and Geneva work on helping children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence.
- We employ committed professional to work in our five focus areas: Child Survival and Development, Basic Education and Gender Equality, HIV/AIDS, Child Protection and Policy Advocacy and Partnerships. We also employ staff with expertise in administration and finance, human resources, information technology, supply and logistics as well as external relations and communication. UNICEF's presence in humanitarian crises means that we also seek experts in emergency preparedness and response.
- Interested in becoming a champion for every child? Learn more about what we look for and what we offer.

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- Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of the most vulnerable children? UNICEF is seeking a dynamic and committed WASH Specialist to join our team. As a WASH Specialist, you'll play a crucial role providing technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to accelerate equitable access to quality of WASH services (including in humanitarian contexts).

UNICEF works in some of the world's toughest places, to reach the world's most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

And we never give up.

**For every child, Clean Water.**

**Purpose of the job**:

- The WASH Specialist supports the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of WASH programmes/projects within the Latin America & Caribbean Region (LAC R). Provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to accelerate equitable access to quality of WASH services (including in humanitarian contexts).
- The Specialist contributes to the achievement of concrete and sustainable results on WASH-related programmes/projects according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF's Strategic Plans and standards of performance.

The WASH Specialist will be accountable for:

- ** Programme development and planning.**:

- ** Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.**:

- ** Technical and operational support for programme implementation**:

- ** Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response**:

- ** Networking and partnership building**:

- ** Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building**
- For a more detailed key functions/accountabilities, please refer to the full Job Description

**To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have**:

- An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health, social sciences, behavior change communication, sanitary engineering, hydrology, or another relevant technical field.
- Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement the main degree is a strong asset.
- A minimum of five years of progressive professional experience in WASH-related programmes for developing countries is required. One year of deployment in a developing country is required.
- At least one three-month deployment mission in a humanitarian situation (with UN-Govt-INGO) is required.
- Fluency in English and Spanish is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian) or a local language is an asset.

**For every Child, you demonstrate...**

**Core Values**
- Care
- Respect
- Integrity
- Trust
- Accountability

**Core competencies.**
- Communication (II)
- Working with people (II)
- Drive for results (II)

**Functional Competencies**:

- Leading and Supervising (I)
- Formulating strategies and concepts (II)
- Analyzing (III)
- Relating and networking (II)
- Deciding and Initiating action (II)

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
- UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual e