We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: WASH Specialist

Job no: 596824
Duty Stations: Kaduna
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

How can you make a difference?

• The WASH Specialist, TOC, will make a difference by strengthening the evidence base, strategic logic and results orientation of UNICEF Nigeria’s WASH programme.
• They will also ensure quality implementation and oversight of the DGIS-funded ASWA III project from both the service delivery and systems strengthening components.
• By supporting high-quality programme design, theory of change, monitoring, documentation, partnership engagement and knowledge management, the role will help improve programme effectiveness and contribute to sustainable, equitable and climate-resilient WASH results for children and communities.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities

• 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

Minimum requirements

• Education: A Master’s degree in Public Health, Water and Sanitation, Environmental Engineering or related field. 
• Work Experience:  A minimum of five years of professional experience in WASH-related programmes is required, in addition to experience in WASH systems strengthening, advocacy and stakeholder coordination.  
• Experience in humanitarian preparedness and response is required.

Skills: 

• Expert knowledge of selected WASH components, including rural and urban water supply, sanitation, hygiene, WASH in institutions, national WASH policies and strategies, or public financing for basic WASH.
• Experience in climate resilience construction and engineering
• Strong skills in theory of change, results-based planning, situation analysis, bottleneck analysis, programme design, monitoring and evaluation.
• Ability to prepare high-quality donor proposals, strategic briefs, policy papers, progress reports and knowledge products.
• Basic knowledge of humanitarian WASH preparedness, response, recovery and coordination.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.

Desirables:

• Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language
• A bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Water Resource Engineering, Environmental Science and Sanitary Engineering or a related field is an advantage. 
• Experience and knowledge of market-based approaches for WASH and public private partnerships will be an asset.  
• Experience supporting climate resilient WASH, and WASH service sustainability is desirable.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts. 

Competencies required for this post are:

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others.