WASH Officer at UNICEF

Key functions/accountabilities:

Programme development and planning

• Prepare updates and reports for assigned result areas. Research and report on trends in the assigned result area, for use in programme development, management, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Provide technical and administrative support throughout all stages of programming for sanitation & hygiene in communities, institutions, and public places, mainstreaming gender and humanitarian preparedness and response.

Programme management, monitoring, and delivery of results

• Work collaboratively with colleagues and partners to collect/analyze/ share information on implementation issues, provide solutions on routine programme implementation and alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level interventions and/or decisions.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sectoral reviews with government and other counterparts and prepare reports for required action/interventions at the higher level of programme management.
• Monitor and report on the use of programme resources (financial, administrative, and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocations, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity.

Technical and operational support for programme implementation

• Undertake field visits and surveys, collect and share reports with partners/stakeholders. Report critical issues, bottlenecks, and potential problems to supervisor for timely action.
• Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices in sanitation and hygiene and WASH in institutions, to support programme implementation.
• Champion implementation of CATS/CLTS, market-based sanitation and sanitation and hygiene behaviour change and provide technical support to partners in the implementation of sanitation voucher subsidy targeting the most vulnerable households.

Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response

• Support humanitarian sanitation and hygiene preparedness and response as and when need arises

Networking and partnership building

• Build and sustain close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve sanitation and hygiene behaviour change output results
• active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve sanitation and hygiene behaviour change output results.
• In collaboration with Social Behaviour Change (SBC) section at the field office, draft communication, and information materials for WASH programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnership/alliances and support fund-raising for WASH.
• Prepare resource mobilization materials and briefs for fund raising and partnership development purposes.

Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

• Assist in the development, implementation, monitoring and documentation of sanitation and hygiene, and WASH in institutions’ action research and innovation (technical or systems)
• Assist in the preparation of learning/knowledge products, covering innovative approaches and good practices to support overall WASH sector development
• Participate as a resource person in capacity-building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders
• Support in the design and management of a sanitation and hygiene dashboard

To qualify as an advocate for every child, you will have…

Education:

• A university degree in public health, social sciences, social and behaviour change communication, sanitary engineering, or other specialist field related to WASH is required.
• An advanced degree or other postgraduate qualification will be an added advantage

Experience:

• A minimum of three years of proven professional experience work in WASH-related programmes is required with specific experience in WASH behaviour change programming
• Understanding of WASH development and humanitarian work.
• Experience implementing development projects with a good understanding of the operations of the government, donors, and other development organizations
• Experience in project planning/ management to include development of end-to-end project plans, which include supported budgets, timelines, and resource utilization
• Experience in coordination, community mobilization and intersectoral collaboration
• Emergency experience is an advantage

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required. Fluency in Hausa language is an asset and an added advantage

Knowledge/expertise/skills required:

• Technical skills/knowledge of sanitation and hygiene promotion and behaviour change approaches (CATS, CLTS and BCC) in communities, institutions, and public places.
• Ability to engage with local entrepreneurs such as Toilet Business Owners (TBOs), local sanitation suppliers and the private sector at large to deliver affordable sanitation products and to promote equitable uptake of improved and climate-resilient sanitation facilities by households, institutions, and public places.
• Skills in hand hygiene promotion activities and Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH) interventions in schools, health care facilities and communities in general.
• Knowledge of institutional arrangements and policy framework for sustainable gender-responsive WASH services in Schools, Health Care Facilities and Public Places.
• Knowledge of the national and SDG standards, targets and indicators for sanitation and hygiene services in communities, institutions, and public places.
• Skills in engaging stakeholders at the state, LGA and community level including private sector, media, traditional and religious leaders etc to mobilize support for sanitation and hygiene services in households, institutions, and public places.
• Skills in information management to track/ monitor gaps in sanitation and hygiene services at the household and institutional levels for planning, advocacy and reporting purposes.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

• UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies: Builds and maintains partnerships (II); Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (II); Drive to achieve results for impact (II); Innovates and embraces change (II); Manages ambiguity and complexity (II); Thinks and acts strategically (II) Works collaboratively with others (II) Nurtures, leads and manages people (II

The functional competencies required for this post are:

• Leading and supervising (I)
• Formulating strategies and concepts (II)
• Analyzing (III)
• Applying technical expertise ((III)