Overview

The Chief WASH is responsible for managing and supervising all stages of the WASH programme, from strategic planning to the delivery of results. The role involves leading and managing the CO WASH team and ensuring that WASH outcome and output results are achieved according to plans and UNICEF’s Strategic Plan.

Tasks Summary

• Managerial leadership
• Programme development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Advisory services and technical support
• Advocacy, networking and partnership building
• Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

Experience Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant work experience in WASH-related programmes for developing countries is required.
• One year of deployment in a developing country is required.
• Proven ability to effectively lead a team to deliver results is required.
• At least one year of work in humanitarian situations, including one three-month mission deployment (with UN-Govt-INGO) is required.
• Relevant experience at the country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is desirable.

Qualification Requirements

• An advanced university degree in public health, social sciences, behavior change communication, sanitary engineering or another relevant technical field is required.
• Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement the main degree are required.

Other Details

Languages Required: • Fluency in English is required.

Languages Preferred: • Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Contract Duration: 364 days

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