Chief WASH (Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Disaster Risk Reduction, CEED), P-4, FT, #00052394, Kigali, Rwanda - ESAR

UN Children's Fund - UNICEF

Staff Closes 30 Jun 2026 11 days left

Overview

The Chief WASH (CEED) role is responsible for managing and supervising all stages of the WASH & CEED programme from strategic planning and formulation to the delivery of results. The role leads and manages the Country Office WASH & CEED team and ensures that programme outcomes and output results are achieved according to plans and standards.


Key Responsibilities
  • 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 & CEED preparedness and response
  • Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
Required Experience
  • A minimum of 8 years of professional 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.
Qualifications
  • Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in one of the following fields is required: public health, engineering, climate and environment or another relevant technical field.
  • 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
Not specified
Work Modality
Not specified
Remuneration
Not specified
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