JOB DESCRIPTION
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For every child, an advocate.
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The WASH Manager reports to the Emergency Manager (P4) of field office for general guidance and direction and with the Chief of WASH for technical and strategic guidance. The WASH Manager is responsible for the design, delivery and monitoring of the UNICEF WASH programme for the Rohingya refugee response. The Manager provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes for the Rohingya refugee response, to ensure the achievement of the WASH-related output results for the Rohingya refugee response. The Manager provides authoritative advisory services to government and sector support agencies and interacts with the government at senior levels and with senior staff in the International Development Banks. The Manager is responsible for the programming and financial oversight of the Rohingya refugee response, mobilizing resources and ensuring adequate and efficient implementation while overseeing the transition to more sustainable and resilient service delivery.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS :
1. Management support to the Emergency Manager and Chief of WASH
- Advise the Emergency Manager and Chief of WASH in establishing the annual work plan and annual workplan outputs, activities and developmental priorities of WASH section staff for the Rohingya response, determining priorities and performance measurements. Monitor workplan implementation, to ensure that WASH output results are achieved to schedule and performance standards. Report critical issues to the Emergency Manager and Chief of WASH for timely action.
- Provide technical advice to WASH section staff on all aspects of programming and implementation in Cox’s Bazar.
- Perform the full duties of the Emergency Manager in his/her absence.
2. Programme development and planning
- Provide strategic leadership and technical support to the WASH Rohingya Refugee response in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar and Bashan Char, and the WASH programme in Cox’s Bazar district
- Draft the WASH inputs for the situation analysis. Provide comprehensive and current data to inform WASH policy and programme development, planning, management and implementation. Keep abreast of WASH sector developments, for maximum efficiency and effectiveness in WASH programme design, management and implementation.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and partners to discuss national and Rohingya response WASH priorities, resources, strategies and methodologies to ensure the most strategic use of the collective resources of external support agencies.
- Participate in strategic WASH programme planning discussions and the formulation of the WASH outcome and output results, related indicators, baselines, targets and means of verification, ensuring alignment with the UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, UNICEF’s global WASH strategy and the country programme as well as government plans and priorities, and the role of other WASH external support agencies.
- Prepare WASH donor proposals, ensuring alignment with the WASH output results in the country programme and JRP.
- Integrate climate resilience and low-carbon approaches to the delivery of WASH services for the Rohingya response, integrating with interventions in the host community for a nexus approach.
- Integrate UNICEF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards into the WASH programming for the Rohingya response.
3. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
- Draft documentation for programme reviews and analytical statements on progress and constraints of WASH outcome and output results.
- Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes for the achievement of the WASH output results for the Rohingya response. Ensure effective collaboration with other UNICEF sectors, where needed.
- With other external support agencies, analyze national and sub-national government WASH sector programmes and projects, with a focus on WASH outcomes (behaviours), using bottleneck analysis tools available in the sector (WASH-BAT, CSOs, SDAs).
- Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sectoral reviews with government and other partners and prepare reports for the Emergency Manager and Chief of WASH and CO management.
- Ensure that all partnerships and contracts are managed as per UNICEF’s policies.
- Support the design, delivery and analysis of assessments and household surveys integrating the feedback into the WASH programme, sector priorities, advocacy tools and proposals.
- Monitor, report and certify the use of sectoral programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocations, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Report issues to the Emergency Manager and Chief of WASH, for timely resolution.
- Prepare sectoral progress reports for management, donors and partners.
4. Advisory services and technical support
- Participate in strategic discussions to influence national, sub-national and Rohingya response WASH policies and strategies, including the reduction of inequalities, contributing global sector learning.
- Advise senior officials in government, NGOs, UN agencies, International Financial Institutes and donor agencies on WASH policies, strategies and best practices and areas of prioritisation.
- Draft policy papers, briefs and other strategic materials for use by management, donors, the WASH sector, UNICEF regional office and headquarters.
- Plan for the use of technical experts from the regional office and headquarters, as and where appropriate in the WASH programme, through remote support and on-site visits.
5. Advocacy, networking and partnership building
- Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with government counterparts (including camp coordination), UN agencies, donor agencies, International Financial Institutions, WASH institutions, NGOs, research institutes and the private sector to stimulate coordination and collaboration.
- Support analysis of national and sub-national budgets for WASH, cost analysis and value-for-money studies, to advocate for improvements in sector efficiency and resource allocation to Cox’s bazar district.
- Produce materials for WASH programme advocacy for the Rohingya response to promote awareness, establish partnerships and support fund-raising.
- Participate in inter-agency discussions, ensuring that UNICEF’s position, interests and priorities are fully considered and integrated in the planning and agenda setting.
- Coordinate with other UN agencies leading the delivery of WASH services in the respective Area of Responsibilities to ensure consistency in approaches across all the camps.
- Interact with global and regional initiatives and partnerships for WASH.
6. Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
- Manage all aspects of UNICEF’s WASH programme for the Rohingya response (in camps and host communities)
- Manage all aspects of UNICEF’s preparedness for WASH in emergencies.
- Ensure the coordination arrangements for humanitarian WASH are in place, for instant robust coordination in case of an emergency.
- Ensure that all UNICEF WASH staff are familiar with UNICEF’s procedures for responding in an emergency.
- Take up leadership/managerial role in an emergency response and early recovery, as and when the need arises.
- Provide technical and managerial support to WASH Sector/Cluster Coordinators
7. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
- Manage the implementation, monitoring and documentation of WASH action research and innovation (technical or systems), ensuring rigorous monitoring and wide sharing of results.
- Prepare learning/knowledge products, covering innovative approaches and good practices, to support overall WASH sector development.
- Support the professional development of UNICEF WASH staff, to ensure our sector capacity remains up-to-date with latest developments.
- Initiate and contribute to the systematic assessment of WASH sector capacity gap analysis, in collaboration with government and other stakeholders, and support the design of initiatives to strengthen capacities systematically.
- Participate as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders.
- Integrate UNICEF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards into the WASH programming for the Rohingya response.
For detailed job responsibilities, please see the attached TOR: WASH Manager CxB Level 4_.pdf
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, engineering, water resources or another relevant technical field related to WASH.Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement the main degree are required.(*A first University Degree combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree in the field of journalism, communications, external relations, public affairs, public relations or corporate communications.)
- DEVELOPMENTAL: A minimum of eight years of professional experience in WASH-related programme for developing countries is required.One year of deployment in a developing country is required.HUMANITARIAN: At least three years in humanitarian situations required.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others. [the 8th competency (Nurtures, leads and manages people) for supervisory role]
During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.
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