United Nations UNHCR Careers – WASH Officer

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Job Title: WASH Officer
Organisation: United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About UNHCR:
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was
established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The
agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect
refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to
safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that
everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another
State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to
resettle in a third country. It also has a mandate to help stateless people.
About Context:
Due to recent emergencies,
UNHCR is looking for WASH officers in SEVERAL locations to hold a professional
management position responsible for provision of expert technical support and
advice as well as strategic planning and policy making on activities within the
areas of WASH and related technical sectors as an integral part of UNHCR
programmes.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Strategy and Policy:
·        
Support
the implementation of UNHCR’s Strategic Plan for WASH 2014-18.
·        
Adapt
internationally accepted standards, policies, and guidelines for WASH
accordingly to the unique situation of UNHCR’s persons of concern and the
country context.
·        
Represent
UNHCR in relevant meetings and conferences when requested.
2. Advocacy:
·        
Advocate
on all issues relating to WASH and refugees and other persons of concern to
UNHCR both within and outside of UNHCR.
·        
Work
with others in UNHCR to advocate for access to refugees and other persons of
concern to WASH services in national and regional plans and proposals.
3. Technical Assistance:
·        
Consolidate
and provide technical guidance and support to partners on all WASH-related
issues to ensure quality, cost-effectiveness, sustainability and environmental
soundness in their implementation.
·        
Act as a
focal point on water, sanitation and hygiene promotion issues within UNHCR and
liaise with UN related agencies and governmental and nongovernmental
counterparts.
·        
Review
performance, monitor development and evaluate approaches adopted by partners in
WASH and related sectors (e.g. natural resources management, environment
assessment) and formulate appropriate designs and corrective measures as deemed
necessary.
·        
Review
on a regular basis the quantity and quality of water and sanitation services
offered in the camps and host communities and ensure the maintenance of records
of water, sanitation and hygiene promotion performance indicators for all
locations.
·        
Put
measures in place to ensure that regular and accurate reports that analyse the
challenges encountered in providing water, sanitation and hygiene promotion
services for beneficiaries are prepared and circulated and that periodic
reports required by UNHCR at all levels are submitted in a timely manner.
4. Capacity Building:
  • Facilitate
    capacity strengthening activities of UNHCR and its
    implementing/operational partners to address key areas of WASH importance
    to refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR.
  • Build
    the capacity and competence of UNHCR’s Public Health and WASH staff.
  • Ensure
    WASH is adequately addressed in in-house capacity building activities of
    the agency such as emergency and operations training.
5. Emergency Response:
  • Being
    deployed for the first emergency response, to carry out needs assessment
    and support the country to develop a WASH strategic plan of response.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The
    applicant should possess an advanced university degree in water and
    sanitation engineering/water resources development or postgraduate degree
    in one of the civil engineering disciplines (water supply and/or
    hydrology) or sanitation/hygiene engineering.
  • At
    least five to eight years progressively responsible functions in
    water/sanitary engineering or a related field in developing countries
    dealing with large scale water/sanitary activities. Of the 8 years, at
    least 3 years experience should be in a capacity directly relevant to the
    current position in an international humanitarian organization dealing
    with large scale emergencies or displaced/refugee situations.
  • Proven
    ability to deal with multiple tasks in a courteous and service-oriented
    manner in a demanding working condition that often has short deadlines.
  • Ability
    to coordinate a range of diverse actors and activities to achieve a common
    objective in the area of WASH is essential.
  • Demonstrated
    experiences in organising and conducting training activities and
    information campaign in the areas of environmental sanitation, natural
    resources management, water quality, bore-hole drilling, vector control
    and appropriate technologies are other important elements for this post.
  • Proven
    technical expertise in the area of WASH assessment including survey,
    programme implementation, monitoring and coordination is required.
  • Exposure
    to UNHCR mandate, its priorities and principles.
  • Knowledge
    and experience of working with local partner agencies with a capacity to
    provide formal and informal training.
  • Ability
    towards analytical and creative thinking for rapid solutions.
  • Good
    communicator with strong interpersonal and negotiations skills to deal
    with persons of various cultural and educational backgrounds.
  • Strive
    to live up to high ethical and professional standards.
  • An
    excellent team player with service oriented attitudes.
  • Proficiency
    in basic computer software such as MS Access, excel, powerpoint, word,
    water modelling sofware, GIS.
  • Prior
    experience and professional training in irrigation, site planning, or
    shelter with a good understanding of the main issues in the other two
    sectors. To this end, an advanced degree and additional training in one or
    more of the above sectors would be useful.
  • Applied
    knowledge in UNHCR programme management, project formulation, its
    programme cycles and reporting standards.
  • Past
    exposure to cluster approach, preferably both at the global policy level
    and at field implementation approach.
  • Expertise
    in planning, formulation, implementation, monitoring and reporting on
    humanitarian operations.
  • Proficiency
    in the languages spoken in the region.
Languages: Excellent knowledge of English or French
(written / oral / comprehension) is essential. Working knowledge of another UN
language (Arabic).
How to Apply:
All those with a desire to work
with one of the UN’s most prestigious institutions, UNHCR should please endeavor
to send their CVs and/or P11s, download
here,  to the following email
address: hqwash@unhcr.org quoting:
WASH officer
NB: Only short-listed
candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 31st January
2014.
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