UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for people forced to flee their homes because of conflict and persecution.

Duties

• Provide technical guidance and support to partners on all WASH-related issues to ensure quality, cost-effectiveness, sustainability and environmental sound WASH interventions.
• Liaise with implementing partners, operating partners and relevant governmental and non-governmental counterparts.
• Review regularly the quantity and quality of water and sanitation services offered in the Area of Responsibility (AoR) and maintain the records of WASH performance indicators for all locations.
• Support the review of performance, undertake field verifications, monitor development and support the evaluation of activities and approaches adopted by partners in WASH and related sectors, reporting the results to the supervisor for sharing with other technical units.
• Provide technical assistance (TA) to partners and help to enhance capacity building of partners.
• Promote community involvement and participation in all the different stages of the WASH project cycle.
• Build and maintain close relationships with other sectors, particularly site planning, health and community service, to locate, plan, implement and monitor WASH activities.
• Provide timely inputs to ensure that regular and accurate reports that analyse the challenges encountered in providing WASH services for beneficiaries are prepared and circulated.
• May participate in the preparation of all reports for management, boards, donors, budget reviews, programme analysis, monthly, annual reports etc. in a timely manner.
• Contribute to providing technical inputs during strategic and operational planning cycles of UNHCR within the AoR.
• Assist in the communication of WASH related issues as well as of the needs and issues of other sectors through reliable regular field presence.
• Provide regular updates and track progress, prepare summaries and follow-up documents in correspondence.
• Participate in WASH sector, infrastructure coordination, camp coordination and cross-cutting sector meetings e.g. health, environment, as required by the supervisor.
• Compile documents and reports related to WASH activities and construction under the AoR.
• Record feedback from UNHCR camp management, field and community services colleagues on issues with water availability, access, quality, sanitation situation, and ensure follow-up.
• Support the management in provision of WASH facilities required (UNHCR managed and supported areas), including activities such as technical design, cost estimations of technical activities, development of bill of quantities for construction of all associated WASH works, and all operational and maintenance considerations.
• Provide project management support for UNHCR WASH activities employing typical PM tools for design control, procurement, implementation and monitoring, and contract administration including evaluations to support progress certificates.
• Promote and participate in the establishment of a complaint mechanism/system to improve the WASH accountability toward refugees; report all issues, communications and resolutions employed.
• Establish and follow master and detailed chronograms, reporting to the sector any issue resulting in delays or extra costs.
• Coordinate and supervise UNHCR partners’ construction and maintenance of WASH in UNHCR managed and supported areas.
• Assist in negotiations with local authority counterparts, partners and populations of concern.
• Provide inputs for country operations plan and other submissions and reports.
• Monitor WASH activities in the AoR on behalf of UNHCR and make recommendations to the supervisor and the UNHCR management team.
• Provide data inputs for the WASH monitoring system.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Education & Professional Work Experience : For G6 – 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Certificates and/or Licenses

• Agriculture Civil Engineering Environment Natural Resources Management
• Hydrology Project management Public Health Community Dvpt/Social Work
• Social Sciences Urban Planning Architecture Water resource development
• Water/Sanitation Mgmt
• (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience

Essential : Experience in area of WASH including surveys, programme implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and coordination.

Desirable

• Knowledge and understanding of water and wastewater hydraulics and physical, chemical and biological properties; solid waste management practices, vector control and hygiene promotion/awareness raising strategies.
• Knowledge and understanding of relationship between water, wastewater, solid waste and vector control to public health indicators, and value of hygiene promotion/awareness raising and behaviour change methodologies.

Functional Skills

• IT-Computer Literacy
• IT-Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• PH- Public Health Epidemiology
• SP-Vector Control Systems Management
• WA-WASH Assessment: Survey planning, implementation and oversight
• WA-WASH-related Technologies
• (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

• For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.