United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children.
- To save their lives.
- To defend their rights.
- To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
Summary
The purpose of this GVA is to build a pool of pre-assessed, high-caliber candidates who can be considered for future positions aligned with UNICEF's strategic priorities and operational needs.
- While placement in the Talent Group does not guarantee selection for a specific post, it serves as a highly valuable and primary resource for swiftly filling future vacancies.
- UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
- At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job - it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built:
we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world.
- We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
- Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
- For every child, the right to health.
How can you make a difference?
You as the WASH Specialist reports to the Chief of WASH or WASH Manager (Level 4) for guidance and general supervision.
- You will support the development, preparation, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH programme within the country programme.
- You will provide technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes, to facilitate the administration and achievement of the WASH-related output results in the country programme.
- The temporary appointment will strengthen the design and use of programme theory of change, results frameworks, situation analysis, bottleneck analysis, monitoring evidence, donor proposals, annual work plans and strategic programme documentation.
- You will work with UNICEF colleagues, government counterparts, implementing partners and external support agencies to ensure that WASH strategies, outputs, indicators, baselines, targets and means of verification are coherent, evidence-based and aligned with UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, UNICEF’s global WASH strategy, the Country Programme and government plans and priorities.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
Programme development and planning
Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
Technical and operational support for programme implementation
- Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
- Networking and partnership building
- Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
Minimum requirements
Education: Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in one of the following fields is required: public health, social sciences, behaviour change communication, sanitary engineering or another relevant technical field.
- Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement or supplement the main degree are a strong asset.
Work Experience:
A minimum of five years of professional experience in WASH-related programmes is required.
- One year of deployment in a developing country is required.
- At least one three-month deployment mission in a humanitarian situation with the UN, government or an international NGO is required.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
- Programme development and planning
- Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
- Technical and operational support for programme implementation
- Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
- Networking and partnership building
- Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
Skills:
Rural water supply for low- and middle-income countries - including water safety, sustainability
Rural sanitation for low- and middle-income countries, incl sustainability; applying CATS principles
- Urban sanitation for low- and middle-income countries, incl sustainability
- Hand washing with soap
- WASH-in-Schools and Health Centres
- Menstrual hygiene management
- National government WASH policies, plans and strategies
- Humanitarian WASH - preparedness, response, recovery and coordination of the response
- Capacity development
- Knowledge management
- Human rights and WASH
- Gender equality and WASH
Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
Multiple locations:
- (Maiduguri, Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, Lagos, Sokoto, Enugu, Abuja), Nigeria - WCAR
Deadline: 13th August, 2026
How to Apply
Interested Applicant can apply via this link
