WASH Specialist (NO-3) at United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
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.
How to make a difference
The WASH Specialist, TOC, will make a difference by strengthening the evidence base, strategic logic and results orientation of UNICEF Nigeria’s WASH programme.
- They will also ensure quality implementation and oversight of the DGIS-funded ASWA III project from both the service delivery and systems strengthening components.
- By supporting high-quality programme design, theory of change, monitoring, documentation, partnership engagement and knowledge management, the role will help improve programme effectiveness and contribute to sustainable, equitable and climate-resilient WASH results for children and communities.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
Programme development and planning
- Develop, implement, monitor WASH strategies and project activities
- Technical and operational support for programme implementation
- Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
- Networking and partnership building
- Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
- To qualify as a champion for every child you will have.
Minimum requirements:
Education: A Master’s degree in Public Health, Water and Sanitation, Environmental Engineering or related field.
- Work Experience: A minimum of five years of professional experience in WASH-related programmes is required, in addition to experience in WASH systems strengthening, advocacy and stakeholder coordination.
- Experience in humanitarian preparedness and response is required.
Skills:
Expert knowledge of selected WASH components, including rural and urban water supply, sanitation, hygiene, WASH in institutions, national WASH policies and strategies, or public financing for basic WASH.
- Experience in climate resilience construction and engineering
- Strong skills in theory of change, results-based planning, situation analysis, bottleneck analysis, programme design, monitoring and evaluation.
- Ability to prepare high-quality donor proposals, strategic briefs, policy papers, progress reports and knowledge products.
- Basic knowledge of humanitarian WASH preparedness, response, recovery and coordination.
Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
Desirables:
Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language
- A bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Water Resource Engineering, Environmental Science and Sanitary Engineering or a related field is an advantage.
- Experience and knowledge of market-based approaches for WASH and public private partnerships will be an asset.
- Experience supporting climate resilient WASH, and WASH service sustainability is desirable.
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
Deadline:
- 12 Nov 2026 W. Central Africa Standard Time
How to Apply
Interested Applicant can apply via this link
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