WASH Project Coordinator at UNICEF

Position: WASH Project Coordinator

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Contract

Place of Work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Application Deadline: March, 15/2023

SUMMARY OF KEY FUNCTIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Ensure effective planning, overall coordination, implementation, monitoring (including situation monitoring and assessments), documentation, information management, and reporting on all project interventions and all phases of implementation.

Coordinate with stakeholders and partners to ensure that monitoring systems are properly designed, and that data collection and analysis are coordinated and fed into program performance monitoring.

Work closely internally in UNICEF with different sections (Education, Child Protection, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Social Behavior Change, Supply, and Logistics) and relevant program and operation staff including Construction Engineers, Administration and Financial Specialists, and federal/field office Specialists for the relevant multi[1]sectoral programs to coordinate and monitor the KFW/BMZ-funded project. This includes program coordination to ensure convergence between different sections, ensure alignment with program requirements, ensure that technical and financial monitoring is conducted in a coordinated manner, take overall responsibility for donor reporting and function as the main program interface with the donor, support and manage Multisectoral partnership agreements or contracts.

Work closely with the Child Protection, Education, WASH, Health, Nutrition, and Social and Behavior Change clusters, to ensure that there is effective convergence programming in selected sites and no duplication and overlap in the implementation of interventions.

Ensure that project milestones are achieved on time and alert the supervisor, Chief of WASH, and donor focal person of any challenges rewiring their attention and support.

Specific tasks include the following:

• Ensure the project oversight, including financial management, project review, project direction, and results in attainment in accordance with the Work Plan, under the guidance and support of the Supervisor, Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme, and other relevant program/operation staff.

• Support overall technical responsibility of the implementation of interventions under the ‘Strengthening the Resilience of people and Structures in drought-Affected Regions of Ethiopia’ program activities and liaison with the KFW/BMZ delegation, relevant donors, Ministries of Education, Water, Health, Women and Social Affairs, Agriculture, Labor, and relevant regional bureaus.

• Ensure preparation and timely submission of consolidated narrative, technical, progress, and financial reports.

• Ensure the availability of evidence-based project data and prepare/review/support timely preparation and submission of project briefs, and any other documentation of lessons learned.

• Liaise with Field Offices and Regional Bureaus and provide support to Regional and Field Office Specialists to ensure the smooth implementation and monitoring of the project activities.

• Facilitate the extension and signing of relevant contracts and partnership agreements that will ensure effective project implementation.

• Communicate progress, bottlenecks, and issues arising with the implementation of the project in a timely and effective manner.

• Actively monitor UNICEF-supported activities through field visits, surveys, and exchange of information with partners, to assess progress, identify bottlenecks and potential problems and take timely decisions to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for timely interventions. Produce program visit reports in accordance with UNICEF HACT procedure and other donor reporting requirements.

• Arrange joint field monitoring trips with the KFW/BMZ delegation, relevant ministries and bureaus, UNICEF program sections, and other relevant stakeholders.

• Support in the establishment of multi-sectoral and multi-regional project coordination structures at the national, regional, and field levels where relevant.

• Support in the setting-up of the project monitoring concept, the development of monitoring tools, and the development of an activity-implementing tracking tool and a monitoring dashboard.

• Ensure development and review of tools and facilitate conducting of a resilience analysis for the project, as per the process and guiding document.

• Support, in collaboration with implementing partners, counterparts, and relevant Sections, the development and implementation of communication strategies, plans, and activities to ensure the visibility of the project activities and their impact.

• To effectively coordinate and communicate with key external stakeholders including, KFW/BMZ delegation, WFP, relevant federal line Ministries and regional bureaus and ensure that the established coordination structures of the project are functional.

• Facilitate the revision of Project documents including updating Results Matrix, target/baseline beneficiaries, budget, timeline, problem analysis and the proposed project approach.

• Build and sustain close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build the capacity of stakeholders to achieve WASH output results.

• Prepare materials for WASH and Multisectoral program advocacy – in collaboration with other sections- to promote awareness, establish partnerships and support fund-raising.

• Prepare learning/knowledge products, covering innovative approaches and good practices, to support overall WASH sector / Multisectoral development.

Job requirements

• An advanced university degree (Master's) in any of the following fields is required: Social Sciences, Economics, Statistics, Business Administration, Education, public health, engineering, or other fields related to the work of UNICEF.

• *A first-level University degree combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree in the field of Social Sciences, Economics, Statistics, Business Administration, Education, public health, engineering, or other fields related to the work of UNICEF.

• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience at the national and international levels in WASH, education, Health, Nutrition or Child Protection program development and implementation including M&E activities is required.

• Experience in coordinating humanitarian/development Multisectoral programs with different stakeholders/partners

• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

How to Apply

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