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Job no: 566527
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Addis Ababa
Level: NO-1
Location: Ethiopia
Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

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.

And we never give up.

For every child, Clean Water

Ethiopia is situated in the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous country on the continent with an estimated population of 115 million. It borders six African countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 square kilometers. Approximately 85 percent of the population lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of ancient cultures with Middle Eastern and African cultures evident in the religious, ethnic, and language composition of its people.

Over the past two years, children and their families across Ethiopia faced multiple and complex emergencies, such as the conflict in the northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in millions of people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. UNICEF has programmes in Child Protection, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Social Policy, and Education and serves over 15 million children in Ethiopia. Join UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to improving the lives of children and women.

How can you make a difference?

The post holder is responsible for the collection, compilation, analysis of information related to emergency WASH response activities within their respective region and will:

• Provide Regular updates on humanitarian WASH needs, gaps and partners’ activities

• Compile of monthly 4W for the region.

• Ensure consistent and quality monitoring and reporting of activities (Sit Rep, 4W, water supply, sanitation and hygiene works status update; etc)

• Ensure regular WASH updates such as water point functionality; water coverage, water quality, water trucking needs assessment, drought status, rainfall, flood and disease outbreak, etc

• Participate in regional WASH and/or multisector assessments 

• Respond to the regional Cluster participants’ needs for information.

• Maintain information databases that consolidate, analyze and report/disseminate information critical to decision making.

1. Support the estimation of spatial and temporal gaps, overlaps and coverage of partners’ activities and projects.

• Work with Cluster/participants to identify information gaps and propose ways to bridge those gaps

• Use GIS mapping for map production and geographic data management

• Manage an inventory of relevant documents on the WASH situation.

• Support the development and analysis of needs assessment and monitoring programmes

• To provide information management leadership in assessments and monitoring, including joint assessments and training.

1. Develop and strengthen information management capacity through the training of regional cluster partners.

• Update the humanitarian info site for the WASH cluster in Oromia region

• Build zonal cluster capacities in partnership with delegated zonal cluster co-leader organizations and zonal government offices 

• Support regional water bureau and zonal water offices in tracking nonfunctional schemes and update the lists of schemes rehabilitated and maintained.

• Support regional WASH sectors in conducting and reviewing the regional WASH inventory 

1. Support to Regional Water Bureau

• Regularly connect with the regional water bureau and regional health bureau to collect WASH related data

• Organize technical IM trainings for regional water and health bureau teams

• Support RWB in strengthening the zonal WASH cluster systems 

1. Support to regional cluster coordination

• Organize regular WASH cluster meetings

• Prepare WASH cluster meeting presentations and prepare meeting notes

• Cover the regional cluster coordination role when the cluster coordinator is away

• Represent regional WASH cluster in regional ICCG, national WASH cluster meetings and regional DRM technical working group meetings

1. Support to national WASH cluster

• Provide technical and analytical inputs to Humanitarian Program Cycle (HPC) activities including Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO), Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), and Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) for UNICEF

• In collaboration with the national WASH IMO, lead on one national level IM project

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• A first University Degree in a subject area relevant to information management and / or WASH disciplines.

• At least 2 (two) years progressively responsible humanitarian work experience with UN and/or NGO, including information management and WASH.

• Fluency in English is mandatory.

• Knowledge of Oromifa language (oral, writing and reading) is an advantage.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values 

• Care

• Respect

• Integrity

• Trust

• Accountability and

• Sustainability

(CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)

• Works Collaboratively with others (1)

• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)

• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)

• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)

• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)

• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

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

Advertised: 12 Oct 2023 E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 26 Oct 2023 E. Africa Standard Time

How to apply:

• Register using the following link CLICK HERE