Assistant WASH Officer is needed at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
JOB TITLE: Assistant WASH Officer
Job ID: 21234
LOCATION: Ogoja, Cross River
Salary Grade: NA
Hardship Level: D
Family Location Type: Family
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
- The Assistant WASH Officer assists in the provision of professional technical support and guidance on activities within the areas of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) in the locations within the Areas of Responsibility (AoR). The incumbent normally reports to the WASH Officer. S/he coordinates interventions with UNHCR’s implementing partners in line with WASH Sector. In addition, the incumbent will be expected to work within multi-functional and interdisciplinary teams.
- The Assistant WASH Officer will support UNHCR, in coordination with the Government, to assess needs and coordinate the provision of WASH, and in particular, hygiene promotion services to Persons of Concern (PoC) to UNHCR. This will include coordination at site level with WASH partners in conjunction with the government authorities, and monitoring progress of hygiene promotion programme implementation to ensure that an adequate level of hygiene promotion service is provided at each site in accordance with the UNHCR WASH Manual and Technical Guidelines, and applicable UNHCR Standards and/or National Standards.
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience:
Years of Experience / Degree Level
- For P1/NOA – 1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree
Field(s) of Education:
- Agriculture, Civil Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Hydrology, Geology, Natural Resources Management, Public Health, Rural Development, Social Science, Project management, Construction, Anthropology, Urban planning, Sociology, Community Development, Social work, Social Developmnt, Architecture, Water resource /development Water/Sanitation Engineering or other relevant field. (Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Relevant Job Experience
Essential:
- Proven expertise in the area of WASH including surveys, programme implementation, monitoring and 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, vector control to public health indicators, and value of hygiene promotion/awareness raising and behaviour change methodologies.
Functional Skills:
- SP-WASH assessment including survey, implementation and oversight
- WA-WASH-related Technologies
- PG-Programme Management (project formulation, programme cycles & reporting standards)
- MS-Reporting skills
- IT-Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- IT-Computer Literacy
- UN-UNHCR’s Mandate/Policy and Global Strategic Priorities
- PR-Country Operations applying the Cluster Approach
- SP-Experience in Irrigation or Site Planning or Shelter
- EX-Experience with Inter/Non-Governmental Organization (INGO/NGO)
- (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
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Job Features
Deadline | 13th August, 2020 |