WASH Officer at UNICEF, Tamale, Ghana

Deadline: 16 June 2023

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of WASH Officer in Tamale, Ghana.

UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.

Key Jobs Responsibilities

The WASH Officer will perform the following functions:

• Programme development and planning
  • Draft updates for WASH in the situation analysis, to inform the development of WASH-related outcome and output results under the overall technical guidance of Chief WASH. Research and report on trends in WASH, for use in programme development, management, monitoring, and evaluation.
  • Prepare technical reports and inputs for programme preparation and documentation, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and relevance of information.
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues and partners to collect/analyze/ share information on implementation issues, provide solutions on routine programme implementation and alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level interventions and/or decisions.
  • Keep records of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
• Technical and operational support for programme implementation
  • Undertake field visits and surveys, collect and share reports with partners/stakeholders. Report critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems to supervisor, for timely action.
  • Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices in WASH, to support programme implementation.
• Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
  • Draft requisitions for supplies, services, long-term agreements and partnership agreements to ensure UNICEF is prepared to deliver on its commitments for WASH in case of an emergency.
  • Study and fully understand UNICEF’s procedures for responding in an emergency.
• Networking and partnership building
  • Build and sustain close working partnerships with government counterparts and national, regional and district stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve WASH output results.
  • Draft communication and information materials for WASH programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnership/alliances and support fund-raising for WASH.
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
  • Provide strong support to partners in modeling and scaling-up innovative WASH initiatives (e.g., expansion of District and Basic Sanitation Fund in Norther Regions).
  • Assist in the development, implementation, monitoring and documentation of WASH action research and innovation (technical or systems).
  • Assist in the preparation of learning/knowledge products, covering innovative approaches and good practices, to support overall WASH sector development.

Eligibility Criteria

• Advanced University Degree (Master’s or higher) in one of the following fields is required public health / or public health engineering, civil or mechanical engineering, behavior change communication, or another relevant technical field.
• Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement the main Degree are a strong asset.
• Minimum 2 year’s relevant professional experience in WASH-related programmes for developing countries is required.
• Develop country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered 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.
• Nationality of Ghana.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit their applications through online process.

For more information, visit UNICEF.