WASH Officer

The WASH Officer provides technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the WASH programming process in Gaza. The role involves programme development, management, monitoring, humanitarian preparedness, partnership building, and capacity building focused on water, sanitation and hygiene projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the WASH programming process.
• Prepare, manage and implement technical and administrative tasks related to development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of WASH output results of the country programme.
• Work on Environmental and Social Safeguard aspects in the programme and project cycle of water, sanitation and hygiene projects in Gaza.
• Support programme development and planning.
• Manage programme monitoring and delivery of results.
• Provide technical and operational support for programme implementation.
• Support humanitarian WASH preparedness and response.
• Engage in networking and partnership building.
• Contribute to innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree in environmental, civil, sanitary, water engineering or another relevant technical field is required.
• At least 2 years of professional work experience in WASH-related programmes for developing countries is required.
• Programme Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Programme Implementation, Prepare Reports, Partnership building, Knowledge management skills are required.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
• Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement the main degree are a strong asset.
• Emergency response experience, environmental and social impact assessment experience, experience with donor safeguard procedures, CATS principles experience are desirable.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is desirable.

Skills

• WASH Programme Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Programme Implementation
• Report Preparation
• Partnership Building
• Knowledge Management
• Emergency Response
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Social Impact Assessment
• Donor Safeguard Procedures
• CATS Principles
• Capacity Building
• Water Engineering
• Sanitation Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Humanitarian Preparedness

Languages

English, Arabic