Chief WASH (Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Disaster Risk Reduction, CEED)

The Chief WASH leads UNICEF Rwanda's WASH & CEED programme, managing strategic planning, implementation, and team leadership to ensure equitable access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services. The role involves providing technical leadership, policy development, sector coordination, and partnership building to improve child well-being and resilience to climate-related risks.

Responsibilities

• Provide managerial leadership for the WASH & CEED programme.
• Lead programme development and planning for WASH & CEED.
• Manage programme implementation, monitoring, and delivery of results.
• Provide advisory services and technical support related to WASH & CEED.
• Engage in advocacy, networking, and partnership building with government and development actors.
• Lead humanitarian WASH & CEED preparedness and response efforts.
• Promote innovation, knowledge management, and capacity building within the WASH & CEED team.

Requirements

• Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in public health, engineering, climate and environment or another relevant technical field.
• Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement the main degree are required.
• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in WASH-related programmes for developing countries is required.
• One year of deployment in a developing country is required.
• Proven ability to effectively lead a team to deliver results is required.
• At least one year of work in humanitarian situations, including one three-month mission deployment (with UN-Govt-INGO) is required.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Additional direct experience with UNICEF CEED programming is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of climate and environmental conventions and associated policies is an asset.
• Experience in human rights and WASH, gender equality and WASH, WASH-in-Schools and Health Centres, handwashing with soap, menstrual hygiene management, and national government WASH policies, plans and strategies.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Skills

• WASH Programme Management
• Team Leadership
• Humanitarian WASH Principles
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Environmental Policy
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Public Health Engineering
• WASH in Schools
• Menstrual Hygiene Management
• Handwashing Promotion
• Gender Equality and WASH
• National WASH Policy
• Sector coordination
• Partnership Building
• Strategic Planning
• Technical Leadership
• UNICEF CEED Programming
• Human Rights in WASH
• Experience in Developing Countries

Languages

English