WASH Officer

The WASH Officer will support UNICEF's emergency WASH and infection prevention response to the Ebola outbreak in Uganda's West Nile region. The role involves coordination with government and partners, capacity building, monitoring, and ensuring access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services for affected communities.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and delivery of UNICEF’s emergency WASH and IPC response, including supplies, services, partnerships and response plans.
• Strengthen WASH coordination with government, UN agencies, NGOs, technical pillars and district authorities to ensure timely, coherent and quality response.
• Build partner capacity through tools, assessments, templates, training and technical support for WASH in emergencies.
• Monitor implementation, identify gaps and bottlenecks, support corrective action, and report on progress and results for affected children, families and communities.

Requirements

• Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in Civil Engineering, Public Health Engineering, Public Health, Environment, Behavior Change Communication, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and any other related fields.
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in Construction of WASH facilities, Programme Management, Water & Environmental Sanitation, Emergency response, Emergency coordination, Infection prevention and control and any other related fields.
• Coordination skills.
• Capacity Development skills.
• Innovation skills.
• Monitoring and Reporting skills.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Experience with donor agencies.
• Experience with government partners.
• Experience with NGOs.
• Experience in Ebola outbreak response.
• Experience in public health response.
• Knowledge of core commitments for children.
• Experience in infection prevention and control.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Skills

• WASH Facility Construction
• Programme Management
• Water and Environmental Sanitation
• Emergency Response
• Emergency Coordination
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Capacity Development
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Coordination
• innovation
• Donor Agency Engagement
• Government Partner Collaboration
• NGO Collaboration
• Ebola Response
• Public Health Response
• Core Commitment for Children
• Country Level Experience
• Development Context Experience
• Fragile Settings Experience
• Humanitarian Experience

Languages

English