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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is seeking for qualified candidate to fill the following post:
Background: The WASH Associate will work under the overall supervision of Programme Officer Kadugli Sub Office. S/he assists in the development, guidance and oversight of the implementation of WASH strategies for refugee settlements. The incumbent will support WASH related activities in the refugees IDPs settlements as well as host community working closely with the multi-functional teams including colleagues from protection, health, settlement planning, field and others.
The WASH Associate provides technical guidance, works with partners and other external stakeholders, reviews ongoing activities and generally contributes to improving WASH service delivery to persons of concern (POC) to adequate levels at each site in accordance with the UNHCR WASH Manual and Technical Guidelines, and applicable UNHCR and/or national standards.
S/he will follow a rights-based and community focused approach to programme design and implementation. The incumbent will follow the five principles for protection, accountability and WASH as outlined in UNHCR’s WASH Manual.
The incumbent will work under Kadugli Sub Office which heads the El Fula Field Office in West Kordofan as well as two Field Units in El Obeid and Abu Jubayhah in North and South Kordofan respectively.
All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR’s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.
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Duties and responsibilities:
3. Monitoring and Progress Controls The incumbent will set performance objective with his/her supervisor at the beginning of the incumbent’s resumption which will be monitored from time to time to ensure maximum performance by the staff member.
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Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required: a. Education High School Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Water/Sanitation Management, Water resource development, Environment, or Civil Engineering.
b. Work Experience Three years of relevant work experience with High School Diploma or 2 years relevant experience with bachelor’s degree or equivalent or higher.
Essential Experience in area of WASH including surveys, programme implementation, monitoring, 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 and vector control to public health indicators, and value of hygiene promotion/awareness raising and behaviour change methodologies.
c. Key Competencies SP-Sphere Handbook WA-WASH Assessment: Survey planning, implementation and oversight WA-WASH-related Technologies SP-Support/Advise/Guide on technical WASH related issues SP-Vector Control MD-Public Health Epidemiology IT-Computer Literacy IT-Geographic Information Systems (GIS) EX-Experience with Inter/Non-Governmental Organization (INGO/NGO) SP-Environmental Sanitation
Core Competencies: Accountability Communication Organizational Awareness Teamwork & Collaboration Commitment to Continuous Learning Client & Result Orientation
Managerial Competencies: Managing Performance Managing Resources Empowering and Building Trust Judgement and Decision Making
Cross-Functional Competencies: Planning and Organizing Analytical Thinking Stakeholder Management
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Only short listed candidates will be notified. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply Candidate Assessments may include a written examination followed by a Competency Based Interview.
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