WASH Specialist, NO-3, Fixed Term Position

WASH Specialist, NO-3, Fixed Term Position, #00068709, Harare, Zimbabwe (Open to Zimbabwean Nationals only)

Job no: 596481

Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment

Duty Station: Harare

Level: NO-3

Location: Zimbabwe

Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

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How can you make a difference?

UNICEF Zimbabwe seeks to hire a passionate and dedicated WASH Specialist to join the WASH Section. The WASH Specialist reports to the Deputy Representative and serves as UNICEF's lead technical advisor on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) systems strengthening, WASH sector engagement, WASH policy engagement, service delivery models, and decentralized implementation. The position provides technical leadership for integrated Climate-Resilient WASH, Child Survival, Nutrition, Health and Emergency Preparedness and Response programmes.

The Specialist supports the Government of Zimbabwe and partners to strengthen national and sub-national WASH systems, policies, regulatory frameworks, data and monitoring, climate resilient service delivery models and WASH systems financing mechanisms that improve child survival, nutrition, health, education outcomes. The position acts as a key interlocutor with central government ministries whilst supporting translation of national policies and standards into effective decentralized implementation systems.

-Programme development and planning

-Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results

-Technical and operational support for programme implementation

-Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response

-Networking and partnership building

-Innovation, knowledge management and capacity development