WASH Specialist

UNICEF is committed to ensuring special protection for the most disadvantaged children – victims of war, disasters, extreme poverty, all forms of violence and exploitation, and those with disabilities. UNICEF responds in emergencies to protect the rights of children.

This Over 17.8 million people lack access to basic WASH services in Yemen, putting them at heightened risk of waterborne diseases, malnutrition, and other life-threatening conditions. It is estimated that some 29 per cent of people internally displaced due to the prolonged internal conflict in Yemen do not have access to safe drinking water, and 47 per cent do not have sanitation facilities. As such, UNICEF is investing huge resources with support from its donors towards ensuring sustainable access to at least basic WASH services by vulnerable women and children living in IDPs and host communities in both urban and rural areas.

The task at hand demands highly skilled and experienced human resources capacity to ensure timely and quality WASH programming. capacity building. This UNV assignment will contribute to UNICEF’s objective of increasing sustainable access to WASH services in Yemen and will help UNICEF make meaningful contributions towards achieving WASH goals, targets and indicators stipulated in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) framework.

The overall purpose of this position is to contribute to the successful planning and implementation of humanitarian and development WASH activities, contributing towards the growing need for effective grant management, information management, documentation, and knowledge management at the country office, and extending support to WASH teams in five field offices.
Under the direct supervision of Peter Harvey, Chief WASH, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for the following key functions/accountabilities:

• Programme development, planning, implementation, and grant management
• Technical and operational support for programme implementation
• Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
• Information management for effective monitoring, evaluation, and learning
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building