United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Nigeria is supporting the
Government of Nigeria to strengthen prevention of and response all
forms of violence against children.
In particular, assistance will be provided to
strengthen the child protection system, including through
modelling the
system in four States, in order to demonstrate the impact of a
well-functioning child protection system, to develop a common model for
operationalizing the Child Rights Act at State level and to develop
standardized tools, including regulations, working protocols and
training manuals to govern the system.
If you are a passionate and committed professional and want to make a
lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights
organization would like to hear from you.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: WASH State Consultant – Civil Engineer
VN No.: VN-NGR-59-2015
Location: Maiduguri
Level: NOB
Type of Appointment: Special Service Agreement (SSA) for 6 months
Purpose of the Consultancy
- The State Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Consultant will be
based in Maiduguri working under the supervision of WASH Specialist
& UNICEF Maiduguri Field Office to deliver on the planned WASH
results for the emergency interventions being implemented by UNICEF.
Qualifications or Specialized Knowledge/Experience Required
- University Degree in Civil Engineering with a Masters in Water, Sanitary, Public health or related field.
- Fluency in locally spoken Hausa and Kanuri languages (preferably of Borne, Yobe, or Adamawa state origin).
- At least 6 years of relevant experience in programme planning,
implementation and monitoring preferably in water and sanitation sector.
Major tasks expected for the above consultancies:
- Provide technical support to UNICEF partners inducing State Rural
Water Supply and Sanitation agency, BOSEPA, etc. in program need
assessment, planning, draft of proposals, implementation and monitoring
of WASH services - Ensure that sector actors are aware of relevant policy
guidelines, technical standards and assist the lead WASH agency/State
WASH sector emergency working group to ensure that WASH responses are
in line with existing policy guidance, technical standards. - Facilitate identification of gaps in WASH services provision,
draft/recommend update WASH response, transition, or exit strategies as
applicable and action plans based on lessons learned from WASH
response activities and advocate/lobby implementing humanitarian
partners to address the gaps where critical gaps in addressing WASH
priorities are identified. - Facilitate monitoring of WASH interventions and progress against
implementation plans with dis-aggregated indicators for adequacy of
WASH services in terms of quantity, quality, coverage, etc. and access
of disadvantaged and marginalized groups. - Facilitate and ensure utilization of participatory and community
based approaches involving all relevant partners and the IDP
communities in WASH emergency related assessments, analysis, planning,
monitoring and response - Facilitate adequate WASH related contingency planning and
preparedness for potential significant changes in the nature of the
emergency; - The consultant will particularly technical leadership in the
development of cost effective designs, drawings, bits of quantities and
construction methodologies for dealing with the water and sanitation
facilities, especially informal/ informal camps.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidate should submit their application,
accompanied by updated CV’s in English and a completed United Nations
Personal History Form.
Applications should be sent to: nrecruit@unicef.org Candidate are advised to put the Job Title on the Subject line of their email.
Click here to download United Nations Personal History Form
Deadline Monday, 28 September, 2015.
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