WASH Officer

Supports UNICEF's sanitation, hygiene and WASH-in-institutions work in Somaliland, combining programme planning, partner support and monitoring with emergency preparedness. The role strengthens government and community capacity and helps deliver climate-resilient services for children.

• Support strategic planning and proposal development for sanitation, hygiene and WASH-in-institutions programming
• Develop WASH results, indicators, baselines and verification methods for programme outputs
• Monitor implementation through field visits, surveys and partner engagement and address bottlenecks
• Provide technical and operational support to government, NGO and UN partners on WASH policies and practice
• Prepare emergency supplies, service and partnership arrangements for humanitarian WASH response
• Build stakeholder capacity and develop learning products on sanitation and hygiene

• Relevant degree in public health, social sciences, behaviour change communication, sanitary engineering or another technical field
• At least three years of WASH programme experience, including sanitation and hygiene and community-led approaches
• Experience working with government agencies, local authorities, international organisations, NGOs and communities
• Good understanding of national WASH policies, plans, strategies and institutional arrangements
• Fluency in English

• Experience with self-build infrastructure approaches
• Experience with market-based sanitation approaches
• Knowledge of Somali-context WASH guidance, including health-care facilities

• WASH Programming
• Sanitation and Hygiene
• Programme Monitoring
• Humanitarian Response
• Capacity Building
• Partnership Management
• Climate-Resilient WASH

• Volunteer assignment via UNV
• Monthly living allowance of USD 1,067
• Annual leave accrues at 2.5 days per month