WASH Officer Monitoring & Evaluation Knowledge Management

Under the guidance of the Chief WASH, the WASH Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation/Knowledge Management) supports the achievement of WASH-related output results in the country program. Collaborating with staff, external partners, and agency counterparts, the WASH Officer monitors progress, provides feedback on milestones, and recommends adjustments to improve effectiveness.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

• Programme development and planning
• Provide technical and programmatic support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing/administering a variety of technical programme transactions, preparing knowledge materials/documentations, complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support progress towards the WASH-related outcome and/or output results in the country programme.
• Carry out climate risk assessment, regular WASH BAT exercises, sustainability checks and integrate climate resilience in planning, programming, implementation and knowledge management.
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Monitor and report on the use of sectoral programme resources (financial, administrative, and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocations, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Report on issues identified to enable timely resolution by management/stakeholders.
• Lead as a monitoring focal person of the WASH section including development of the monitoring tools, templates and ensure timely collection and reporting of the indicators with quality.
• Technical and operational support for programme implementation
• Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes, and best practices in WASH, to support programme implementation.
• Contribute in providing technical guidance and support to the field offices for uniform understanding of programme results, indicators and programmatic approaches for implementation with regards to WASH programmes.
• Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
• Support WASH team to update EPP, strengthen cluster mechanism and humanitarian monitoring.
• Ensure disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change issues are mainstreamed in development of all projects to enhance resilient WASH programming.
• Networking and partnership building
• Research information on potential donors and prepare resource mobilization concepts and proposals and briefs for fund raising and partnership development purposes.
• Contribute to preparing high-level advocacy materials to influence partners and finances and shape sector planning and implementation.
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
• Assist in the development, implementation, monitoring and documentation of WASH action research and innovation (technical or systems).
• Responsible for preparation of learning/knowledge products, covering innovative approaches and good practices, to support overall WASH sector development and capacity building.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: civil engineering, public health, environmental engineering, water and sanitary engineering, climate change or another relevant technical field.
• A zinimum of two years of experience in WASH-related programs is required, emphasizing skills in monitoring, evaluation, and knowledge management within developing countries. Additionally, experience in disaster risk reduction and climate change would be an asset.
• Prior experience in humanitarian work, particularly in managing knowledge systems, conducting monitoring and evaluation, or implementing WASH programs in an emergency setting, will be highly preferred.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/577539