About UNICEF: Employment
WASH Specialist, L-4, Dakar Regional Office, Senegal
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. UNICEF seeks a WASH Specialist, L-4 in its Office in Dakar Regional Office, Senegal.
Purpose of the post:
Under the guidance of the Regional Adviser, WASH - responsible for technical leadership and support in WASH for Survival and Development in the West and Central Africa Region (WCAR) - the WASH Specialist provides timely and state-of-the art technical support, program support, knowledge management support and emergency preparedness and response support to UNICEF Country Programs in West and Central Africa, represents UNICEF in regional fora, and coordinates on UNICEF’s behalf with regional partners and donors.
Your profile:
• Advanced university degree in Engineering or Public Health.
• Eight years of progressively responsible professional experience at the international level in the WASH sector, including emergency context.
• Knowledge of the latest developments in Public Health WASH.
• Knowledge of the latest developments in Emergency WASH.
• Analytical, communication and advocacy skills.
• Managerial and teamwork abilities.
• Computer skills, including statistical software package.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to write proposals and reports and documents versioned to the needs of a range of audiences.
• Fluency in French and English (oral and written) required.
If you have the experience of working in a similar capacity and want to make an active and lasting contribution to build a better world for children, send a detailed curriculum vitae in English, AND a duly completed United Nations Personal History form (available at www.unicef.org/employ), quoting VN-09-759 to: recruit.WES@unicef.org. Applications should be received by 7 December 2009.
Only candidates who are under serious consideration will be contacted.
UNICEF’s salary and benefits package is based on the United Nations Common System; visit www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/salaries_allowances for further information.
UNICEF is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff. Well qualified candidates, particularly women are strongly encouraged to apply.
