Chief WASH Vacancy-Job Ref: JKCDUNICEF/1409/202353

UNICEF is seeking a Chief WASH in Kinshasa, Congo, responsible for managing WASH programs, ensuring outcomes are met, and leading the WASH team. Candidates should have an advanced degree in relevant fields and at least ten years of experience in WASH programs, especially in developing countries. Fluency in English and French is required. This position emphasizes managerial leadership, program development, and humanitarian response.
Chief WASH Vacancy-Job Ref: JKCDUNICEF/1409/202353

Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

JOB DESCRIPTION

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, a champion

Purpose of the Position

The Chief WASH reports to Deputy Representative for general guidance and direction.

The Chief is responsible for managing and supervising all stages of the WASH programme from strategic planning and formulation to the delivery of the WASH outcome and output results.

The Chief is also responsible for leading and managing the CO WASH team.

The Chief WASH is accountable for ensuring that the WASH outcome and output results are achieved according to plans, allocations, results based-management approaches and methodology, UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, standards of performance and accountability framework.

Visit UNICEF- Democratic Republic of Congo to learn more!

How can you make a difference?

Key Accountabilities and Duties & Tasks Chief WASH Level 5.pdf

Managerial leadership

Programme development and planning

Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results

Advisory services and technical support

Advocacy, networking and partnership building

Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response

Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health, social sciences, behavior change communication, sanitary engineering or another relevant technical field.

Minimum of ten years of professional experience in devising and implementing WASH-related programmes for developing countries required.

Experience in handling epidemics such as cholera and/or Ebola outbreaks is an asset.

A period of deployment in a developing country highly desirable.

Proven ability to effectively lead a team to deliver results required.

Experience of working in humanitarian situations and contexts an asset.

Fluency in English and French is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others (8) nurture leads and manage people.

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