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UNICEF – Burkina Faso is recruiting a WASH Cluster Coordinator based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would like to hear from you.
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And we never give up.
For every child, a Hero
Burkina Faso country is recruiting a WASH Cluster Coordinator to provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, coherent, strategic, and effective WASH response in Burkina Faso by a mobilized and adequately resourced groups of agencies, organizations, NGOs, local communities etc. Further, given the continued protracted humanitarian situation in Burkina Faso, this position will support government lead WASH sector coordination, while linking and transitioning humanitarian interventions to longer-term development strategies, which will contribute to national strategic goals and priorities with due attention to disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness and response.
How can you make a difference?
Under the supervision of the Chief WASH and on behalf of the Humanitarian Coordinator and UNICEF and in collaboration with the government authorities (Ministry in charge of water), the post holder’s main tasks and responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
- Coordination, representation and leadership: Ensure and maintain a coordination mechanism that facilitates the effective achievement of the cluster functions (as outlined by the IASC Reference Module) and the requirements of the humanitarian program cycle (HNO, HRP and CCPM) and which builds on pre-existing coordination structures. Coordinate WASH Cluster, ensuring alignment of work and priorities, effective communication, reporting and engagement between the national and sub-national levels, Lead the WASH Cluster and co-ordinate with the NGO WASH Cluster co-coordinator and WASH Cluster coordination team. Ensure appropriate coordination and build partnerships with all relevant sector stakeholders including local authorities, local, national and international organizations, other AoRs and Clusters and affected populations as appropriate. Build complementarity of partner actions within the WASH Cluster, pro-actively negotiating with partners to avoid and resolve duplication and gaps. Coordinate, collaborate and represent the WASH Cluster with stakeholders across all sectors, including through inter-cluster coordination fora, developing cross-sectoral relationships as appropriate.
- Needs assessment and analysis: Contribute to the planning and implementation of needs assessment and analysis, including contributing to multi-sectoral needs assessments and joint analysis of need. Analyse needs assessment data and work collaboratively with the Cluster partners to create analytical products, including contributing to a HNO based on evidence-based information.
- Strategic response planning: Contribute to strategic planning, response prioritization and the development of the sectoral response plan that is based on the HNO and aligned with sector priorities, policies and plans. Ensure all programme delivery modalities (in-kind, cash, voucher and services) are given equal consideration in the strategic response planning and establish and implement systematic measures for supporting their consideration and use. Provide technical support to Cluster partners to ensure activities are aligned with Cluster priorities and communities’ needs. Ensure that the Cluster response planning is regularly updated according to evolving needs and that it establishes indicators by which performance of the Cluster can be measured. Engage with OCHA and other AoRs/ Clusters to contribute to the development of the HRP.
- Resource mobilization and advocacy: Support partners’ resource mobilization to promote the effective functioning of the Cluster and its response. Monitor, analyse and communicate information about the Cluster financial situation and resource mobilization and identify appropriate actions to address gaps or constraints. Advocate for improved sectoral outcomes, network with advocacy allies and influence stakeholders’ decision-making.
- Â Implementation and monitoring: Monitor, evaluate and report on the coverage, equity, quality and progress of the response against the Cluster strategy, priorities and agreed results. Contribute to gap and coverage analysis to identify spatial and temporal gaps, overlaps and coverage of the Cluster humanitarian response. Monitor the Cluster adherence to IASC cluster approach principles, relevant humanitarian and sectoral agreements, standards, initiatives and guidelines and encourage partners to make improvements.
- Operational peer review and evaluation: Participate in the annual cluster coordination performance monitoring (CCPM) exercise and annual review and contribute to other sectoral and humanitarian evaluations as appropriate.
- Accountability to affected populations: Be accountable to the affected population by establishing inclusive and consultative feedback mechanisms and encouraging the involvement of affected population in the response. Ensure the inclusion of cross cutting issues (age, child protection, disability, gender, gender-based violence (GBV) etc.) in the Cluster activities throughout the Humanitarian Program Cycle. Encourage partners to demonstrate a positive and systematic approach to inclusion and diversity. Adhere to child safeguarding and PSEA policies including procedures for challenging and reporting incidents and ensure other members of the coordination team comply
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: WASH e.g., public health, social sciences, behavior change communication, sanitary engineering, or another relevant technical field.
- Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement the main degree is a strong asset.
- A minimum of [5 years] of relevant professional experience in fields relevant to WASH related programmes in developing country work experience (for IP) or field work experience (for NO)
- At least one three-month deployment mission in a humanitarian situation (with UN-Govt-INGO) is required.
- Knowledge of the latest theories, technology, and practices in community-based sanitation i.e: hygiene education or latrine construction and waste management
- Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
- Fluency in French and Working knowledge in English is required. and Knowledge of the local working language of the duty station
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, 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.
During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels:Â competency framework here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable [female candidate] are encouraged to apply.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Eligible UNICEF International Professional (IP) Staff Members on fixed-term, continuing or permanent contracts applying to a Temporary Appointment, which is dedicated to L3 (or L2) Response, may be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements. The conditions of the temporary assignment will vary depending on the status of their post and their current tour of duty, and relocation entitlements may be limited as per the relevant policies.
