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Vacancy Announcement: Consultant

Consultancy Title: Consultancy– WASH and CDC CoAg Consultant

Section/Division/Duty Station: WASH Team – Programme Group – NYHQ

Duration: 3 January 2024 – 31 December 2024

Home/ office Based: REMOTE

About UNICEF

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. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:

The WASH Specialist, WASH in Emergencies & Fragile Contexts (WiEFC) will supervise the consultant. The consultant will work in close collaboration with project managers at the country level, facilitating the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Corporate Agreement (CoAg) including communication with the donor, monitoring of funds and facilitation of activities which has a focus on Public Health in emergencies and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH).

Scope of Work:

The consultant is expected to facilitate CoAg, oversee the funding and activities as per donor requirements, including requests for project updates and reports. To achieve this, the consultant is expected to closely work with the WASH in Emergency and Fragile Contexts team, the principal investigator (PI for the CoAg, currently the associate director of Health section), Public Partnership Division (PPD), other relevant units within UNICEF, project managers/chiefs at a country level and CDC.

Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:

• Four project updates (1-2 pages each) for all projects including issues, identified solutions, challenges are prepared and submitted to the supervisor

By 18 December 2024

• Two quarterly project and financial updates are submitted to CDC as per donor’s requests and instructions

By 18 December 2024

• Coordinate at least two site visits by setting up meetings and presenting project updates when requested by CDC (usually occurs quarterly) and provide a summary report for each visit

By 18 December 2024

• 12 WASH technical calls with the CDC conducted with detailed action points developed and followed up

By 18 December 2024

• Annual report for Year one is prepared and submitted to the PPD and CDC

By 31 May 2024

• Timely submission of a complete package of carryover request which includes a cover letter, project and budget narratives and a budget summary for carryover projects and other official requests, when necessary, by finalizing documents

By 31 May 2024

• A complete package of UNICEF proposal for Year two is developed and submitted by a deadline (the exact submission date will be announced by CDC upon availability of funds)

By 16 September 2024

Qualifications

Education:

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Civil Engineering, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and related fields

Work experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in humanitarian WASH is required
• Experience in WASH response to Public health emergencies is preferred
• Experience working in multi-cultural background is preferred

Competencies/Knowledge:

• Knowledge of WASH roles in Public health emergencies is required
• Excellent project coordination skill is required
• Experience/knowledge in CDC funding management is strongly preferred
• Experience in Knowledge management is a plus
• Fluency in English is required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required

Requirements: 

Completed profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system and

• Upload copy of academic credentials
• Financial proposal that will include/ reflect:
  • the costs per each deliverable and the total lump-sum for the whole assignment (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference.
  • travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR
  • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
  • Indicate your availability
• Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF
• At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage
• Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

U.S. Visa information:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results. View our competency framework at Here

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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:  Individuals engaged under a consultancy will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants. Consultants are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.