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

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For every child, result

Duration of Contract: The total duration of the contract is for 8 months.

Duty Station: The consultant will be based in Ministry of Energy, Irrigation and Water Supply (MoEIWS), Madhesh Province, Janakpur.

Deliverables: 

To qualify as an advocate for every child the consultant will have…

Academic Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Civil Engineering, Environment/Sanitation Engineering, Public Health, Planning, Sociology and Rural Development.
• Additional training in Social Behavior Change, Health Education; Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and Communication for Development (Programme Communication) focusing to WASH, is an asset.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in WASH governance, water supply, WASH in schools, WASH in Emergency and water quality,
• A good working knowledge of recent developments and approaches on safely managed water, sanitation, and hygiene services, water quality, WASH in schools, and WASH in emergencies,
• Three years of progressive professional work experience in the UN or other (inter)national development/humanitarian organization, national government for WASH, GIS, and Governance.
• Demonstrated experience implementing water supply projects, in the communities and institutions (schools and health care facilities), water quality and recovery and reconstruction work in emergencies including result-based, human rights and gender/disability issues, specifically relating to children and women, and the current UN/ Govt’s position and approaches.
• Good theoretical and technical knowledge of local and provincial planning and management,
• Good knowledge, experience, and expertise in WASH information management, and use of NWASH application,
• Experience of working with the provincial and local governments, especially in WASH plan development with the use of the N-WASH application,
• Excellent knowledge and skills in computer along with the NWASH Application and other data/ information management applications,
• Strong communication skills (written and oral) in English and Nepali is required.
• Candidate with experience working in provinces, qualified females and candidates from under-represented ethnic groups, and persons with disability are highly encouraged to apply.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit 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.

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: 

Request to submit financial proposal (Nepalese currency) based on the deliverables for this assignment. 

Female candidates and candidates from the under-represented ethnic groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

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

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract 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 and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors 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.