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, integration

Among the pillars of strategic plan, UNICEF China supports the Government of China to ensure a safe and clean environment in rural and urban communities that reach the most vulnerable children at home, child centers/education institutions and health care facilities. It works with the government to support the planning of most effective interventions of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and facilitate the efficient implementation of them through an integrated community approach in order to achieve total sanitation. It aims to establish a model which can be scaled up to benefit as many children as possible through sharing experience and best practice and learning events and improving policies and practices, developing guidelines and tools, and strengthening capacities of government staff and community-based practitioners. It also engages with private companies to explore suitable technologies and systems to make WASH solutions climate resilient.

How can you make a difference?

We are seeking a talented professional to build a strong water, sanitation and hygiene programme team for the planning, implementing, monitoring, documenting, disseminating results, advocating for policy improvement to scale up, innovating new approaches, skills and technologies for sustainable development. Specifically, you will:

• Manage the implementation of the WASH in Schools project and the WASH in Health Care Facilities project in consultation with colleagues under the supervision of your supervisor
• Monitor implementation of designed activities in the workplans at both the policy outcome and the local project activity outputs
• Lead knowledge management of the project, including documentation of good practices, development of human interest stories and case studies.
• Manage partnership with support from supervisor and other team members locally including government, technical institutions, private sectors and likely local NGOs in order to conduct activities efficiently and effectively
• Document project implementation progress and results and draft high quality reports as scheduled and update to supervisor regularly
• Identify areas that needs attention for the development of WASH in schools and WASH in Health Care Facilities and propose new initiatives and activities
• Keep global initiatives and scientific evidence up to date in WASH and toilet revolution
• Support the whole team's initiative in social communication and advocacy campaign on toilet revolution
• Support the supervisor in sanitation marketing initiative
• Support other team members when necessary

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Advanced university degree (master) in civil engineering, WASH, behavior change communication, public health, nutrition.
• Previous work experience in WASH a requirement. Experience with implementing institutional WASH, toilet revolution and greening project an asset.
• Knowledge and understanding of child development theory and development issues and policies in China and internationally
• Strong organizational skills to promote smooth project management
• Easy going and good in networking
• Fluency in English and Mandarin, both written and spoken
• Knowledge of inter-personal communication tools and practices and meeting presentation skills are an advantage

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.

The competencies required for this post are….

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:

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 http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.