WASH Consultant, Odessa, Ukraine, 11 months (Office based work)

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Background:

Odessa FO has WASH programme beneath its AOR protecting Odessa, Mykolaiv Oblasts respectively, with potential addition of areas in Kherson Oblast aslo. WASH programme in Odessa FO has estimated annual price range of measurement USD 15 million to implement each humanitarian responses and early restoration tasks. The annual work plan of WASH programme has big selection of programme actions together with WASH Hygiene kits distribution, rehabilitation of Water & sanitation Infrastructures in cities, municipalities and villages, rehabilitation of WASH facilitation in academic establishments and well being care amenities. The progarmme additionally consists of emergency response equivalent to emergency water trucking, emergency rehabilitation of infrastructures. The actions are being carried out by totally different companions equivalent to Metropolis Vodokanals, NGOs, CSOs and peri-urban/rural communal enterprises. Additional, there may even be new implementing companions via new HPDs for convergent municipality strategy in Odessa nd Mykolaiv oblasts.

The latest escalation and potential escalations with counter offensive measures in southern and jap a part of Ukraine will most probably enhance the necessity of UNICEF assist to the inhabitants to make sure steady protected water and sanitation providers and hygiene provide provision.   

 

How will you make a distinction? 

Goal of task: 

The target of this place is to assist the WASH workforce in Odessa AoR within the efficient execution of the WASH programme’s core capabilities, together with technical assist to implementing companions, monitoring and reporting in addition to high quality assurance of service supply. As such, the WASH consultants will assist a various perform of WASH workforce set of duties, with a deal with supporting companions on high quality supply and monitoring and reporting.

Key Duties/Obligations beneath the task:

Inside the delegated authority and beneath the supervision of WASH Specialist in Odessa FO, WASH advisor will assist and intently work with WASH officers and Discipline Monitoring officers for supply of primarily, shared, or contributory outcomes for all or a part of the next areas of main duties and key end-results:

• Set up and keep coordinative and supportive relationship with Vodokanals, communal enterprises, native authorities and NGOs/CSOs implementing the WASH programme in Odessa, Mykolaiv oblasts (doubtlessly in Kherson).
• Assist on verification of the requests or wants from implementing companions.
• Assist Implementing companions (Vodokanals and communal enterprises, CSOs) for getting ready & reviewing the technical paperwork (design/BoQ/Price estimate).
• Assist Implementing companions for getting ready and executing the procurement course of (Tendering, bid analysis, contracting) complying UNICEF process.
• Technical assist to Implementing companions and contractors throughout implementation.
• Monitoring of the progress of labor execution carried out by companions.
• Supporting WASH workforce on subject information assortment/verification to contribute to SitReps, Quarterly stories, donor stories.
• Assist on verification of works reported by carried out by companions.
• Assist on verification of provides distributed by UNICEF companions.
• Acquire photographic proof of the executed works.
• Symbolize WASH in numerous coordination discussion board, when essential, upon request from supervisor.
• Every other related activity assigned by supervisor.

 

Work task overview:

Deliverables	Deadline	# of w/days
Inception report, together with methodology and workplan and record of product/deliverables and supplies in the course of the consultancy (1 report).	15 Apr 2024	7
In collaboration with companions i.e. Vodokanals and CSOs, put together the technical verification stories on the assist requests from implementing companions,10 stories.	30 Jun 2024	40
Reviews on technical documentation; by supporting Vodokanals/CSOs on getting ready the technical documentations by reviewing the technical paperwork e.g. technical design, BoQ, estimated price and implementation plan, 10 Reviews.	30 Aug 2024	40
Reviews on tendering and procurement documentations supporting Vodokanals/CSOs for implementation of infrastructure rehabilitation tasks, 10 stories.	30 Sep 2024	40
Reviews on subject monitoring of tasks carried out by Vodokanals/CSOs, 4 stories monthly, 32 stories whole.	30 Nov 2024	64
Reviews on subject verification of provides distributed by companions, 1 report monthly, 10 stories.	31 Dec 2024	20
Reviews on Discipline information collections together with photographic evidences to contribute for SitRep, Donor stories and so forth.	31 Jan 2025	20
Remaining report, together with classes learnt and proposals for future implementation on implementation and monitoring of WASH rehabilitation tasks.	28 Feb 2025	10
Sub-total		241

Please present an all-inclusive monetary proposal together with travels to hold out the deliverables listed above.

 

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you’ll have… 

Training: Grasp’s diploma or greater in one of many following fields is required: in civil, hydraulic/sanitary and/or building engineering.

Skilled expertise:

• A minimal of two (2) years of related expertise, on the nationwide and/or worldwide ranges, in WASH infrastructures undertaking monitoring, web site supervision, high quality assurance and/or different directly-related technical fields is required.
• Understanding of improvement and humanitarian work.
• Emergency responses expertise a bonus.

Languages: 

• Ukrainian: Proficient/Native [C2];
• English: Higher-intermediate [B2].

 

Expertise and competencies

Abstract of key capabilities/accountabilities:

• Sturdy understanding on the undertaking cycle administration (particularly monitoring and analysis steps) and technical supervision.
• Good understanding on water provide and sanitation infrastructure rehabilitation/reconstruction.
• Good understanding on overview and evaluation of technical paperwork (engineering design, BoQ, price estimates) of rehabilitation/reconstruction tasks.
• Good understanding on laws and rules of presidency of Ukraine concerning contracting and building of infrastructure tasks.
• Good understanding and abilities on communication with totally different stakeholders (native authorities, contractors, consulting corporations, NGO/CSO).
• Good understanding of the humanitarian strategy.
• Skill to carry out a number of duties in a well timed method with a deal with high quality.
• Talk key messages to totally different audiences.

Technical competencies:

• Understands key technical problems with floor water, wastewater for the cluster sufficiently effectively sufficient to have the ability to interact with implementing companions and native authorities.
• Proficient data of MS Excel, MS Phrase and MS PowerPoint.
• The flexibility to guide evaluation processes and/or technical working teams is an asset.

Practical competencies:

• Analyzing [ II] 
• Making use of Technical Experience [ II]
• Planning and Organizing [ II]

 

For each Youngster, you reveal… 

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

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Remarks:  

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