WASH Recovery Officer

Mission and objectives

UNICEF is supporting health, nutrition, HIV prevention, education, access to safe drinking water, sanitation and protection for children and families caught in the conflict.

Context

Ukraine's water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector has sustained severe damage as a result of the ongoing conflict, with 70–90% infrastructure deterioration leaving approximately 10 million people (including 1.7 million children) without safely managed water services. Since opening its office in Kyiv in 1997, UNICEF has supported the Government of Ukraine in strengthening water and sanitation services. Following the escalation of hostilities in 2022, UNICEF expanded its WASH response by establishing six field offices across the country (Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa and Poltava). Within its Country Programme Document (CPD) for Ukraine, UNICEF has positioned WASH as a core outcome area, ensuring that children and young people live and develop in a safe, sustainable and resilient environment with equitable access to safely managed WASH services. UNICEF Ukraine's WASH programme takes a dual humanitarian–development approach, addressing urgent needs through emergency repairs and critical supplies while simultaneously supporting recovery and systemic resilience of national and local WASH institutions. The programme works with the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, relevant State Agencies, local authorities, and water utilities to strengthen governance, service delivery capacity, and system sustainability. This UNV assignment supports two complementary functions within UNICEF Ukraine's WASH programme: recovery programme implementation and monitoring and evaluation. The WASH Recovery Officer will support programmatic implementation across field offices, coordinate cross-cutting monitoring and reporting on recovery outputs and outcomes, and contribute to grant management and donor reporting, while also supporting the programme's M&E system and evidence generation function. The position provides substantive programme support to ensure coherence, quality, and accountability across WASH interventions delivering safe water and sanitation to conflict-affected children and communities. UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers 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 recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.

Task Description

Under the direct supervision of the WASH Specialist (Climate), the UNV is expected to undertake the following: 1. Recovery programming support and field office coordination • Support coordination of WASH recovery implementation across field offices (Dnipro, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa, Poltava), ensuring alignment with project documents, workplans, and programme standards. • Serve as coordination focal point between Kyiv WASH team and field offices, facilitating information flow and resolving bottlenecks. • Track progress of recovery interventions against agreed targets and timelines. • Contribute to programme planning processes including workplan reviews, field visit planning, and implementation strategy adjustments. • Support identification and documentation of risks and mitigation measures across the recovery portfolio. 2. Grant management and donor reporting • Support management of the WASH recovery grants portfolio, tracking timelines, deliverables, expenditure, and reporting deadlines across multiple donors. • Coordinate preparation of donor reports by gathering inputs from field offices and programme colleagues, ensuring accuracy and compliance. • Assist in developing funding proposals, concept notes, and project documents for WASH recovery interventions. • Monitor grant implementation against donor agreements, flagging risks of underspend, delays, or non-compliance. • Maintain organised documentation of donor agreements, amendments, and reporting records in UNICEF systems. 3. Monitoring, evaluation and results • Lead end-to-end management of the 5Ws database, including partner submissions, data consolidation, validation, and analysis. • Ensure monthly reporting to ActivityInfo in line with HNRP requirements and support management of the projects database. • Maintain accessible records of datasets, dashboards, and assessments to support institutional memory and programme planning. • Prepare weekly updates for WASH Cluster technical cells on newly established partnerships. • Support Third Party Monitoring (TPM) exercises including development of data collection tools and follow-up tracking. • Monitor KPIs including programmatic visit completion, action point implementation, and partnership agreement status. • Lead maintenance of the WASH programme monitoring template, ensuring data is current and presented through clear visualisations.

Competencies and values

• Professionalism • Integrity • Teamwork and respect for diversity • Commitment to continuous learning • Planning and organizing • Communication • Flexibility • Genuine commitment

Living conditions and remarks

As it is a national UN Volunteer's assignment, the UN volunteer shall organize his/her accommodation by themselves. Entitlements of National UN Volunteer Specialist >> USD 1717 The contract lasts for the period indicated in the vacancy with the possibility of extensions subject to the availability of funding, operational necessity, and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectation of renewal of the assignment. This is a full-time contract. Allowances: • Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA): A Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) USD 1717 (equivalent in UAH) is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities, and normal cost of living expenses. This includes Well-Being Differentials for the period while the ICSC applies hardship classification to duty stations in Ukraine as “E”. • USD 350 entry lump sum, one-time payment. Medical and life insurance: • Medical insurance: The UN Volunteer and eligible PFU dependents will receive UNV-provided medical insurance coverage. Coverage for UN Volunteers begins at the Commencement of Service and normally ceases on the last day of the UN Volunteer Contract. • Life Insurance: UN Volunteers are covered by life insurance for the duration of the UN Volunteer assignment. If a UN Volunteer dies during the UN Volunteer assignment, the eligible designated beneficiaries will be entitled to receive a life insurance lump sum. Leave entitlements: • Annual leave: UN Volunteers accrue an entitlement to 2.5 days of Annual Leave per completed month of the UN Volunteer assignment. Unused accrued Annual Leave up to a maximum of 30 days is carried over in case of a contract extension within the same UN Volunteer assignment. Unused accrued Annual Leave may not be carried over in case of reassignment or a new assignment. • Learning leave: Subject to supervisor approval and exigencies of service, UN Volunteers may request up to ten working days of Learning Leave per consecutive 12 months of the UN Volunteer assignment, starting with the Commencement of Service date, provided the Learning Leave is used within the contract period. • Certified Sick Leave: UN Volunteers are entitled to up to 30 days of certified sick leave based on a 12-month cycle. This amount is reset every 12-month cycle. • Uncertified Sick Leave: UN Volunteers receive seven days of uncertified sick leave working days in a calendar year. This amount will be reset at the established interval period.