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• Provide technical guidance and support to
  partners on all WASH-related issues to ensure quality, cost-effectiveness,
  sustainability and environmental sound WASH interventions.
• Act as focal person on water, sanitation
  and hygiene promotion issues within UNHCR and liaise with UN related
  agencies and governmental and non-governmental counterparts.
• Keenly review on a regular basis the
  quantity and quality of water and sanitation services offered in the RVs
  and ensures the maintenance of records of WASH performance indicators for
  all locations.
• Keenly review performance, undertake field
  verifications, monitor development and evaluate activities and approaches
  adopted by partners in WASH and related sectors, sharing the results with
  the Technical Unit.
• Offer technical assistance (TA) to
  partners and help to enhance capacity building of partners. Promote
  community involvement and participation in all the different stages of the
  WASH project cycle.
• Work closely with other sectors,
  particularly Site Planning, Health and Community Service, to locate, plan,
  implement and monitor WASH activities.
• Put measures in place to ensure that
  regular and accurate reports that analyze the challenges encountered in
  providing WASH services for beneficiaries are prepared and circulated.
• Actively participate in the preparation of
  all reports for management, boards, donors, budget reviews, programme
  analysis, monthly, annual reports etc. in a timely manner.
• Participate, guide and provide technical
  inputs during strategic and operational planning cycles of UNHCR both at
  the field office and country levels. Develop/design WASH interventions for
  each location consistent with the country wide WASH policies.
• Carry out any other tasks as required.

• UNHCRs policies, standards and procedures
  relating to WASH are constantly and coherently applied in the area of
  responsibility (AoR).
• The needs of persons of concern are
  assessed and analysed in a participatory manner and using an Age, Gender
  and Diversity (AGD) perspective to form a firm basis for planning.
  Authority
• Negotiate with local authority
  counterparts, partners and populations of concern.
• Represent UNHCR in physical monitoring of
  projects.
• Provide inputs for the country operations
  plan and other submissions and reports.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations
  UNHCR Senior WASH Associate job should have completed Secondary education
  and an advanced training/certification in Civil or Tech Engineering.
• At least eleven years of work experience
  with five years in the field of water and sanitation. Proven technical
  expertise in area of WASH assessment including surveys, programme
  implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and coordination.
• Working knowledge and experience of
  working with local partner agencies with a capacity to provide formal and
  informal training.
• Excellent knowledge of relevant computer
  application, including AutoCAD.
• Fluency in English, both verbal and
  written.
• Excellent knowledge of Aringa is an added
  advantage.

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