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In recent months there has been a substantial increase in the population in human mobility destined for the United States, crossing Mexico. At the border points of Ciudad Juárez, shelters are set up to accommodate and care for the migrant population, who are receiving families in extreme vulnerability with children and adolescents. The shelters, however, lack adequate infrastructure for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, including toilets, sinks, and hygiene supplies. UNICEF Mexico is responding to the human mobility emergency in Ciudad Juárez, seeking to meet the basic needs of children and adolescents and their families, who are awaiting their immigration procedures.
The objective of this assignment is to be able to support the WASH program for the migration response on the northern border of Mexico with the United States, in Ciudad Juárez (state of Chihuahua). The officer will provide technical and administrative assistance in identifying water, sanitation, and hygiene needs in 20 migrant shelters, and will accompany the implementation and monitoring of actions, such as the construction or installation of infrastructure and capacity building for hygiene promotion and distribution of supplies and hygiene kits.
This will be done jointly with public institutions and civil society, in conjunction with the UNICEF field team, under the supervision of the Chief Field Office (NO-3) in Ciudad Juárez, with technical supervision of the WASH Specialist (P-3) in the Mexico Country Office.
The WASH Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the WASH programming process, through the application of theoretical and practical technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting programme information while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures to support the development, implementation and monitoring of the WASH output results of the Country Programme.
For more information related to the work of our organization in Mexico, please visit our website: UNICEF Mexico and our latest Annual Report 2022: Informe Anual 2022 UNICEF México
How can you make a difference?
The WASH Officer (NO-1) reports to the Chief Field Office in Ciudad Juárez, with technical supervision of WASH Specialist P-3 in the Mexico Country Office. They may be assigned the primary, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following areas of major duties and key end-results:
1. Programme development and planning
2.Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
3. Technical and operational support for programme implementation
4. Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
5. Networking and partnership building
6. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
If you are interested in learning more about this position and the key-end results and accountabilities, read the Complete Terms of Reference: 
ToRs_WASH Officer (NO-1) – Cd. Juárez.pdf
To qualify as an advocate for every child, you will have the following requirements…
- A Bachelor’s degree, preferably in, public health, engineering, sanitary engineering, social sciences or any other relevant field of discipline.
- One year of professional work experience in WASH-related programmes for developing countries.
- Fluency in Spanish.
- Intermediate level of English.
You may also have the following assets (desirable, not mandatory)…
- Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement the main degree.
- Professional experience in WASH-related programs in emergencies.
- Experience working with migration on the northern border of Mexico.
- Fluency in English.
For every child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.
During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework 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 including everyone, regardless of race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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:
- UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children.
- UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
- This is a national position. Candidates who are not original citizens of Mexico must hold a valid Mexican citizenship previous to applying, to be considered eligible for this post. Please note that work visas are not enough to be eligible for this position.
- This is a temporary position, expected to last 364 days. Exceptionally, it may be extended for an additional 364 days, summing to 728 days as the maximum possible duration of this appointment.
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