WASH Officer (NO-2)

The WASH Officer will support quality, sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services for communities across southern Syria. The role involves programme development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation with a focus on humanitarian response and early recovery in five southern governorates.

Responsibilities

• Programme development and planning.
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
• Technical and operational support for programme implementation.
• Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response.
• Networking and partnership building.
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree in public health, social sciences, behavior change communication, sanitary engineering, environmental engineering, water resources engineering, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) engineering or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of two years of professional work experience in WASH-related programmes in developing countries is required.
• At least one year of relevant experience in humanitarian response and/or early recovery is required.
• Strong skills in programme management, monitoring and evaluation, capacity building, AI tools, and Excel.
• Fluency in Arabic and English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
• Desirable experience includes sector coordination, resource mobilization, climate resilience and emergency preparedness.
• Experience in early recovery, as well as within the UN system, would be considered an asset.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Skills

• WASH Programme Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Capacity Building
• AI Tools Usage
• Excel
• Humanitarian Response
• Early Recovery Activities
• Sector coordination
• Resource Mobilization
• Climate Resilience
• Emergency Preparedness
• Public Health
• Behaviour Change Communication
• Sanitation Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Water Resources Engineering
• Water Sanitation Hygiene

Languages

Arabic, English