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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
UNICEF Ukraine is one of the largest and most complex UNICEF country operations globally. Since the full-scale military invasion by the Russian Federation in February 2022, Ukraine has been facing one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, with over 14 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, massive population displacement, and systematic destruction of critical civilian infrastructure including water supply systems, sanitation networks, and heating facilities. UNICEF Ukraine’s WASH section leads the organization’s response to the water, sanitation, and hygiene emergency, working across six field offices (Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, and Uzhhorod) and coordinating closely with government counterparts, national and international NGOs, and the WASH Cluster.
The WASH section’s emergency programming encompasses the rehabilitation and emergency repair of damaged water and sanitation infrastructure, emergency water trucking to conflict-affected communities, distribution of WASH non-food items (NFIs) including hygiene kits and water purification supplies, and large-scale hygiene promotion campaigns. In parallel, the section manages a growing recovery portfolio aimed at restoring pre-war service levels and building resilience into rebuilt systems. The section operates under significant pressure with a high volume of programming, multiple active donor grants, and a large geographic footprint.
This UNV assignment directly responds to a critical staffing gap in the WASH section’s emergency programming capacity in Kyiv. The emergency WASH workstream is currently managed by a limited number of staff while programme volume, partner coordination demands, and reporting obligations continue to grow. The UNV Specialist will provide dedicated support to ensure timely and quality delivery of emergency WASH programming, strengthen monitoring and accountability mechanisms, and contribute to donor engagement and evidence generation. The position is essential to sustaining the section’s operational tempo and meeting its commitments to affected populations across Ukraine.
The WASH section’s emergency programming encompasses the rehabilitation and emergency repair of damaged water and sanitation infrastructure, emergency water trucking to conflict-affected communities, distribution of WASH non-food items (NFIs) including hygiene kits and water purification supplies, and large-scale hygiene promotion campaigns. In parallel, the section manages a growing recovery portfolio aimed at restoring pre-war service levels and building resilience into rebuilt systems. The section operates under significant pressure with a high volume of programming, multiple active donor grants, and a large geographic footprint.
This UNV assignment directly responds to a critical staffing gap in the WASH section’s emergency programming capacity in Kyiv. The emergency WASH workstream is currently managed by a limited number of staff while programme volume, partner coordination demands, and reporting obligations continue to grow. The UNV Specialist will provide dedicated support to ensure timely and quality delivery of emergency WASH programming, strengthen monitoring and accountability mechanisms, and contribute to donor engagement and evidence generation. The position is essential to sustaining the section’s operational tempo and meeting its commitments to affected populations across Ukraine.
Task description
Under the direct supervision of the WASH Specialist (Emergency), the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
• Support the planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring and reporting of emergency WASH interventions across conflict-affected areas, including water trucking operations, emergency rehabilitation of damaged water and sanitation facilities, distribution of WASH non-food items (NFIs), and community hygiene promotion activities targeting the most vulnerable populations;
• Maintain and update programme monitoring dashboards and tracking tools, monitoring progress against targets, financial expenditure, and partner delivery performance; contribute to the preparation of monthly and quarterly donor reports, situation reports (sitreps), flash updates, and humanitarian situation analyses;
• Coordinate with WASH Cluster partners, national and international NGOs, and government counterparts to monitor programme implementation, identify geographic and sectoral coverage gaps, support deconfliction of the humanitarian response, and ensure complementarity between UNICEF-led and partner-led interventions;
• Conduct regular field missions to conflict-affected and newly accessible areas to verify programme outputs, assess ongoing and emerging WASH needs, support partner monitoring visits, and document human interest stories and programme results for internal and donor-facing purposes;
• Contribute to the development of project proposals, concept notes, technical assessments, and donor-facing briefs supporting resource mobilization for the emergency WASH portfolio;
• Compile, update, and quality-assure 4Ws (Who does What, Where, When) matrices, response monitoring tools, and other WASH Cluster coordination products;
• Support procurement planning, follow-up, and supply chain monitoring for WASH materials, equipment, and NFIs, in close coordination with the Supply and Logistics section;
• Perform any other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Support the planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring and reporting of emergency WASH interventions across conflict-affected areas, including water trucking operations, emergency rehabilitation of damaged water and sanitation facilities, distribution of WASH non-food items (NFIs), and community hygiene promotion activities targeting the most vulnerable populations;
• Maintain and update programme monitoring dashboards and tracking tools, monitoring progress against targets, financial expenditure, and partner delivery performance; contribute to the preparation of monthly and quarterly donor reports, situation reports (sitreps), flash updates, and humanitarian situation analyses;
• Coordinate with WASH Cluster partners, national and international NGOs, and government counterparts to monitor programme implementation, identify geographic and sectoral coverage gaps, support deconfliction of the humanitarian response, and ensure complementarity between UNICEF-led and partner-led interventions;
• Conduct regular field missions to conflict-affected and newly accessible areas to verify programme outputs, assess ongoing and emerging WASH needs, support partner monitoring visits, and document human interest stories and programme results for internal and donor-facing purposes;
• Contribute to the development of project proposals, concept notes, technical assessments, and donor-facing briefs supporting resource mobilization for the emergency WASH portfolio;
• Compile, update, and quality-assure 4Ws (Who does What, Where, When) matrices, response monitoring tools, and other WASH Cluster coordination products;
• Support procurement planning, follow-up, and supply chain monitoring for WASH materials, equipment, and NFIs, in close coordination with the Supply and Logistics section;
• Perform any other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.
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