General WASH Assistant (multiple positions), Multiple positions

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

The UNOPS Hub in Amman implements projects on behalf of UN agencies and bilateral donors and in close coordination with the Government and national authorities. With an established presence across the region, the office runs operations including large-scale procurement, project development and technical management, and provides financial, human resources and infrastructure-related services. The functional objective of UNOPS Hub in Amman is to deliver its projects in an efficient and effective manner and in line with the principles, rules and regulations of UNOPS, to achieve the outcomes sought by the clients.

The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.

UNOPS is committed to achieving a fully diverse workforce.

Under the Supervision of the Project Manager:

General WASH Assistant (GWA) should report directly to the General WASH Monitoring Assistant and undertake effective monitoring of the delivery of both water and sanitation services.

Main Functional responsibilities

A-      Sanitation (Desludging) Monitoring:

• Maintain frequent presence at the entry and exit points of the desludging trucks in Za’atari/Azraq refugee camp.
• Monitor the daily inspection of each desludging truck entering/exiting the camp.
• Monitor transfer of wastewater from lorry /trucks to another.
• Ensure that all septic tanks are desludged according to the daily schedule.
• Observe and record any contravention of the process by the desludging contractor.
• Observe and record all or any spillages, environmental issues or possible contamination sources arising from desludging and discharging activities.
• Respond to complaints received through the hotline and follow up on cases related to wastewater.
• Monitor, accurately record and report the amounts of wastewater dispatched at Za’atari/Azraq Wastewater Treatment plant.
• Correlate the amounts of wastewater inspected with the amount of wastewater collected.
• Immediately report any operational issues that affect or might affect the normal desludging/water supply operations.

B-      Water supply and distribution monitoring:

• Maintain frequent presence at water points in refugee camps (including designated entry point for external trucks).
• Monitor, accurately record and report quantities of water dispatched to the camp community.
• Perform random water quality tests as required.
• Report any environmental issue that affect or might affect the surrounding area of the water points. 
• Oversee the work of Syrian Cash-for-Work (CFW) who are assisting in water monitoring activities.

c-            Roaming Patrol Activity

• Trace samples of water delivery to the district checkpoints and at filling points on block level and household level.
• Observe and report all damages or faults of water tanks, pipeline, and other water supply structures in the camp.
• Observe and report solid waste collection volumes and standards in the camp.
• Perform any other task assigned by the Project Manager.

   
• Secondary Education is required. University degree preferably in Business Administration, Social Studies, Environmental Studies or other related field would be a considered advantage.
• 4 years’ experience of working with WASH TECHNICAL projects in a humanitarian/recovery context.
• Experience from working with social work and/or with distribution of humanitarian assistance is an advantage.
• Previous years’ work experience in community based water, Sanitation programs; Work experience with an NGO is desirable
• Must have knowledge of emergency Water supply, Hygiene, Sanitation requirements and protocols
• Familiarity with international minimum standards of Hygiene, Sanitation and shelter service delivery (i.e., SPHERE) is an advantage
•  Intermediate computer operating skills (word, excel, presentation, Access, etc.) 
• Fluency in both English and Arabic required.
• Advanced Computer literacy especially in (Excel and Word).

1. Contract type: Local ICA Support
2. Contract level: LICA 4
3. Contract duration: Ongoing ICA – ‘Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.’

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.