Market Based sanitation officer

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Mission and objectives

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favouritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education, hygiene/sanitation and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfil their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

Context

The water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) needs in Mozambique are significant. The Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) estimates that in 2020, 30 percent of the population was practicing open defecation and 45 percent had access to unimproved sanitation services in rural areas. Access to sanitation demonstrates large inequities with the poorest 20% of the population being 49,5% practicing open defecation against only 2% of the wealthiest 20% of the population (JMP, 2021). Overall, it is estimated that poor sanitation costs Mozambique US$124 million each year (WSP, 2012). Achieving the SDG Target 6.2 by 2030 in Mozambique will then require significant efforts and investments from the Government of Mozambique (GoM) and partners. To accelerate results towards the achievement of the SDGs, the GoM recently approved the National Rural Sanitation Strategy (2021-2030) which aims at eliminating open defecation and achieving universal access to basic sanitation by 2030 using Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) as the core approach. The UNICEF Mozambique WASH Section is being reshuffled and the Market Based Sanitation component will be strengthened in the coming years, both in rural and urban areas. The WASH Section needs to reinforce its current team with an NUNV who will be supporting the development of an innovative Market Based Sanitation package. The NUNV will assist the program with analysis and development of various programmatic documents including funding proposals, support contract and partnership management, as well as assist in the monitoring and evaluation of the program. The NUNV will be supervised by the Sanitation Manager (P4). The NUNV will engage regularly with partners including Government and NGOs. This assignment will entail field missions to support program monitoring and collect data either for reporting purposes or knowledge products development.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the Sanitation Manager, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Support the development and implementation of Market Based Sanitation Interventions at provincial lev-el including developing concept notes, reporting, and monitoring of field activities • Support the development of innovative approaches in the field of Market Based Sanitation; • Support the documentation of lessons learned and develop research or studies on Market based sanita-tion • Support the Sanitation manager in engaging with UNICEF RO and HQ on the safely managed sanitation agenda and ensure alignment of UNICEF Mozambique programmes with regional and global guidelines and directions • Support the WASH section in developing specific Market Based Sanitation project documents in partner-ship with the GoM, donors, UN agencies and NGO partners. • Support the WASH section in planning, implementation, and follow-up of Market Based sanitation pro-jects • Support the development of presentations, case studies/concept notes and communication products on Safely Managed sanitation and Market Based sanitation • Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sectoral reviews with government and other counterparts and prepare reports on results for required action/interventions at the higher level of program management; • Undertake field monitoring visits to support the implementation of the Market Based sanitation compo-nent; • Support the implementation of the sanitation program in general and provide support when required, es-pecially on monitoring and evaluation; • Analyse qualitative and quantitative information related to WASH programming and develop high-quality briefs and learning notes and ensure their dissemination.