WASH Specialist; NO Luanda, Angola - ESAR
Listed on 2026-10-11
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Management
Emergency Crisis Mgmt / Disaster Relief
Job no: 596124
Contract type:
Fixed Term Appointment
Duty Station:
Luanda
Level: NO-3
Location:
Angola
Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
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For every child, the right to a Calling How can you make a difference?Reporting to the Deputy Representative (Programme), the WASH Specialist provides strategic leadership and technical oversight for UNICEF Angola's WASH portfolio. You will lead a dynamic team and guide programme development, implementation, monitoring, advocacy, partnerships, and humanitarian response efforts.
Key Responsibilities Include- Providing managerial leadership and strategic direction for the WASH team.
- Leading programme development, planning, fundraising, and resource mobilization efforts.
- Overseeing implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and delivery of WASH programme results.
- Providing high-level technical and operational support on climate-resilient and risk-informed WASH programming.
- Leading UNICEF's WASH preparedness, anticipatory action, emergency response, and humanitarian-development nexus efforts.
- Strengthening partnerships with government, donors, civil society, and development partners.
- Driving innovation, knowledge management, research, and capacity-building initiatives across the sector.
- Managerial leadership
- Programme development and planning
- Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
- Advisory, Technical and operational support for programme implementation
- Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
- Advocacy, Networking and partnership building
- Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: JD - WASH Specialist (NO-3).pdf
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…- Education:
Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in public health, social science, communication, sanitary engineering, environmental engineering, civil engineering, water resources engineering, international development, development studies, public policy, is required. - Work Experience:
At least five (5) years of relevant work experience in water sanitation and hygiene, public health, humanitarian response, disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness, programme management, monitoring and evaluation, is required. - Skills:
Experience with Programme Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Supervising People, Reporting, Preparing Reports, and Documentation, is required. - Language Requirements:
Fluency/proficiency in English and Portuguese is required.
- Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
- Developing-country experience, UN system experience, and experience with maternal health, neonatal health, humanitarian preparedness is an asset.
- Experience with CATS principles, rural water supply and urban sanitation is desirable.
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in…
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