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Contract Duration: 11.5 months

Working arrangement: Home-based + travel

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                                                         TERMS OF REFERENCE

The assignment will focus on institutionalising GIS-based systems, improving the use of planning tools, enhancing coordination structures, and supporting the progressive transfer of functions to Councils, to enable more effective, coherent, and sustainable delivery of rural WASH services.

Specific Objectives

• Strengthen the operational functionality and quality assurance of GIS-based monitoring, survey, and design tools to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Support the development and institutionalisation of integrated rural WASH planning systems, including the transition to QGIS-based tools and their alignment with Government and Council planning and budgeting processes.
• Facilitate the progressive operationalisation of decentralisation by clarifying roles, functions, and institutional arrangements at national and sub-national levels.
• Strengthen national and district-level WASH coordination mechanisms to improve collaboration, accountability, and alignment across sector stakeholders.
• Support District and Community Councils to develop practical, integrated WASH plans that guide prioritisation, investment, and implementation at local level.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: External ToR TMC0002493.pdf

Minimum requirements:

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Advanced university degree (Masters) in one of the following fields: engineering, water resources, environmental management, public administration, development planning, social sciences, or another relevant field

• Work Experience:

•At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in WASH sector institutional strengthening, planning, or systems development.

• Demonstrated experience in GIS systems strengthening, including practical knowledge of QGIS and its application to planning or service delivery.

• Demonstrated experience in development or operationalisation of planning, monitoring, or management tools in the public sector.

• Proven experience in decentralisation, functional analysis, institutional assessment, or public sector capacity development.

• Experience in coordinating multi-stakeholder technical assignments and facilitating technical working groups or similar coordination platforms.

• Experience in institutional development within the WASH sector in Lesotho is a mandatory requirement.

• Skills:
• Strong analytical, report writing, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong experience in development of operational guidelines, manuals, training packages, and facilitation of technical training or validation workshops.

• Language Requirements: Language Requirements: Fluency in English

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
• Cover letter
• A separate financial proposal:  Financial proposal template TMC0002493.docx

Remarks:  

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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