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The Mongolia Country Office Country Programme is committed to protecting children's rights in line with international obligations. The programme priorities were selected based on consultations with national counterparts, United Nations agencies, and development partners to focus on areas that need action to achieve child-related national priorities and reduce equity gaps. The programme priorities, which include Health, Education, WASH and CC, Child Protection, and Social Policy, aims to promote funding, policies, and address geographic disparities across the country. 

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The consultant is accountable for supporting the Country Office in the planning, execution, and oversight of WASH construction projects. This includes technical design review, feasibility assessments, site inspections, ongoing construction monitoring, and final handover of completed facilities to local government authorities. The consultant’s immediate involvement is essential for the successful implementation of the project: “Acceleration of innovative indoor WASH facilities combined with solar-powered electricity supply and safely-managed small-scale wastewater systems in remote communities and public institutions (schools, kindergartens, and health care centers) in Mongolia”. This initiative is funded by the Eleva Foundation through the UK National Committee for UNICEF. The project seeks to scale up and replicate proven WASH and solar energy solutions across 18 provinces, building on UNICEF’s successful models implemented in Bayankhongor, Gobi-Altai, and Zavkhan provinces (2019–2022), and in Ulaanbaatar city in 2024.

Scope of Work

The following key tasks are required for the effective delivery and quality assurance of the project during 2025:

• Identify and confirm the final locations of planned WASH facilities in collaboration with target provincial governments, and conduct site-specific technical feasibility assessments.
• Evaluate and adjust WASH facility designs and budgets in consultation with UNICEF and relevant provincial authorities, taking into account the anticipated user population and local conditions.
• Finalize construction designs that comply with UNICEF standards, including accessibility for people with disabilities, adequate lighting, and water efficiency features.
• Validate each selected site in coordination with local governments, ensuring alignment with construction specifications and accurate estimates of beneficiary populations.
• Supervise construction activities through regular monitoring visits, in collaboration with local governors’ offices, to ensure compliance with agreed standards and timelines.
• Submit detailed monthly progress reports and a comprehensive final report to UNICEF, documenting achievements, challenges, and recommendations.

Contract duration: 3 months (starting  from 01 July to 30 September 2025)

Travel Plan: The consultant is expected to travel to the field during the contract period, as needed. Therefore, a travel line will be added to the contract. The consultant is responsible for arranging his/her own travel and should submit a travel request to UNICEF, which will be charged against the designated travel line.

For more details, please click for the Terms of Reference  ToR_WASH National Consultant_Ad.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

Minimum qualifications required: University degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Construction engineering, water and sanitation engineering, or a field relevant to WASH designs and constructions.

1. Relevant working experience: Five years of progressively responsible relevant work experience.
2. Working experience in the UN or other international development organisations is considered an asset.
3. Knowledge, expertise, and skills required: Fluency in Mongolian and intermediate English communication skills (both written and oral). Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment, high altitude and cold climate. 

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.

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.

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.