WASH Recovery Officer, WASH Recovery Officer, Kyiv, Ukraine

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Description of assignment title: WASH RecoveryOfficer

Assignment country: Ukraine

Duty stations: Kyiv

Work location: On UN premises

Expected start date: 08/02/2026

Duration: 12 months(with possibility ofextension)Long-term benefits and allowances

Sustainable Development Goal: 6. Clean water andsanitation

Host entity: UNICEF Ukraine

Modality: Onsite

Type: National

Volunteer category: Specialist UCoS from Apr2026

Work schedule: Full-time

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Mission and objectives:

• UNICEF is supporting health, nutrition, HIV prevention,education, access to safe drinking water, sanitation and protectionfor children and families caught in the conflict.

Context:

• Ukraine's water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector hassustained severe damage as a result of the ongoing conflict, with70-90% infrastructure deterioration leaving approximately 10million people (including 1.7 million children) without safelymanaged water services.
• Since opening its office in Kyiv in 1997, UNICEF has supportedthe Government of Ukraine in strengthening water and sanitationservices. Following the escalation of hostilities in 2022, UNICEFexpanded its WASH response by establishing six field offices acrossthe country (Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa and Poltava).Within its Country Programme Document (CPD) for Ukraine, UNICEF haspositioned WASH as a core outcome area, ensuring that children andyoung people live and develop in a safe, sustainable and resilientenvironment with equitable access to safely managed WASH services.UNICEF Ukraine's WASH programme takes a dualhumanitarian-development approach, addressing urgent needs throughemergency repairs and critical supplies while simultaneouslysupporting recovery and systemic resilience of national and localWASH institutions. The programme works with the Ministry forCommunities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, theMinistry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, relevant StateAgencies, local authorities, and water utilities to strengthengovernance, service delivery capacity, and systemsustainability.

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• This UNV assignment supports two complementary functions withinUNICEF Ukraine's WASH programme: recovery programme implementationand monitoring and evaluation. The WASH Recovery Officer willsupport programmatic implementation across field offices,coordinate cross-cutting monitoring and reporting on recoveryoutputs and outcomes, and contribute to grant management and donorreporting, while also supporting the programme's M&E system andevidence generation function. The position provides substantiveprogramme support to ensure coherence, quality, and accountabilityacross WASH interventions delivering safe water and sanitation toconflict-affected children and communities.
• UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers withdisabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software,travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourageyou to disclose your disability during your application in case youneed reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process andafterwards in your assignment.

Task description:

• Under the direct supervision of the WASH Specialist (Climate),the UNV is expected to undertake the following:
• 1. Recovery programming support and field officecoordination
• Support coordination of WASH recovery implementation acrossfield offices (Dnipro, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa, Poltava), ensuringalignment with project documents, workplans, and programmestandards.
• Serve as coordination focal point between Kyiv WASH team andfield offices, facilitating information flow and resolvingbottlenecks.
• Track progress of recovery interventions against agreed targetsand timelines.
• Contribute to programme planning processes including workplanreviews, field visit planning, and implementation strategyadjustments.
• Support identification and documentation of risks andmitigation measures across the recovery portfolio.
• 2. Grant management and donor reporting
• Support management of the WASH recovery grants portfolio,tracking timelines, deliverables, expenditure, and reportingdeadlines across multiple donors.
• Coordinate preparation of donor reports by gathering inputsfrom field offices and programme colleagues, ensuring accuracy andcompliance.
• Assist in developing funding proposals, concept notes, andproject documents for WASH recovery interventions.
• Monitor grant implementation against donor agreements, flaggingrisks of underspend, delays, or non-compliance.
• Maintain organised documentation of donor agreements,amendments, and reporting records in UNICEF systems.
• 3. Monitoring, evaluation and results
• Lead end-to-end management of the 5Ws database, includingpartner submissions, data consolidation, validation, andanalysis.
• Ensure monthly reporting to ActivityInfo in line with HNRPrequirements and support management of the projects database.
• Maintain accessible records of datasets, dashboards, andassessments to support institutional memory and programmeplanning.
• Prepare weekly updates for WASH Cluster technical cells onnewly established partnerships.
• Support Third Party Monitoring (TPM) exercises includingdevelopment of data collection tools and follow-up tracking.
• Monitor KPIs including programmatic visit completion, actionpoint implementation, and partnership agreement status.
• Lead maintenance of the WASH programme monitoring template,ensuring data is current and presented through clearvisualisations.

Eligibility criteria

Age: 18 - 80

Required experience: 3 years

Nationality: Candidate must be a national, legal residentor hold refugee status in the country of assignment.

Assignment requirements

Relevant experience:

• 3 years

Languages:

• English, Level: Fluent, Required
• Ukrainian, Level: Fluent, Required

Required education level:

• Bachelor's degree in Water Supply and Sanitation;Environmental/Civil Engineering; WASH Recovery and Development; orrelated fields.

Competencies and values:

• Professionalism
• Integrity
• Teamwork and respect for diversity
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Planning and organizing
• Communication
• Flexibility
• Genuine commitment

Skills and experience:

• Environmental science, engineering, water resource managements,climate change, sustainable development, social sciences, or otherrelevant programmes; experience with programme management,monitoring and reporting, or related areas in development orhumanitarian contexts is an asset, as is experience working in theUN or other international development organization;
• Familiarity with WASH sector programming, includinginfrastructure rehabilitation, water utility support, and WASH inhumanitarian settings.
• Strong analytical and writing skills; ability to compile,synthesize, and present programme data clearly and concisely fordiverse audiences.
• Excellent organizational skills; ability to manage multipleworkstreams, track deadlines, and coordinate across teams and fieldlocations
• Familiarity with UNICEF programming approaches, thehumanitarian-development nexus, and conflict-sensitive programmingis desirable.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in Ukrainianand English.
• Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting,formulation, reporting skills;
• Accuracy and professionalism in document production andediting;
• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and sociallysensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with arange of partners, including grassroots community members,religious and youth organizations, and authorities at differentlevels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications fordevelopment;
• Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in achallenging environment; ability to work effectively in amulticultural team of international and national personnel;
• Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency invarious Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, among others),email, and internet; familiarity with database management; andoffice technology equipment;
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision;ability to work with tight deadlines;
• Sound security awareness;

Area(s) of expertise:

• Community development, Emergency preparedness, crisis response,Project management, programme development, strategy

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