Global Water Quality Consultants – UNICEF

If you are a passionate and committed professional and want to make a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would like to hear from you.

Purpose:
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical assistance for the successful implementation of water quality testing in household surveys. The consultant will be expected to travel to countries to lead the training of enumerators.

For more information, see the attached TERMS OF REFERENCE.

Minimum requirements and competencies:
• Advanced Degree in Engineering, Biology, Public Health or a related discipline
• This is a mid-level position, consultants should have a minimum of five years’ working experience with water and sanitation preferably at both field office and headquarters levels and have extensive experience with project management.
• Knowledge of and experience with water quality monitoring in low- and middle-income settings is essential
• Preference will be given to candidates with experience working with Ministries responsible for water service delivery and/or regulation
• Preference will be given to candidates with experience in the delivery of training courses and knowledge of household surveys (design and implementation).
• High levels of computer literacy including quantitative/analytical skills and advanced proficiency with MS Excel
• Preference will be given to candidates with experience in the analysis of data from household surveys (SPSS, Stata or R)
• Demonstrated technical writing ability
• Consultant should have good communication skills in English and, depending on the country, other languages, particularly French, Spanish or Arabic.

How to Apply:
Applicants are requested to send their submissions to pdconsultants@unicef.org with subject line: “Global Water Quality Consultants” by 3 December 2015, 5:00pm EST.

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