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For every child, the right to a future

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF Morocco seeks an international consultant to produce a defined set of specialized, time-bound WASH-related deliverables across its health, education and climate portfolio. These deliverables include finalized national standards and technical guidance; implementation, training and monitoring tools; documented quality-assurance reviews of field activities; and technical products supporting donor-funded initiatives.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: TMC0006180 External ToR.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

Education:

Masters degree in water, sanitation and hygiene; public health; environmental health; civil or environmental engineering; climate change; environmental sciences; education; public policy; international development; or another directly relevant field.

Work Experience:

Minimum 6 years of progressively responsible professional experience in WASH, including substantive work on institutional WASH in schools and/or health-care facilities.
Demonstrated experience developing, adapting or implementing WASH standards, technical guidance, assessment tools or national implementation frameworks.
Demonstrated experience with WASH FIT or a comparable quality-improvement approach for WASH in health-care facilities.
Experience integrating climate risk, adaptation and resilience into WASH, education, health or social-sector programming and infrastructure.
Experience in programme monitoring, field quality assurance, partner coordination and preparation or review of donor proposals and reports.
Experience working with government institutions and facilitating participatory technical review or validation processes.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in Arabic is required.
Working proficiency in English or French is required.
Proficiency in both English and French is a strong asset.

Knowledge / Expertise / Skills:

Strong technical knowledge of institutional WASH, climate-resilient WASH, inclusive and gender-responsive design, menstrual health and hygiene, operation and maintenance, and service sustainability.
Excellent analytical, facilitation, coordination, writing and presentation skills.
Ability to synthesize complex technical and programme information into concise, actionable guidance and decision products.
Ability to manage several interrelated workstreams, meet deadlines and respond constructively to iterative review.

Desirables:

Experience in Morocco or a comparable Middle East and North Africa context.
Familiarity with UNICEF programming approaches, results-based management, child rights, safeguarding and donor-funded programme requirements.

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 (only acceptable in the format of the linked template) TMC0006180 Financial proposal template.docx
A detailed technical proposal:

Applicants must submit a technical proposal describing their understanding of the assignment, methodology, sequencing, quality-assurance approach, stakeholder engagement, risk management and workplan by deliverable.

Remarks: If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not downloadable on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.

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.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

International Consultant for WASH and Climate-Resilient Social Services, Rabat, Morocco, 1,5 months, Office-based with travel