The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the world's leading organization working for the rights of children, is seeking to recruit the following staff:

WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) Specialist
The incumbent will be responsible for technical support and facilitation of State Government's policy analysis, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the national Rural Water Supply programme and Total Sanitation Campaign, School and Anganwadi Watsan programme as well as provision of technical assistance to focus districts. S/he will work under the daily supervision of the Programme Manager, Patna and will work at the both State and District level. S/he will also take sector specific guidance from the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) section in Delhi.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience: Advanced university degree in any of the following areas: Environmental Science, Hydrology or Environmental, Civil or Mechanical Engineering, Public Hearth or a related field associated with water supply, sanitation and hygiene behaviour change. Five years of progressively responsible professional work experience in social development and engineering, project administration, capacity building and training, monitoring and evaluation, multi-stakeholder planning and knowledge management

Location: Patna

For more details on the above position, please visit the UNICEF India website at www.unicef.in and click on "Careers at UNICEF" at the bottom of the pane. Only applications of the short listed candidates will be acknowledged. These vacancies are open to Indian Nationals only.

Application consisting of a cover letter and an up-to-date CV should be sent to  by 10th February 2012. In order to ensure that your application is sorted correctly, please clearly mention the post title and location in the subject line of your e-mail/application.

UNICEF does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

UNICEF is a non-smoking working environment. Applications from qualified women are encouraged.