WASH Specialist P3/P4 (NORCAP Emergency Response Roster fill up)

NORCAP Emergency Response Roster WASH Specialist Position

Organization: NORCAP works to improve aid to better protect and empower people affected by crisis and climate change. We provide expertise and solutions to humanitarian, development and peacebuilding partners.

Role Overview: NORCAP is developing an Emergency Response Roster consisting of highly experienced, field-oriented specialists who can deploy rapidly to complex emergencies and provide operational surge support, normally for 3–6 months. The roster is designed to provide timely humanitarian surge support to UN agencies responding to sudden onset crises and humanitarian emergencies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide operational WASH expertise in sudden-onset and complex emergencies
• Support rapid assessment, planning, implementation and monitoring of safe, appropriate and effective water, sanitation and hygiene interventions
• Strengthen partner and response capacity to address priority WASH needs
• Reduce public health risks and support effective field-level response
• Provide complementary, sequenced support at country and field level in crises, based on identified operational needs

Key Characteristics Required:

• Ready to deploy within ≤14 days
• General good health and able to operate in complex and high-risk environments
• Extensive experience from UN or inter-agency operations
• Contribute to operational impact at country and field level
• Be flexible and agile

Minimum required Experience: 

• Minimum 7 years of international humanitarian experience
• Minimum 3 international humanitarian missions working in complex emergency settings, high-risk and hardship environments at coordination/ management level
• Recent operational emergency experience, preferably within the last five years
• Prior UN or inter-agency experience. Experience with multiple UN agencies will be an added value.

Language Requirements:

• Mandatory Full professional proficiency in English, and at least one of French, Arabic, Portuguese or Spanish.

Important Disclaimer: Inclusion in the emergency response unit core pool of experts does not guarantee assignments with NORCAP and is not a permanent position. Being a part of the pool indicates a higher level of readiness and suitability for rapid emergency response assignments.