WASH Officer (P3) Burundi - UNHCR

This deployment aims to provide urgent technical leadership, coordination, and implementation support for the WASH emergency response in Burundi, ensuring that refugees and host communities have immediate access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services in line with UNHCR standards, national regulations, and international humanitarian principles. The purpose is to coordinate activities of WASH implementing partners, together with other UN agencies, governmental and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and other partners to ensure delivery of WASH services to beneficiaries (PoC and host community) meets UNHCR and /or nationally recognised and most up-to-date standards and policies.

For this position the following is required:

• Advanced university degree (Masters or higher) in Civil Engineering, Water and Sanitation Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Public Health, or related field.
• Proven expertise in WASH, including surveys, programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and coordination.
• Knowledge and understanding of water and wastewater hydraulics and physical, chemical, and biological properties; solid waste management practices, vector control, and hygiene promotion/awareness raising strategies.
• Expertise and understanding of the relationship between water, wastewater, solid waste, vector control, and public health indicators, and the value of hygiene promotion/awareness raising and behavior change methodologies.
• A minimum of 2 years' experience in responding in the first phases of an (refugee) emergency,
• Prior experience working with UN agencies, NGOs, government bodies and local partners in emergency WASH responses,
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Fluency in French and English is required,

If you do not meet these requirements, we would kindly like to ask you not to apply.

Please refer to the Terms of Reference (below) for more information on this position.

Candidates' CV's will be evaluated based on qualifications sent through based on the order in which they have been submitted.

If you are interested in the position, please respond as soon as possible, but at the latest before Wednesday 28th of January 5PM CEST via drrs@rvo.nl . Please send your CV (max 2 pages), a short motivation, and mention your availability (potential start date and length of time period) in your message.

We strongly encourage a diverse set of candidates to apply, as we are committed to fostering gender diversity and inclusion in DRRS. Moreover, we stimulate national experts to become part of our database and to apply for vacancies. Please visit our website and become part of our network.

At RVO we are fully committed to creating a safe and respectful work environment. We have a zero-tolerance policy towards any form of sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment (PSEAH). All deployees/experts must adhere to the Code of Conduct, which outlines ethical standards and behaviors expected within our organization. Successful candidates will be required to uphold these principles and participate in mandatory PSEAH and CoC training as part of their onboarding process.