Global WASH Cluster: Field Support Team WASH Cluster Coordinator – Helpdesk and Capacity Building Specialist

Date: 07/25/2023
Deadline: 08/07/2023

The Field Support Team (FST) is a surge support mechanism for National Cluster Coordination Platforms (NCP) and non-cluster coordination mechanisms in locations with humanitarian WASH crises. The FST operates under the strategic aegis of the Global WASH Cluster (GWC) and to facilitate GWC member participation is implemented as a consortium, currently led by Action Contre la Faim (ACF), with membership from Oxfam, NCA, iMMAP and IMPACT. The purpose of the FST is to provide reliable and predictable support to NCP for effective and efficient coordination of the WASH response. The FST is composed of a surge team of cluster coordinators and information managers and an assessment specialist. Support is delivered through physical or virtual deployments, in which the FST staff are dedicated to an NCP for a given period, or via remote support that is delivered bilaterally to a specified NCP on a specified task or via a support service delivered to multiple NCP through online events, guidance, tools and capacity strengthening.

The WASH Cluster Coordinator for Helpdesk and Capacity Building / Strengthening position’s purpose is to provide surge support for NCPs as necessary and in line with NCP requests. To conduct capacity strengthening of NCP staff and coordination awareness raising of WASH partners in critical emergencies. In remote support, the position will take a lead role in “coordination” related helpdesk mechanism and work closely with GWC and FST to strengthen the delivery of the capacity development agenda including targeted trainings of NCP staff.

All applications should be sent to Mariangela D Adamo mdadamo@unicef.org by 7th august 2023.