Project Officer (Field Implementation) UNICEF Project

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Community Governance & Committee Mobilization

• Form, revitalize, and strengthen Village WASH Committees (VWCs) and Water User Committees in target rural communities across the project townships.
• Ensure Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) principles are embedded into committee structures, prioritizing the active participation of women, female-headed households, and persons with disabilities.
• Facilitate community consensus on water tariff collection models, financial oversight mechanisms, and long-term water safety rules.

Capacity Building, Training Facilitation & Hygiene Promotion

• Organize and facilitate capacity-building workshops for VWCs on Financial Management (FM), Climate-Resilient Water Safety Planning (CR-WSP), and basic O&M.
• Conduct Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), WASH-Infection Prevention & Control (IPC), and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) trainings for community volunteers and local sanitation entrepreneurs.
• Lead hygiene promotion campaigns and school MHM interventions, overseeing the distribution of MHM kits, drinking water bottles, water filters, and hygiene supplies.

Smart Subsidy Management & Institutional Coordination

• Coordinate transparent beneficiary selection and distribution of smart subsidies to support vulnerable households in constructing climate-resilient sanitation facilities.
• Coordinate institutional WASH interventions in schools and learning centers with teachers, local education networks, and CSOs.

Digital Monitoring (mWater), Accountability & Reporting

• ​Conduct baseline surveys and field-level monitoring using mWater digital mapping and tracking tools.
• Sensitize target communities on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), Environmental & Social Safeguards (ESS), and Community Feedback Mechanisms (CFM).
• Compile monthly narrative progress updates, activity reports, field logs, and beneficiary success stories for the Project Manager.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in humanitarian response or WASH-related field operations.
• Proven experience in Capacity Building, Facilitation, monitoring WASH infrastructure.
• Experience in providing technical support at field level.
• Strong understanding of emergency response contexts.
• Bachelor’s degree in social science, Development Studies, Public Health, Environmental Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 2–3 years of experience in WASH project implementation, community mobilization, training facilitation, and CLTS/hygiene promotion in NGO/INGO/humanitarian settings.
• Strong training facilitation and presentation skills, proficiency in mobile data collection tools (mWater / Kobo Collect), community engagement expertise, and a conflict-sensitive approach.
• Native fluency in Myanmar; working professional proficiency in English.
• Frequent field travel to project areas, including emergency response locations

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only