Change your scene and become a VSA Volunteer and share your experience, knowledge, and skills to transform the lives of many. Work with our partner organisation to create a fair future for all.
VSA will organise and fund, flights, visas, insurance, accommodation, living allowance and utilities while on assignment.
Please note VSA Volunteers must be a NZ citizen or permanent resident.
Volunteering with VSA
Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) is not your typical volunteering agency, we are committed to building sustainable communities across the Pacific. If you’re an experienced Water and Sanitation, Hygiene climate specialist, looking for an extraordinary overseas experience in the Pacific to build into your field of expertise – working collaboratively with UNICEF, then read on, as we have an exciting opportunity in store for you!
Our Partner Organisation – UNICEF
UNICEF works with and for disadvantaged children and adolescents in Solomon Islands. The organisation promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child. Working with their partners, UNICEF takes action that promotes health and nutrition, child protection, education, early childhood development, social inclusion, disaster risk reduction and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).
An area that UNICEF has become increasingly engaged in is climate action. Children are the least equipped to deal with climate impacts and disproportionally suffer from their effects. In the Pacific region children are exposed to water scarcity; coastal flooding; cyclones, and air pollution. Girls, children with disabilities, and migrant children are even more vulnerable.
The Assignment
This assignment is a partnership assignment between VSA and UNICEF.
In this assignment a VSA Volunteer will provide support to UNICEF in the Solomon Islands and its partners to accelerate the shift towards climate-resilient and low-emissions development of the WASH sector.
This role will provide technical, operational, and administrative support in the implementation of the Climate Resilience WASH activities of the Solomon Islands WASH Programme in close collaboration with country counterparts in
the Climate Change Division of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change & Disaster Management (MECDM), other key ministries responsible for WASH and WASH sector stakeholders.
The VSA volunteer will also document best practices on Climate Resilience WASH and provide analytical support for financial resource mobilization for the implementation of the Climate Resilient WASH in the country.
The Volunteer
Are you someone who wants to make a difference, have a sense of adventure and like the challenge of being outside your comfort zone? VSA Volunteers are technical experts who impart their skills and knowledge to the local community. You will need to be flexible, adaptable, resourceful, resilient with a passion for Aotearoa and the wider Pacific community.
We’re looking for a volunteer with the following:
- Advanced Degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Civil/ Water Engineering or equivalent, Social Sciences, Climate Policy, Natural Resources Management or Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
- A minimum of five (5 years) experience in Water, Sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programming and WASH Climate Financing.
- Previous experience in Climate Resilience WASH, Water Safety & Security Planning and Climate Financing an asset.
Desirable:
• Experience working with Government, UN organizations and NGO partners.
• Familiarity with national policy frameworks for environment, water, and sanitation as well as disaster risk reduction and climate change.
• Familiarity with environment and social safeguards.
• Experience working in a South Pacific Melanesian context.
The Country
The Solomon Islands has over 900 islands, 5,000 rural villages and 550,000 people. Between 1999 and 2003 it experienced a period of conflict which took a heavy toll on the country and left a need for reconciliation and on-going peace and security measures.
A request for assistance by the government in 2003 led Australia, New Zealand and other Pacific Island countries to form the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) which restored peace and security.
Apply Now!
Apply for this amazing opportunity through our website. For more information on this assignment, email volunteer@vsa.org.nz.
To review the full assignment description please copy and paste the below link into your browser:
https://vsa.org.nz/assets/Assignment-Descriptions-2019-2020/2024/Febriaru-2024/3.-ADSOL-41960-WASH-Climate-Specialist.pdf
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