The Water Supply and Sanitation
Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is a global, multi...
The Water Supply and Sanitation
Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is a global, multi-stakeholder membership and
partnership organization that advocates for improved sanitation and hygiene for
the most vulnerable and marginalized people around the world. With the United Nations General Assembly resolution
A/RES/45/181, WSSCC
was established in 1990 to intensify “the
coordination of national activities undertaken with the assistance of all
relevant agencies in the field of water supply and sanitation.”
The WSSCC
Secretariat is hosted by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
and located in Geneva, Switzerland. WSSCC enhances national efforts through the
Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) to help rural communities improve their sanitation
and adopt good hygiene practices in countries such as Benin, Cambodia,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo
and Uganda. In India, WSSCC is providing assistance through its India Support
Unit as an accredited Key Resource Centre for capacity building and learning. In
the rest of the countries, National Coordinators assume a pivotal role in
representing WSSCC and ensuring that appropriate amplification and integration
take place across various interventions supported by the Council. The GSF also appoints
an Executing Agency (EA) to administer the grant in these countries and each EA
makes sub-grants to non-government organizations, private sector and local
governments to implement its programmes.
Under the
direct supervision of the Head of Corporate
Communications and Advocacy and working
closely with WSSCC’s communications team, the technical writer/editor will be
responsible for developing and executing communication materials based on audience
research, message framework, and core content to increase the visibility,
knowledge and impact of WSSCC and its work. The position will support WSSCC’s
content generation capacity to put a human face on the issues related to
sanitation and hygiene and promote WSSCC’s role in the achievement of Sustainable
Development Goal 6.2.
In
particular, the consultant will showcase how WSSCC and its partners are
carrying out their activities to “leave no one behind” and concretize its new
strategic goals into clear, engaging and inspirational articles.
The consultant will also be
involved in the production and dissemination of WSSCC’s publications and
relevant outreach materials with a view to increase global knowledge on WASH,
women and girls’ access to services, recent policy developments and more
broadly the sustainable development goals.