SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Technically reporting to the Senior EH/HP officer, Environmental Health Manager (Gambella filed office based), the Hygiene Promotion Officer will provide leadership and management of all aspects of the hygiene promotion and sanitation component of EH/WASH project/s at Tierkidi Refugees camp. She/he will be responsible for the implementation hygiene promotion and sanitation component and ensuring program quality, completion of activities within allocated funding and project period, and identifying new needs for program expansion and improvement. The Hygiene Promotion Officer will be spending full of his/her time in Tierkidi camp.
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DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
In coordination with EH Manager/Senior HP officer, undertake/take part in quantitative/qualitative assessments to identify key risky hygiene behaviors to work on and to capture key achievements with-in the framework of project/s,
Work with HP assistant and target beneficiaries to identify volunteers/incentive workers for hygiene promotion/education,
Undertake assessments to identify appropriate hygiene NFI needs and ensure distribution of the same
Train volunteers/incentive workers on basics of hygiene promotion/education, hygiene promotion/education methods/approaches, communication and facilitation skills,
Prepare detail implementation plan for hygiene promotion/education activities in coordination with EH Manager and other EH staff,
Ensure implementation of hygiene promotion activities as per planned approaches/methods through use of EHA, and volunteers/incentive workers,
Work with EH manager on development, testing, printing and positioning of culturally appropriate IEC materials, and monitoring tools and ensure proper use of the same,
Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports/updates,
Ensure needs of most vulnerable are taken in to account at all stages of hygiene promotion intervention/s,
Coordinate and integrate with other IPs in harmonizing hygiene promotion/education interventions,
Document and share lessons learned and success stories in relation to hygiene to inform future programming
Ensure proper implementation of hygiene and sanitation component of WASH projects with-in allocated budget and timeline meeting international standards;
Ensure integration of Water, sanitation and hygiene promotion components of projects
Prepare monthly field reports covering all hygiene and sanitation components and submit to EH Manager;
Undertake need assessments and contribute in the preparation of new proposals,
Visit the camp regularly and provide on-site mentoring to hygiene and sanitation team in the camp.
Ensure that procurements are timely initiated, monitored and prioritized by the logistics team;
Monitor and ensure spending against plan, and analyze monthly financial reports;
Ensure that program spending is in line with original plan and burn rate balances with implementation progress;
Work with finance and logistics to ensure the program quality ;
Support EH staffs and non-EH sectors to ensure a quality program implementation
Foster linkages with partners including ARRA and UNHCR for effective implementation of the program
Attend Task force and coordination meeting at Camp as instructed by supervisor
Any additional tasks as assigned by his/her supervisor
Qualifications:
EDUCATION and YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:
BSC Degree in Environmental Health/Diploma in Environmental health or any other related field from recognized University with a minimum of two year relevant work experience on hygiene promotion with I/NGO in emergency and refugee settings; or BSc Degree and four years relevant work experience or Diploma and six year work experience.
Previous experience of implementing participatory hygiene promotion and sanitation methods (e.g. PHAST, CLTS/H,) and organizing campaigns on key hygiene themes;
Previous experience of implementing institutional (schools & health facilities) hygiene promotions/educations;
Ability to work in stressful conditions and with limited social services and insecure environments.
Ability to work independently with minimum supervision and in a highly results oriented work culture
Knowledge, skill and experience in participatory methods for promoting sustainability of WASH interventions
NGO experience is plus.
Strong communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
Ability to work as part of a team as well as to work autonomously when required;
Very good at computer- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point and e-mail);
Fluent spoken and written English
Supervisory/basic managerial skills
Technical and report writing skills
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