Background:
The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.
Environmental Health Program (EH) in Assosa field office has started operation at Sherkole refugee Camp in Sherkole in 2002. IRC’s EH program has grown and expanded dynamically to serve refugee population of additional four Camps and to local communities living adjacent to the refugee Camps. The current refugee population served by the IRC’s EH program has grown to 70,917 refugees in five Camp and more than 22, 817 refugee hosting communities living adjacent to the refugee Camps. The sector has three sub sectors of water supply, sanitation facility provision and promotion hygiene practices to the targeted communities. Sanitation and hygiene promotion sub sectors are supervised by Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Manager and the water supply component is supervised by senior EH officer. The Senior Environmental Health/WASH Manager is responsible to maintain program quality and to ensure smooth implementation of IRC’s EH program and Management of IRC WASH program by providing leadership guidance to Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion manager and senior EH officer. The program focuses on provision of adequate and safe water supply, safe sanitation facilities and promotion of safe hygiene practices in averting diarrheal disease risk factors. The position will be based in Assosa town with 50% travel to refugee camps.
The position reports to the Field Coordinator operationally and technically to the Assistant Environmental Health (EH) Coordinator.
Program Management