The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the largest humanitarian agencies in the world, providing relief, rehabilitation, and post-conflict reconstruction support to victims of oppression and violent conflict. IRC has worked for over seven decades in the world addressing both the immediate, life-saving needs of conflict-affected people in an emergency and the reconstruction needs in post-conflict societies. IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and thorough accountability to those we serve.
SCOPE:
The Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Officer reports to Emergency Rapid Response (ERR) Manager and is responsible for ensuring smooth implementation of sanitation and hygiene promotion project around IDPs center. The program focuses on maintaining to ensure adequate environmental health conditions are met in IDPs collective centers and host communities around where the IRC is mandated to implement projects.
The principal role of the SHP Officer is to ensure that quality hygiene promotion activities are well integrated into the overall IRC WASH integrated, Nutrition, Health and protection projects and responsible for planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of sanitation and hygiene promotion component in the woreda and IDP centers. The position also requires proper management of the financial, material and other resources under the program.
This position technically reports to the ERR Manager, and organize and send formal and informal report to the ERR Manager.
MAJOR/KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS: Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: