INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT for JUNIOR WASH OFFICER | |
Country: | Ethiopia |
Work Base: | Addis Ababa |
Availability: | As soon as possible |
Number of Posts | 1 (One) |
Salary Scale: | EMS04 USD 374 and 20% of transport allowance. |
Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this position |
About Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger-USA is a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger. We save the lives of malnourished children and we enable entire communities to be free from hunger. With more than 8,000 staff in over 50 countries, our programs reached 17+ million people yearly.
About the Country Program in Ethiopia
Action Against Hunger has been operational in Ethiopia since 1984 responding to both chronic and acute needs through a multi-sectoral strategy where nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support activities are integrated to have a meaningful impact on people’s resilience. Action Against Hunger currently operates in 5 different regions (Oromia, Somali, Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, and Gambella) with a portfolio of 20m USD/year of emergency, resilience building, research, and innovation programs. We have a country team of around 600 staff in 17 regional and satellite offices. Our main donors in Ethiopia in 2020/2021 are BHA, ECHO, Europaid, UNHCR, UNICEF, GFFO, BPRM, SIDA, EHF, WFP, CIAA, The Netherlands (Dutch) Government and others.
I. Summary of the position
Under the direct supervision of the /Deputy Head of the WASH Department and in collaboration with other WASH Technical experts based at the capital level, the Junior WASH Officer will provide technical assistance and support in the designing, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and coordination of WASH projects/programs. S/he will be primarily responsible for assisting capital based WASH Experts with the regular monitoring of project implementation and program quality assurance measures
Purpose, Engagement and Delivery Purpose:
The Junior WASH Officer will effectively support capital based WASH teams in WASH program implementation such as water supply, WASH NFI, Hygiene Promotion and Sanitation; monitoring and reporting and intra departmental and external coordination, provide guidance and receive reports from field team, ensuring timely submission of program data. Moreover, s/he is expected to use and share standardized tools, formats, guidelines and service delivery approach to field team.
Engagement:
The Junior WASH Officer will engage with WASH team based in capital and field levels for a smooth and effective implementation of prioritized departmental initiatives, programs and projects. Moreover, s/he is likely to work closely and interact with other departments in Action Against Hunger such as H&N, MEAL, Grants and Reporting and Protection whenever needed.
Delivery:
The Juniors WASH officer will be responsible for supporting WASH department team in the delivery of high quality WASH program data including APRs, reports and tools and timely submission of reports to coordination platforms and regular attendance of sectoral and cluster coordination’s and provide timely activity info updates. S/he will receive reporting tools and technical guidelines from technical advisors and other platforms and share to field team and follow-up their utilization and update the capital team
II. Essential Job Duties
1. Contribute the overall WASH activities implementations
2. Support WASH Program in data collection, analysis, reporting and documentation.
3. Plan, implement, monitor and report hygiene and sanitation promotion activities
Support and engagement in internal and external coordination meetings and workshops
III. Supervisory Responsibilities
IV. Fiscal Responsibility
Gender Equality Commitments
Physical Demands