Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Officer

JOB SUMMARY

Hygiene Promotion Officer, under the supervision of WASH Manger, will be responsible to plan, implement and participate in hygiene campaigns, to participate in the implementation of house-to-house Hygiene promotion, and to prepare written material for the field, elaborate clear and adapted messages for beneficiaries in the assigned area of responsibility.

 To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSABILITIES

·         Serve as the focal point person for all activities related to WASH at respective woredas.

·         Participate on needs assessments, planning, organizing, and implementation, of WASH programs in the designated project areas for IDPs, returnees, and host communities.

·         Update and organize hygiene and sanitation promotion materials, standard training manuals, guidelines for relevant government partners, IDPS, returnees, and host communities.

·         Promote increased awareness of improved sanitation and hygiene practices through effective approaches for IDP/Returnees and host communities.

·         Train community WASH promoters and HEWs on hygiene promotion and behavior change practices.

·         Conduct hygiene promotion activities for IDPs, returnees, and host communities at public gathering places, schools, health facilities, and during event days.

·         Establish and train school WASH clubs to improve school sanitation and hygiene practices.

·         Provide WASH NFIs for most vulnerable IDPs/Returnee community groups in the targeted woredas.

·         Coordinate in site location and mobilizing the community to participate on the rehabilitation and construction of water schemes,

·         Educate and mobilize IDPS, returnees, and host community to use latrine for defecation, proper waste management at village and household level, promote safe water management.

·         Participate on assessment/survey in collaboration with the WASH coordinator and woreda staff.

·          Coordinate with the construction Forman during site selection for construction of communal latrines for IDPs/returnees and monitor the progress of construction works.

·          Establish communal latrine management committees and latrine attendants among beneficiary groups and follow up the management and utilization of communal latrines.

·          Update the emergency in the woreda on bi-weekly bases.

·         Facilitate in working with relevant partners government sector offices: water, health, and DPPC or other NGO’s and GO’s

·         Facilitate in the selection, designing, pre-testing, developing, dissemination and evaluation of appropriate hygiene educational materials for effective hygiene promotion program.

·         Facilitate in organizing WASHCo and hygiene promotion trainings and workshops for the water management team and other partners (women groups, health agents, water committee, etc in the woredas) and coordinate in preparation and organizing all the required training materials.

·         Work with relevant government and non- government partners to establish appropriate and alternative hygiene and sanitation models, and document and share challenges and success.

·         Facilitate in documenting health related data and keep records on activities of hygiene promotion and sanitation.

·         Ensure that sanitation and hygiene promotion activities are implemented through approaches and methods promoting local capacities and sustainable behavioral change.

·         Take part in WASH knowledge, Attitude and practice (KAP) surveys and project evaluation in data collection, data entry, analysis and reporting in order to evaluate the impact of sanitation and hygiene promotion activities

·         Prepare monthly reports and submit to the supervisor on the work progress of hygiene promotion and sanitation activities.

·         Participate in other WASH activities as assigned by the supervisor.

·         Perform other duties as assigned.

The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily all inclusive.