Hygiene Promotion Assistant Job at International Rescue Committee

Responsibilities:

• Work towards the achievement of overall goals through effective supervision of hygiene related activities and lateral relations and teamwork.
• Planning, monitoring and supervision of community health volunteers’ (CHVs) engaged in hygiene promotion activities, to ensure the quality of implementation.
• Ensure appropriate community involvement and delivery of essential hygiene services and facilities.
• Capacity building of community hygiene volunteers and monitoring to ensure the quality of deliverable activities.

Project implementation

• In liaison with the WASH technical advisor, design appropriate water safety and treatment methods.
• Assist in the design and interpretation of the water treatment formulations for different purposes.
• Closely monitor the quality of water sources and apply corrective measures as necessary.
• Conduct hygiene promotion sessions alongside community hygiene volunteers in the targeted community.
• Identify, train and follow-up of activities of community hygiene promotion volunteers.
• Provide training on hygiene promotion to community health volunteers.
• Communicate techniques on environmental, food, water hygiene in the target households/ communities. Ensure that the various aspects of the hygiene activities are integrated with Gender, Protection and Health.
• Spend time in the field with CHVs to ensure quality and impact of hygiene interventions in the field.
• Ensure that the hygiene promotion activities are implemented based on the quality standards established by IRC/MOH through quality checklists.

Develop plans for the WASH-Hygiene Promotion

• Spend time in the field with CHVs to ensure quality and impact of hygiene interventions in the field.
• Ensure that the hygiene promotion activities are implemented based on the quality standards established by MOH/IRC through quality checklists.
• Assist the line manager, design a detailed implementation work plan and procurement plan for WASH-Hygiene promotion activities to achieve the projects objectives on time and as per budgets.
• Regularly evaluate the status of the WASH-Hygiene promotion activities and propose the subsequent steps to achieve the project objectives.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

• Daily monitoring and recording of field activities related to WASH-Hygiene promotion.
• Track the project planned activity progress daily.
• Assist the MEAL team in monitoring and evaluation and ensure project lessons are documented for future note.

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications;

• Education: Minimum Diploma in Public health, Environmental Health or other related courses.
• Minimum 1-2 years’ experience implementing hygiene practices at community level.
• Experience in donor/ activity report writing and carrying out assessments.
• Registered under relevant regulatory bodies e.g., Public Health Officers & Technicians Council (PHOTC)

Work Experience:

• Experience in implementation of hygiene promotion activities.
• Experience in establishment and training of Hygiene Promoters, WASH committees and School hygiene Clubs.
• Experience in undertaking hygiene promotion activities and construction of latrines will be an added advantage

How to Apply

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Application Deadline: 18th May 2022.