Job Title: EH/WASH Hygiene Promotion Officer
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Sector: Environmental
Health
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Employment Category: Regular
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Employment Type: Full-Time
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Open to Expatriates: No
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Location: Mubi,
Nigeria
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Work Arrangement: In-person
Job Overview/Summary
The EH/WASH Hygiene Promotion Officer will be based in Mubi
and reports to the Environmental Health Manger with technical oversight by the
Senior Environmental Health Manager.
This position is responsible for leading all EH
software/behaviour change related activities in Adamawa state. The position
supports community engagement and mobilization, facilitating training and
mentoring of community structures, supervision of workplans and activities of
community structures.
He/she will ensure regular site visits and provide quality
check and supervision of EH activities in Adamawa state.
This position will report stage by stage progress of all
software activities including the identification, registration of clients,
distribution, trainings, mentoring and coaching and follow up of all WASH
structures and activities and final hand over to the relevant stakeholders.
The holder of this position will work with the EH Manager/ Sr
EH Manager and Coordinator to ensure project deliverables are implemented
accurately.
Major Responsibilities
Environmental Health Thematic
Major Responsibilities
Technical Quality
- Directly
implement hygiene promotion activities in the health facilities and
communities; this includes household visits, hygiene awareness sessions
and distribution of hygiene promotion materials.
- Coordinate
closely with the EH Officer/assistants, Hygiene Promoters and water point
chlorinators over water quality and beneficiary needs and preferences
regarding water collection points.
- If
requested, participate in any inter sectorial assessment process, including
analysis and planning.
- Directly
manage the day-to-day hygiene promotion activities in the field locations.
- Ensure
that hygiene promotion activities meet agreed objectives within the
timeframe.
- Ensure
program activities foster accountability to beneficiaries, Safeguarding,
gender and protection sensitivity and inclusion are adequately addressed
in programming.
- Distribute
Information, Communication and Education (IEC) materials to Community
hygiene Promoters and train hygiene promoters on their appropriate use.
- Provide
technical support and training for hygiene promoters, community
volunteers, community leaders, community hygiene clubs and WASH
committees.
- Provide
regular reports, document results, and maintain detailed records
- Provide
weekly reports of progress on hygiene promotion activities.
- Maintain
comprehensive control systems on materials and tools used including notes
on quality of materials and detailed NFI distribution records.
Key Working Relationships
Position Reports to: Environmental Health
Manager/Environmental Health Snr Manager
Position directly Supervises: Environmental Health Hygiene
Promotion Assistant.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree/HND Public Health, Environmental Health/Management/Science,
Biological Sciences, Social science, or any other relevant qualification.
The candidate must have a good understanding of software components of
WASH including WASH in emergency, sustainable Hygiene promotion models and
the ability to demonstrate water quality analysis.
- Candidate
must have 5 years of proven and successful experience with Non-profit
organization in WASH Hygiene promotion/software subsector.
- Demonstrated
experience in facilitation of WASH trainings for Water user committees,
Hygiene promotion volunteers, Mother to mother support groups and
Community health volunteers.
- Candidate
must demonstrate ability for community mobilization and engagement.
- Willingness
to work under pressure and stressful situations with minimal supervision
and without compromising deadlines or quality.
- Candidate
must be familiar with GEDI, Protection and Safeguarding principles and see
it as a source of competitive strength.
- Good
communication, detailed presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Excellent
computer skills and competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Teams, Outlook office etc.
- Willingness
to travel to field sites under demanding conditions.
Demonstrated Technical Skills:
- Good
communication skills, effective in representation and liaison with
community members and leaders.
- Works
well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural
environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well.
- Languages:
English, Hausa
Computer/Other Tech Requirements:
- Full
professional competency in Google map, Microsoft Office Suite, Excel,
PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook office.
- Ability
to travel regularly to project locations.
>> Location: Mubi North, Adamawa, Nigeria
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