Hygiene Promotion Assistants (Emergency WASH and MPCA Project) at Relief Rescue Initiative (RRI) – 2 Openings

Job Title: Hygiene Promotion Assistants (Emergency WASH and MPCA Project)

Activities

• Ensure that the hygiene promotion activities are implemented based on theWASHquality standards established byRRI andthrough WASH Quality Benchmarks and checklist.
• Daily monitoring and recording of field activities related to WASH-Hygiene promotion and track the project planned activity progress daily.
• Daily, Weekly (or each time when necessary) brief in written and or oral reports to line manager.
• Participate actively in terms of collecting required data to donors’ reports and proposals.
• Assist the MEAL team in monitoring and evaluation and ensure project lessons are documented for future note.
• Close cooperation with trained groups — regular meetings and sessions, monitoring of WASH activities after the training, documenting activities conducted by trained groups.
• 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.
• Cooperation with local authorities and local communities — participation in meetings, reporting from meetings to the Hygiene and Sanitation Officer.
• Facilitating appropriate community involvement in the design and delivery of essential WASH services and facilities — carrying out community mobilization activities, liaising with crucial stakeholders.
• Mobilize and conduct community hygiene and sanitation campaigns sessions, focus group discussion, and meeting with key informants
• Arranging and sorting WASH IEC materials and ensure proper usage — liaising with Logistics, informing Hygiene Promotion Officer about possible shortages.
• Providing support/carrying out WASH distributions — organizing distribution according to HygienePromotion Officer’s guidance &providing stock count for WASH,informing community about the rules during distribution as well as proper usage of items; handing over items to community; keeping record of recipients.
• Attendingfield basedWASH Cluster meetings upon request from WASH Officer
• As required, support WASH in emergencies (flood response, public health outbreak) planning and response interventions.

Candidate Profile

• Diploma in Public Health, Community Health or Sociology.
• 1 – 2 years of experience in Hygiene Promotion Activities, supervising the implementation of WASH facilities-Sanitation facilities, Health facilities Waste Management Zones
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with people from different backgrounds.
• Experience in working with local communities, children, and people with special needs.
• Experience in CLTS, PHAST, IEC, SBCC and CHAST methodology.
• Experience in integration of WASH and other sectors (such as Health, Nutrition, Child Protection, Food Security and Livelihoods and effective community engagement approaches.
• Understands the mainstreaming of gender, disability inclusion and accountability to affected populations mechanisms in WASH programming.
• Have good computer skills (Microsoft Office) internet, email,
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult working circumstances.
• Commitment to the aims and principles of Relief Rescue Initiative in particular a good understanding of the RRI mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support.
• Fluent level – written and spoken English and Hausa Language is advantage.

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is Not Specified. Therefore qualified and interested candidates should send their Applications to: [email protected] using the Position applied for as the subject of the mail.

Note

• Application will be reviewed on rolling basis.
• The application will be reviewed on a Rolling Basis to meet project demand, and RRI reserves all the right to hire as soon as suitable candidates are identified. RRI will not be liable for any Application cost and do not request for any cost in submitting applications.
• Application Letter and Curriculum Vitae should be in a single Microsoft Word Document / PDF, otherwise applications will not be considered.
• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.