Hygiene Assistant at Action Against Hunger

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Hygiene Assistant

Location: Dutse, Jigawa
Job type: Full-ime
Career level: Entry Level
Reporting to: Hygiene Officer
Department: Programmes – WASH
Proposed start date: November 2022

Job Descriptipn

• We are currently looking to fill the role of Hygiene Assistant who will be responsible for the Implementation of hygiene promotion and distribution of NFI.

Key Responsibilities

• Continues assessment of the hygiene need and practices of the targeted communities;
• Assisting the Hygiene Officer in conducting home visits and visits to the community (schools, community gathering etc.) to identify gaps in terms of hygiene, sanitation and use of water;
• Assisting the Hygiene Officer in preparing training modules for the promotion of hygiene in the communities;
• Training and managing hygiene volunteers to conduct house to house session;
• Organize and conduct FGDs on identified critical hygiene issues in the communities;
• Mobilizing communities to adopt safe hygiene practices as promoted by the project (hand washing facilities, environmental cleanliness drainage cleanliness);
• Organize and conduct mass campaigns against cholera and other infectious diseases;
• Disseminate cholera prevention messages to cholera case and neighboring;
• Sensitize the beneficiaries of cholera kits on how to use the content (eg use of aquatabs);
• Assisting the Hygiene Officer to distribute NFI kits to registered beneficiaries.

Position Requirements

• Minimum of National Diploma in Health, Hygiene, and Sanitation related field;
• Previous experience in supervising hygiene promotion and community mobilization;
• Capacity to be adaptable and flexible;
• Willing and ability to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited;
• Fluency in  English Hausa, and Fulfude language.

Starting Basic Salary

• NGN 216,006 / Month (excluding other benefits)
• Other benefits include but not limited to 100% health care coverage, free and direct access to Cross Knowledge e-learning platform.
• Our employees enjoy a work culture that promotes diversity and inclusion

Application Closing Date
Tuesday, 25th October, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• Action Against Hunger provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
• This is an emergency recruitment and we are looking to fill this role as soon as possible. Candidates available to start immediately are highly preferred.
• All candidates MUST ensure they answer all the questions asked for this application. Failure to do so means candidates will not be considered for the process.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.