Hygiene Promotion Officer- Afghan Nationals Only

Job Description

General Duties

- Support and undertake rapid needs assessments of WASH conditions in camps and communities, collating data, and supporting the writing / dissemination of reports on findings. - Provide input to the planning of activities in response to findings; Mobilize members of the communities to take ownership of improved hygiene practices and environment. - Organise teams of community-based Hygiene Monitors to regularly assess and report on hygiene conditions and issues. - Organize/facilitate group awareness sessions on hygiene practices for men/women in community, health facilities and Schools and other identified locations - Conduct hygiene promotion trainings concentrating on approved key hygiene promotion messages at community, household and school levels - Good knowledge of CLTS, SLTS and able to conduct participatory hygiene promotion sessions, training and awareness within communities. - Formation and training of WASH committees. - Conduct visiting to assess, inform and motivate families to improve hygiene and living conditions when required. - Promote hygiene education through a variety of means, such as information sharing, dissemination, communication materials. - Provide support to the distribution of hygiene items and conduct follow up training and monitoring of proper use of hygiene items. - Input to weekly reports and to assist in PDM exercise after distribution. - Develop contacts with community leaders and key stakeholders to explain and promote the organization and projects. - Maintain good relation with community CDCs, DRRD and DoRR relevant staff - Act as a link between the organization and the beneficiaries and Mobilise and encourage the targeted beneficiaries and all other stakeholders to participate in the project - Ensure that cross cutting issues such as protection, gender and other environmental related issues are addresses and mainstreamed in the project - Follow-up of water quality analysis at household level (residual chlorine, bacteriological analysis), to assess the effectiveness of home water treatment techniques

Specific Duties:

- Support and undertake rapid needs assessments of WASH conditions in camps and communities, collating data, and supporting the writing / dissemination of reports on findings. - Provide input to the planning of activities in response to findings; Mobilize members of the communities to take ownership of improved hygiene practices and environment. - Organise teams of community-based Hygiene Monitors to regularly assess and report on hygiene conditions and issues. - Organize/facilitate group awareness sessions on hygiene practices for men/women in community, health facilities and Schools and other identified locations - Conduct hygiene promotion trainings concentrating on approved key hygiene promotion messages at community, household and school levels

Qualifications

- Prior knowledge/training/experience on community Health, protection, community development, social sciences, Public Health, Nutrition, Environmental Science or any other relevant field at bachelor’s or diploma with at least three years of proven experience - Experience within volunteer work with migrant populations will be an asset. - Strong communication, listening skills and sensitive to the needs and priorities of different groups within the community. - Having at least 2 to 3 years’ experience as a trainer in hygiene promotion, Community Lead Total Sanitation (CLTS), School Lead Total Sanitation (SLTS), behavior change communication or in any other relevant field. - Ability to travel to rural areas for implementing hygiene promotion activities. - Good knowledge of the dynamics of the social, culture dynamics of the intervention area and is willing to work in hard-to-reach areas. - Having the skills and ability to work within a team. - Good Written and spoken English and can Speak/understand/write local language - Numeric, literacy and record keeping skill.