Hygiene Promotion Supervisor

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:

• In consultation with the Zonal WASH Advisors S/he will coordinate with WASH Site Engineers and WASH Facilitators on respective project needs and required training,
• Consultation with local authorities and beneficiaries (particularly women, children and people with disabilities), to ensure that all training content and materials are appropriate for the target communities.
• Adapt and develop training materials, Design appropriate training materials for use in local community development work and informal educational activities
• Selection of training topics in conjunction with the WASH Advisors and coordinators and ensure consistency of messages across the different projects and sectors.
• Identify or develop culturally acceptable information education and communication (IEC) materials related to health education and hygiene promotion
• In collaboration with other members of the WASH team, design and manage assessments and baseline studies to identify WASH-related health risks and priorities
• Identify critical barriers to good hygiene practices within the community and design the response strategy and messages to fit the context.
• Provide Technical support for WASH Facilitators and hygiene promotion officers, and to organize and conduct health and hygiene topics training for those WASH facilitators and hygiene promotion officers,
• Ensure baseline indicators for critical WASH component (Average lpd, Sanitation coverage, HW coverage and behavioural change are determined at the beginning of each project implementation.
• Ensure that the field staff are familiar with participatory teaching methods
• TOT Training of the project staff, WASH Facilitators, and hygiene promoters and mobilizers on key approaches including WASH UP! PHAST,
• Conduct TOTs for the CLTS program with project staff
• Provide technical support and monitor the cascade trainings that are conducted by staff in the field, ensuring that implementation is as planned and according to developed technical standards
• Maintain training records including consolidation of field records.
• Provide support for field assessments and evaluation
• Representation, stakeholder engagement, linkages and collaboration
• Represent the organization externally at Hygiene promotion, MHM and GBV working group
• Develop and maintain good relationships and lines of communication with relevant local authorities and communities,
• Co-ordinate activities with health actors and with other agencies in target locations

Other

• Adhere to WV Child and Adult Safeguarding policy and standards.
• Adhere to WV accountability standards.
• To be aware and prepared to implement WV Afghanistan Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs plan under the context of (Herat) interventions.
• Required Professional Experience
• Three years’ work experience in hygiene promotion activities and community mobilization in WASH projects.
• Proven experience on key participatory approaches, CLTS, PHAST, Behaviour change communication

Required Education,

training, license,

registration, and

certification

Bachelor Degree in any field of studying.

Preferred Knowledge

and Qualifications

Previous Work experience in WASH project is highly preferred. Ability to engage and mobilise different community groups and leaders is a necessity. Knowledge of important hygiene behaviours Must have good attention to detail, all work must be checked. Willingness to travel throughout the project area required, with familiarity with the project area preferred.

To be able to travel to remote districts and areas of Herat and Badghis provinces.

Language

Requirements

The position is not in Badghis if he need to travel to BDG?

The position is located in Herat but he will cover both Herat in Badghis

Travel and/or

Work Environment

Requirement

Will be based in Herat, will travel to both Heart and Badghis districts to project covered location as need

Physical

Requirements

Fluency in English, Dari and/or Pashto, both written and spoke

• Applicant Types Accepted: