WASH Officer Ethiopia Assosa

Ensure effective planning and quality implementation of WASH-Hygiene activities

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Overview

Ensure effective planning and quality implementation of WASH-Hygiene activities

You have:

  • Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Environmental Science, or related field.
  • At least 3 years of experience in WASH programs and project management.
  • Experience in managing teams and facilitating training sessions.
  • Understanding of hygiene promotion techniques and WASH standards.
  • Excellent communication skills in English and local languages.

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 5 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 5 (NRC) contracts.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Main purpose of the position is to ensure effective planning and quality implementation of the WASH-Hygiene promotion activities in IDPs and Host community in Benishangul Gumuz and neighbouring regions of Amhara and Oromia regions, Ethiopia. The WASH Officer-PHP will assist the WASH/Shelter Coordinator in providing technical support in the development of NRC’s WASH programming for hygiene promotion activities. He/she will also work closely with the other Project Officers and assistants in the field to ensure timely delivery of quality WASH programme, and will assist the WASH Coordinator in overall planning and design of (future) projects.

Generic responsibilities:

  • Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
  • Implement delegated support function portfolio according to plan of action
  • Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
  • Ensure proper filing of documents
  • Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
  • Plan and carry out needs assessments, baseline studies and periodic studies, and feedback findings to the stakeholders.

Specific responsibilities:

  • Supervise Hygiene Promotion activities in line with relevant standards, codes of conduct, and humanitarian principles.
  • Use participatory approaches as a far as possible throughout the programme cycle, in training, and in the use of tool kits and other materials.
  • Supervise WASH activities and resources so that they are implemented and handed over or ended in a way that promotes local capacities and sustainable operations.
  • Recruit, train, and manage subordinate/Public Health Promotion agent’s staff including performance appraisal.
  • Organize day-to-day logistics, administration, and personnel activities together with the other sectors.
  • Carry out informal and formal training sessions (according to identified needs) and evaluate the impacts of these trainings.
  • Enable effective dialogue with the affected community to allow the agency to be held to account for the quality of the WASH program.
  • Responsible for overall school WASH activities including training and follow ups.
  • Identification and provision of water treatment chemicals and give them orientation on how to use it.
  • Travel regularly to all the NRC implementation sites assessing adherence to set hygiene standards and M&E procedures.
  • Support the WASH/Shelter PC in ensuring implementation of the complaints mechanism and ensure feedback is timely to the beneficiaries.
  • Assist in ensuring cross-cutting issues are incorporated into the WASH-Hygiene Promotion programming.
  • Promote safe WASH practices, including appropriate use and maintenance of WASH facilities and services.
  • Collect data from the WASH assistants and prepare regular reports on activities and WASH conditions for monitoring.

Potential interview questions

Can you describe a situation where you successfully trained a team in hygiene promotion? This question assesses your ability to train others effectively. Provide an example showcasing your training methods and the outcomes.
How do you ensure community involvement in WASH programs? The interviewer wants to understand your approach to community engagement. Pro members can see the explanation.
What strategies would you implement to evaluate the effectiveness of WASH activities? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Added 3 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: nrc.no