Sanitation & Hygiene Promotion (SHP) Officer -Tigray, Ethiopia

Hello Hello! Alight is recruiting a Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (SHP) Officer to be based in Adigrat with frequent travel to Irob. You’re interested in joining us? Welcome, we’re happy you’re here!If you join us, you will find…

A team with deep experience in co-designing solutions that create new value around the world. We know we need to always be better, and we believe in the power and abundance of everyday people, everywhere, to change the world with us.

A culture of radical accountability to our customers –as we help build a meaningful life for and with the displaced, we ask them what they want and then deliver on it.

Alight (formerly American Refugee Committee) is an international non-profit organization with its headquarters located in the United States. Alight has provided humanitarian assistance to millions of beneficiaries in 29 countries over the past 40 years, currently reaching over 10 million refugees, IDPs, and disaster-affected communities in 17 countries around the world, helping people regain control of their lives after conflict and natural disasters. Alight maintains full-fledged humanitarian programs in Somalia, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Thailand, and Myanmar. Alight is currently in the process of responding to humanitarian situation in Ethiopia.

Alight focuses on lifesaving humanitarian interventions as well as recovery and resilience building programs designed to create lasting positive change in the lives of vulnerable people. Alight works closely with displaced persons, returnees, refugees and communities affected by natural and man-made disasters, providing a range of integrated assistance including primary and curative health care, water and sanitation, protection services, restoration of strategic health and water infrastructure, dignified housing for returning refugees, and sustainable job creation. Alight has also built strong relationships with development partners, agencies, as well as federal and local governments in order to approach challenges in an inclusive and holistic manner and come up with innovative solutions that best fits the local context.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND:

Alight is intervening in Ethiopia since 2021, through an Emergency Rapid Response project following the conflict in Tigray and expanding to the neighboring conflict affected regions of Amhara and Afar. Through the funding obtained from USAID/BHA, alight is implementing an Integrated Lifesaving Emergency Response (ILER) targeting IDPs and their host communities. Alight Ethiopia is expanding WASH services to the target locations of Afar, Amhara and Tigray region.

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

Technically reporting to the WASH officer, the Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Officer will provide leadership and management of all aspects of the hygiene promotion and sanitation component of WASH project at the above locations. He/She will be responsible for the implementation of hygiene promotion and sanitation component and ensuring program quality, completion of activities within allocated funding and project period, and identifying new needs for program expansion and improvement. The Sanitation and hygiene Promotion Officer will be spending full of his/her time in the assigned location.

MAJOR/KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• In coordination with the WASH officer, undertake/take part in quantitative/qualitative assessments to identify key risky hygiene behaviors to work on and to capture key achievements with-in the framework of project/s,
• Work with hygiene promotion incentive workers and target beneficiaries to identify volunteers for hygiene promotion/education,
• Train volunteers/incentive workers on basics of hygiene promotion/education, hygiene promotion/education methods/approaches, communication, and facilitation skills,
• Prepare detail implementation plan for hygiene promotion/education activities in coordination with the WASH officer and other WASH staff,
• Ensure implementation of hygiene promotion activities as per planned approaches/methods through use of volunteers/incentive workers,
• Work with WASH officer on development, testing, printing, and positioning of culturally appropriate IEC materials, and monitoring tools and ensure proper use of the same,
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports/updates,
• Ensure needs of most vulnerable are taken in to account at all stages of hygiene promotion intervention/s,
• Coordinate and integrate with other IPs in harmonizing hygiene promotion/education interventions,
• Document and share lessons learned and success stories in relation to hygiene to inform future programming,
• Ensure proper implementation of hygiene and sanitation component of WASH projects with-in allocated budget and timeline meeting international standards,
• Ensure integration of Water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion components of projects,
• Prepare monthly field reports covering all hygiene and sanitation components and submit them to the WASH officer,
• Undertake need assessments and contribute to the preparation of new proposals,
• Visit the target areas regularly and provide on-site mentoring to hygiene and sanitation team in the IDP camp/host community,
• Ensure that procurements are timely initiated, monitored and prioritized by the operation team,
• Monitor and ensure spending against plan and analyze monthly financial reports,
• Ensure that program spending is in line with the original plan and burn rate balances with implementation progress,
• Work with finance and operations to ensure the program quality,
• Support WASH staff and non-WASH sectors to ensure a quality program implementation.
• Foster linkages with partners including CCCM for effective implementation of the program,
• Attending Task force and coordination meeting at Camp as instructed by supervisor,
• Any additional tasks as assigned by his/her supervisor.

• BSc Degree in Environmental Health or any other related field from recognized University with a minimum of four-year relevant work experience on hygiene promotion with I/NGO in emergency and IDP and/or refugee settings.
• 4 years’ experience for bachelor’s degree holders and 3 years’ experience for postgraduates.
• Previous experience of implementing participatory hygiene promotion and sanitation methods (e.g., PHAST, CLTS/H,) and organizing campaigns on key hygiene themes.
• Previous experience of implementing institutional (schools & health facilities) hygiene promotions/educations.
• Ability to work in stressful conditions and with limited social services and insecure environments.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision and in a highly results oriented work culture.
• Knowledge, skill, and experience in participatory methods for promoting sustainability of WASH interventions.

KEY BEHAVIORS AND ABILITIES:

• Strong communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as to work autonomously when required.
• Very good at computer- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, and e-mail).
• Fluency in English (Oral and Written); and other local language is a plus advantage for the position.
• Supervisory/basic managerial skills
• Technical and report writing skills.

PLUS

• NGO experience
• Gender-sensitive
• Understanding of and commitment to the “Humanitarian principles”
• Understanding of and commitment to Alight code of conduct and organizational goals.