Environmental Health Assistants

BACKGROUND:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their lives. The IRC works with people forced to flee from war, conflict and disaster and the host communities which support them, as well as those who remain within their homes and communities. We began work in Ethiopia since 2000 and currently implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.

The IRC has a focus on narrowing the gender gap in humanitarian aid and ensuring that we contribute to gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in both our programs and operations by working to establish a context where our clients (including those from minority groups) enjoy the same rights and opportunities as well as an equal access to services. The IRC also has a strong commitment to creating an equitable and inclusive culture, where safeguarding is upheld in our workplace and programs. We are determined to protect our clients and staff from safeguarding violations through prevention and, where misconduct is alleged, to address it without fear or favor.

Job Overview:  

Under the direct supervision of the EH Officer the EH Assistant will be involved in site level planning, construction/rehabilitation and supervision of water supply and sanitation facilities. The position also requires accurate management of skilled and unskilled labor, suppliers, contractors, construction materials, equipment and other resources under the program and reporting periodically to supervisors.

Major Responsibilities:

• Assist the EH officer in drawing up detailed activity implementation plan, preparation of BOQ and raise Purchase Requests for construction
• Assist the EH officer and work closely with the local community and local administration in sitting water supply and sanitation facilities and community mobilization.
• Inspect and ensure the required quantity and quality of construction materials are delivered to construction sites.
• Mobilize, coordinate, and handle labor, material, and equipment at site level for the construction/rehabilitation of water supply and sanitation facilities.
• coordinate and provide the required artisan/technician skill at site level in rehabilitation and/or new construction of water supply facilities (including spring development and construction, hand dug wells construction/rehabilitation, hand pump or rope pumps installation/repair, plumbing and construction of roof top rainwater harvesting systems, expansion or connecting health facilities with the existing water supply system);
• Coordinate and provide the required artisan/technician skill in construction of sanitation facilities (including emergency communal latrines, household latrines, slab production, and institutional latrines);
• Keep daily records of construction progress, material and labor utilization and prepare and submit weekly & monthly progress report to their supervisor.
• Supervise and collect the required information while supervising the project progress and the project output in the community.
• Prepare completion reports and as built drawings of completed water supply and sanitation facilities and report it to their supervisor.
• Prepare scheme detail profile or data and keep recording the vital information such as GPS, discharge, distance from woreda town, well history, beneficiaries, other NGO working in the area, partners involvement, community participation in cash and kind)
• Support Capacity building assistants in scheme handover and community sensitization whenever required.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by his supervisor/s.

Safeguarding Responsibilities: – 

• Promote and actively participate in initiatives and efforts to build team engagement, inclusion, and cohesion in IRC [team/office]
• Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies.