Hygien and sanitation Promotion Officer (2 Positions)

• Conduct qualitative assessment to identify risk factor and enabling factors for hygiene promotion and behavioral change intervention
• Prepare detail implementation plan for hygiene promotion/education activities in coordination with  the WASH officer and field coordinator
• Supervise the activities of hygiene promoter selected from the community
• Ensure implementation of hygiene promotion activities as per planned approaches/methods through use of  existing government structure  and volunteers/incentive workers,
• Design and develop training manual on hygiene and sanitation promotion  and undertake training for HEW-HW
• develop, 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,
•  Recruit and train volunteers including WASHCO
• Select and design the most appropriate form of sanitation system (to include excreta disposal, vector control, solid waste disposal, drainage) taking full account of local conditions, resources, customs and cultural norms.
• 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
• Ensure integration of Water,  sanitation and hygiene promotion components of  projects
• Prepare monthly field reports covering all hygiene and sanitation components  and submit to field coordinator
• Undertake need assessments and contribute in the preparation of new proposals,
•   Ensure that   procurements are timely initiated, monitored and prioritized by the logistics team;

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s science degree in environmental health and sanitation, Public Health/Sanitation)
•  5+ years of relevant work experience (minimum of 3 years in NGO)
• Experience in emergency response, including rapid assessments and needs analysis
• Experience in hygiene promotion in humanitarian contexts
•  Profound cross-cultural awareness and sound knowledge of public health issues
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently
•  extremely flexible, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations.