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Location: Konduga (1), Jere (1), Ngala (1), Kala Balge (1)
General Position Summary
The purpose of the WASH Assistant position is to assist in the day-to-day implementation of the software component of Humanitarian WASH intervention in Northeast Nigeria. S/he will work closely with the WASH team, operations and finance to jointly execute WASH activities according to plan.
Essential Job Functions
The WASH program Assistant is expected to conduct the following tasks and to produce a field report including the following:
- Ensure the implementation of Humanitarian WASH project activities as designed and planned in the work plan
- Engage beneficiaries to form water user committees to ensure appropriate technical and social interventions to secure outcome, impact and sustainability
- Assist the WASH team in preparing and following up on payment of stipends for community hygiene promoters
- Directly manage the day-to-day hygiene promotion activities in the field locations.
- Ensure that hygiene promotion activities meet agreed objectives within the timeframe.
- Ensure program activities foster accountability to beneficiaries, gender and protection sensitivity and inclusion are adequately addressed in programming.
- Distribute Information, Communication and Education (IEC) materials to Community hygiene Promoters and train hygiene promoters on their appropriate use.
- Provide technical support and training for hygiene promoters, community volunteers, community leaders, and WASH committees.
- Provide regular reports, document results and maintain detailed records
- Provide daily reports of progress on hygiene promotion activities, Chlorination and FRC check.
- Maintain comprehensive control systems on materials and tools used including notes on quality of materials and detailed NFI distribution records.
Organizational Learning
- As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
Accountability to Beneficiaries
- Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically
to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Supervisory Responsibility
Community Hygiene Promoters (CHPs)
Accountability
Reports Directly To: WASH Technical Manager, with dotted line to Senior Program Manager.
Works Directly With: All program teams, Operations, and MC beneficiaries
Knowledge and Experience
- Bsc/HND in Public Health, Biochemistry, Science laboratory technology, integrated science, Community Health and other related science/social sciences.
- Minimum of three years relevant experience in implementation of WASH soft component.
- Experience in establishment and training of Hygiene Promoters, WASH committees and School hygiene Clubs.
- Good communication skills, effective in representation and liaison with community members and leaders.
- Works well and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well.
- Highly developed computers skills, with strong familiarity with MS Office, Power point, Outlook, Excel and Word.
- Fluency in both verbal and written English highly preferred. Fluency in Hausa and any other local language is required.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Mercy Corps on recruiting2.ultipro.com to apply
