Hope 360 Initiative for Peace (HOPE360) is an independent national non-governmental, non-profit, humanitarian and developmental organization supporting relief and development work in Nigeria hoping to be around the world with a vision of creating a society where men and women have an equal opportunity to participate in every sphere irrespective of their sex, gearing towards rebuilding a wall of peace and restoring their hope for a sustainable development. HOPE360 programs assist persons on the basis of need, vulnerability, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. HOPE360 works through local partners to implement its programs, therefore, strengthening and building the capacity of these partner organizations is fundamental to programs in every country in which HOPE360 operates.
HOPE360 is a Nigeria based Organization and has been operating since 2018, with various humanitarian interventions being carried out in 2018 till date. Hope 360 Initiative works in the following thematic areas which include Health, Nutrition, Livelihood/Food Security, Education, CCCM/SHELTER/NFI, Protection, Peace Building and Conflict resolution.
WASH Officer
Job Type Contract
Qualification BA/BSc/HND
Experience 1 year
Location Borno
Job Field Engineering / Technical
Duration 7-Months
Closing Date: 30th-April-2022
Under the supervision of WaSH Program Manager, the WaSH Field Officer is responsible for the daily technical implementation, supervision, monitoring and reporting of the field activities, and for ensuring proper coordination with beneficiaries, municipalities, rapid response teams, other authorities and related AAH departments. The position requires extensive field work and movement between several worksites.
Key activities in your role will include
Objective 1: Follow up day to day implementation of WaSH activities
Tasks
Liaises with the WaSH Program Manager to plan and implement water and sanitation activities in the field (Assessments, Distributions, Sessions, Supervision).
Ensuring understanding of the different needs of the women, men, girls, boys and PwSN in the communities, on water and sanitation and coordinating with the local partners on best and complementary implementation;
Support in ensuring the quality and quantity of material at field according to agreed plans and BoQs.
Support the elaboration and dissemination of hygiene promotion materials,
Identify the most appropriate hygiene promotion/C19 related messages
regarding the target population. Write clearly and understandable message.
Mobilize the community to change behaviour regarding hygiene practice and C19 and cholera prevention and control. Creation and follow up WASH Committees and their performance in the Informal Settlements.
Ensure that the projects activities are well coordinated with relevant governmental sides (local authorities) and non-governmental sides (RRTs, INGOs and NGOs working in same operation area).
Preparation of weekly work plans according to the implementation plan.
Objective 2: Monitoring, coordination and communication
Tasks
Prepare and submit all WaSH field reports to the WASH Program Manager.
Monitor and report all WaSH activities in the field ensuring there is compliance with plans and HOPE360 standards.
Monitor water and sanitation facilities acceptance and beneficiary satisfaction in Coordination with Meal team
Responds to and records beneficiary WaSH technical feedback and complaints at field level.
Collect, organize, and develop all data, files and documents.
Objective 3: Data collection and reporting
Tasks
1 File, document, and report work progress to his/her line manager on weekly basis
Regular reporting of work progress to the Program Coordinator.
Report possible problem or conflict during the activities.
Report the use of materials and possible improvement.
Objective 5: Support humanitarian activities of HOPE360
Tasks
Support the emergency interventions of the organization as per the employee’s abilities.
Support any activity that helps reaching our humanitarian goals, as per the employee’s abilities.
Promote gender equality within the humanitarian and/or development work
Promote the protection of children, women and PWD adhering the child safeguarding policy
Required Skill and Education
Training/ Education:
Technical Diploma in WaSH related fields, and/or any related field with at least 2 years’ experience.
Technical specific knowledge:
Knowledge in plumbing, water supply and sanitation supply systems. Technical training in implementation of basic water networks, sanitation, and water quality testing.
And/or
Experience in hygiene promotion, work with local communities, children and vulnerable people, experience in community mobilization and participation. Previous experience:
At least 1-2 years of experience in WASH project.
Proven experience in capacity building, WaSH soft activities or similar activities.
Reporting capacity, organized and rigorous personality, availability/learning capacity
Ability to work in a team, interpersonal qualities, and diplomacy, flexible with respect to job priority – Agrees with the principles and objectives of HOPE360.
Humanitarian sector knowledge:
Good knowledge of INGOs and donor agencies procedure, guidelines, and intervention in the country.
Method of Application
HOPE360 is committed to ensuring that all our personnel and programmes are absolutely safe for children.
We undertake rigorous procedures to ensure that only people suitable to work with children are allowed to join our organization and all candidates will, therefore, be subject to this scrutiny.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Applicants are advised that Hope 360 Initiative for Peace does not require any payment or expense during the entire recruitment process. Any request in this direction should be immediately reported as it is contrary to the values and practices of our organization.
To all the volume applications received, HOPE360 will provide feedback to all applicants. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as applications will be reviewed as received. HOPE360 reserves the right to change the closing date, if considered necessary.
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their Cover letter and CV which should not be more than 3 pages with the position applied for as the subject; The documents should be forwarded to [email protected] copy [email protected]
