WASH Assistant Afghanistan Kandahar

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  • Added Date: Tuesday, 05 August 2025
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Caution: This vacancy is exclusively announced for internal candidates.ย 

Job Overview:

The purpose of WASH Assistant position is to work closely with the community to promote Hygiene practices, construction of WASH facilities at community level and to reduce the risk of communicable diseases related to water and sanitation by promoting hygiene practices and conducting hygiene awareness sessions at Community and following up daily solar powered pipe scheme construction along provinces in southern region.

For more details about this position please click here: Job Descriptionย and NRC Grade Structure

Generic Responsibilities:ย 

Ensure compliance with NRC policies, guidelines and standards Ensure compliance with CC strategy, tools, handbooks, guidelines and standards CC specific technical responsibility for implementation of technical activities of CC project(s) CC specific technical responsibility for tracking financial expenditures for technical activities of CC project(s) CC specific technical responsibility for the quality control and monitoring of project activities CC specific technical responsibility for project documentation of technical activities of CC project(s) Provide specific technical support and capacity building towards project staff Provide specific technical analysis and feedback to NRC representatives in coordination forums Assess, promote and document ideas for technical improvement and further program development options Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and assess new and better ways to assist Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy IF APPLICABLE: Monitor and document the implementation of project activities done by implementing partners and/or contractors (plan of action activities, contracts, financial expenditures and project documentation) IF APPLICABLE: Conduct quality control and provide technical support to implementing partners and/or contractors

Specific Responsibilities:

๐Ÿ“š ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—›๐—–๐—ฅ, ๐—ช๐—™๐—ฃ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐—™, ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฆ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—™๐—ฃ๐—”, ๐—œ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐ŸŒ

โš ๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ: ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐–!

Conduct WASH needs assessments. Conducting KAP surveys. Providing hygiene training on latrines, safe drinking water, handwashing, personal and environmental hygiene. Plan and distribute the WASH /shelter In-kind items (Hygiene/water kits) to target beneficiaries. Ensure all work is carried out as per the community needs and project requirements. Monitoring of water and sanitation construction activities. Provide daily, weekly, and monthly reports to WASH Officer on project progress and work plan.ย  Provide technical training on water point repairing to WASH target groups. Based on his/her supervisorโ€™s instruction and need the employee has to be involved in the implementation of all integrated projects. Any other official task assigned by his/her supervisor.ย 

Generic Professional Competencies:

Experience with field level coordination with UN organisations, INGOs, Donors and authorities Experience from working within technical expertise area in a humanitarian/ recovery context Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts Core competency expertise Documented results related to the positionโ€™s responsibilities

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:ย 

Minimum of University degree civil engineering faculty or water resource management.ย  At least 2 yearsโ€™ working experience in community-based projects.ย  Experience with Shelter/WASH national and international standards Previous work experience with satisfactory performance in the same or similar functional area preferably with UN or INGOs Excellent communication skills Computer literacy Fluency in English and local language Dari/Pashtu Able to express your ideas clearly and confidently in speech Able to act on initiative, identify opportunities & proactive in putting forward ideas & solutions

Behavioural Competencies:

Planning and delivering results Working with peopleย  Communicating with impact and respect Collaborative nature, ability to work well in a team environment Flexibility, creativity, and it helps to if you have a good sense of humor Good coordination skills

We Offer:

Monthly Salary based on NRC Afghanistan Salary Scale. NRC has medical coverage for staff plus 4 dependents.ย  Leave and Holidays accordingly Afghanistan Labor Law. Top up Credit card on monthly basis. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.ย  Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world's most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people.ย  At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.ย  Together, we save lives and rebuild futures. Safeguarding is central to NRCโ€™s work. We expect all employees to:ย  โ€ข treat everyone with respect and dignityย  โ€ข contribute to building a safe environment for allย  โ€ข never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)ย  โ€ข always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH

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