ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research, and technologyโ creating a unique mix of capabilities to address todayโs interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries, all 50 U.S. states, and all U.S. territories. FHI 360โs Crisis Response team has been responding to the humanitarian emergency in Tigray, Amhara, Afar, Somali Regions through an integrated Health, Nutrition, WASH, and Protection project to meet the critical needs of the conflict-affected population. FHI 360 Crisis Response team has also expanded its humanitarian response to the Oromia Region, with operations based in Negele Borena, to support affected communities.
POSITION OVERVIEW
Under supervision of the Senior WASH Officer, the WASH assistant- Hygiene promotion is responsible for supporting all scale-up of public health promotion components of the WASH activities in FHI 360 implementation areas in Tigray Region. The WASH Assistant-HP will be responsible for helping the WASH officer in providing technical guidance to volunteers, HADโs, contractors, skilled and unskilled daily laborers, IDPs and partners at field level under his duty areas of assignment and ensure that public health promotion components of the implementation adhere to appropriate international standards and Ministry of Health guidelines.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DELIVERABLES
- Support the WASH officer in facilitating the process of establishing smooth and fulfilling work relationships with host government offices and implementing arms.
- Participate in the planning and ensure all procedures and internal requirements are in place and assigned to volunteers in consultation with the Sr WASH officer.
- Support the WASH officer in facilitation of technical trainings related to PHP approaches, including โWASHโEMโ and โBaby and Mothersโ, in selected areas of interventions.
- Support baseline, endline, KAP, and PDM surveys as needed.
- Support field assistants, volunteers, and partners in the proper implementation of WASH NFI and MHM kits provisions including site identification, site specific beneficiary selection criteria development, beneficiary verifications and distributions.
- Regularly coordinate with the WASH assistant/Engineer and support in ensuring full packages of waste management and hygiene promotion for health facilities implementing nutrition programs.
- Support in review of existing harmonized IEC materials, and when needed contribute to the development, testing and dissemination.
- Facilitate the organization of public health promotion campaigns and events
- Represent FHI 360 at various levels of WASH platforms including the WASH Cluster and its technical working groups as assigned by supervisor.
- Work closely with other FHI 360 units, including health and nutrition, logistics and finance, HR and administration, to ensure programmatic integrations, effectiveness, efficiency and compliance.
- Supervise and technically support the WASH Assistants in the field in the implementation of the PHP activities of the response.
- Work closely with other FHI 360 units - including health and nutrition, logistics and finance, HR and administration - to ensure programmatic integrations, effectiveness, efficiency and compliance.
- Support the officer in drafting internal and external reports by collecting and sharing basic primary data from field on regular basis.
- Guide and support WASH volunteers and WASHCos to discharge their duties
- Support the WASH Officer in Identifying infrastructural and IPC problems within health facility settings to come up with technical and financial propositions of how they can be fixed.
- Identify WASH needs within target communities and health facilities, including identification of waste disposal facilities, sanitation and hygiene supplies and coming up with technical proposition of how the systems can be restored
- Support the WASH officer to prepare detailed procurement, supply, and spending plans for identified WASH PHP undertakings under your areas of assignment as needed.
- Any additional tasks assigned by the supervisor.
REQUIRED AND DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- At least 2-3 years of national work experience in NGO setting, working on primary health care, nutrition, WASH or any other humanitarian project is strongly required.
- Hands on experience designing, implementing, and managing WASH programs with focus on public health promotion in humanitarian settings.
- Experience conducting rapid needs assessments; baseline assessments, etc. a plus.
- Sound understanding of the socio-economic and political situation in Oromia.
- Experience representing employer at relevant platforms and liaising with key stakeholders.
- Willing to travel frequently and for extended period of time to FHI 360 operational locations.
- Good understanding of the UN Cluster System; international and national minimum standards of services in humanitarian settings.
- Fluent in local language and excellent in English.
- Knowledge and practical experience on different public health promotion approaches and national strategies for the sector utilizations is highly desirable
This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
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