Hygiene Promotion Assistant

Requisition ID: req47164

Job Title: Hygiene Promotion Assistant

Sector: Environmental Health

Employment Category: Fixed Term

Employment Type: Full-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Lodwar, Kenya

Work Arrangement:

Job Description

The International Rescue Committee(IRC) responds to the worlds worst humanitarian crises and helps people whoselives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive,recover, and gain control of their lives. The IRC has been working in Kenyasince 1992, providing crucial services across the two refugee camps, Dadaab andKakuma, and a number of counties (Garissa, Turkana, West Pokot, Samburu,Kajiado, Lamu and Nairobi) implementing programs in the sectors of health,nutrition, governance & rights, womens protection & empowerment,Economic Recovery and Development, as well as providing emergency responsethrough a network of field offices and a range of institutional andcommunity-based partnerships.

Position Summary:

The position holder will supportin implementation, monitoring, and engagement with project partners on WASHinterventions. They will also support in the community engagement andmobilization for all activities both water supply and hygiene.

Main Responsibilities

The WASH Hygiene assistant shallprovide necessary support to the WASH Officer -sanitation and hygiene todesign, plan and implement technical WASH assessments and studies such ashousehold level questionnaires, focus group discussions, site visits and meetingswith key members of community. They will ensure that an engagement approach toworking with communities, the local authorities, partners other collaboratorsis employed, and all activities are carried out in a way that is sensitive tocommunity needs and promotes the full and equal participation of women, men,children, and youth.

Primary responsibilities include:

Project Planning and Design

• Support in the planning, Designand follow up on the community hygiene and sanitation initiatives.
• Support in the project assessmentsand proposal development for potential sanitation and hygiene promotions.

Project Implementation

• Ensure community mobilization inall field activities related to water supply, hygiene and sanitation areconducted.
• Support in the implementation ofthe hygiene and sanitation promotion activities according to the approved donorguidelines and humanitarian standards.
• Support in the preparation andconducting of training for WMCs, other Community structures (SMCs, CHWs, CHEWs,Youth Groups) and local authorities.
• In consultation with WASH Hygieneofficer plan, organize and evaluate the distribution of all hygiene supplies.

Project Monitoring and Evaluation

• Support in timely delivery ofprojects activities.
• Ensure that up to date projectdocuments are in place including approved work plans, log frame, detailedproject implementation plan, distribution lists.
• Support in the documentation andfiling of minutes, lessons learnt and good practices during project meetings,community meetings and trainings.
• In consultation with MEAL, conductall quantitative and qualitative assessments, KAP surveys, and follow-upassessments with concrete feedback findings.

Fundraising and Networking

• Support in the development oftechnically sound proposals.

Coordination and Collaboration

• Support in the coordination withthe relevant County Government ministries and departments, Community basedorganizations, Faith based organizations and NGOs and other relevantdepartments in providing technical support and assistance to WASH activities.
• Under the guidance of the WASHofficer sanitation and hygiene chips in towards strengthening of integrationof WASH programming with the other key IRC program Sectors.
• Assist in follow up on WASHsupport functions including procurements, quality control of materialsdelivered by suppliers, logistics plan.

Reporting

• Collection, consolidation, andreporting of weekly hygiene and sanitation-related data.
• Submit Weekly (or when necessary)written reports.
• Support in the development ofmonthly, quarterly, semi- annual and end of projects reports in accordance withdonors and IRC Kenya requirements.
• Support in the development,monitoring and evaluation WASH project indicators and standards.
• Maintain an up-to-date activitytracking tool (soft copies and hard copies) of all water supply, hygiene, andsanitation related activities.
• Actively participate ininter-sectoral activities.
• Support WASH department in othertasks, roles and, responsibilities as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in environmentalhealth science, community development, social development, public health, orrelated field. A minimum of one year experience working/programming in WASH,humanitarian work or development.

Required Experience & Competencies:

• Minimum of 1 years relevant workexperience in WASH, Public health, community development.
• Strong skills in PHAST, CLTS,sanitation marketing, design for behavior change models essential.
• Experience in community engagementapproaches, participatory approaches, and community negotiation.
• Excellent verbal and writtencommunication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills andability to establish and maintain effective working relations with a team.
• Ability to conduct community WASHneeds assessment, program planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluationof WASH activities.
• Good understanding of SPHERE andother humanitarian standards.
• Good computer application skills(MS-Office, application software to engineering designs)

Standards of ProfessionalConduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principlesoutlined in the IRC Way Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, andAccountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforcespolicies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, ChildSafeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation,Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.

Gender Equality: IRC iscommitted to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offerbenefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in ourworkforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols andother supportive benefits and allowance.

Kenyan nationals are encouragedto apply. International allowances are not available for this position. Salaryand employee benefits are compliant to the Kenyan NGO Sector.

IRC is an Equal OpportunityEmployer and considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard torace, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, maritalstatus, veteran status or disability.

Disclaimer:

Please take note thatInternational Rescue Committee (IRC) does not ask for any fees in connectionwith its recruitment processes.