FH Ethiopia, a non-governmental organization engaged in relief and development activities, would like to invite potential candidates to apply for the following position:
Position: Hygiene & Sanitation Facilitator
Duty Station: Sahila (Wag-Himra Zone)
Duration of Contract: One-year contract (Renewable with 45 days’ probation period)
Closing date: December 15, 2018
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
Responsible to plan, implement, monitor and report FH/E DFAP hygiene and sanitation component. He/she will be responsible for the effective implementation of the overall Essential Hygiene Action (EHA) with special emphasis on Community Led Total sanitation (CLTS).
ESSENTIAL TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Result #1 – Plan, coordinates and implement
- Plan, coordinate and implement the DFAP II health and nutrition intervention focusing on hygiene & sanitation and produce timely reports
- Plan, organize and facilitate various training and educational sessions on EHA for Women health development armies, health extension workers and grass root project staffs in the district.
- Ensure establishment of and capacitate the CLTS committee to enable them to mobilize the community in order to ensure open defecation free village
- Plan, implement and monitor CLTS activities in the new district, and also work towards achievement of secondary ODF in kebeles where ODF has already been declared
- Critically follow and ensure households of target community members have access to improved sanitation conditions which includes clean surrounding environment, clean latrines and clean household (proper food and water handling)
- Work with schools and other institutions for access to clean latrines and surrounding environment
- In close consultation with immediate supervisor and Water Engineer prepare key message on hygiene and sanitation to be delivered for educational session for public work participants and water committee
- Handles all software parts (hygiene and sanitation aspects) of infrastructures built by FHE
- Support the HNO in organizing major events like nutrition week, and other big community gathering events
- Work in close discussion with the community health animators, water engineer, community facilitator and also collaboration and liaison with appropriate counterparts across DFAP II
- Closely work with FH/O water development program staff and participate in site selection and train water work committees on hygiene and sanitation
- Represent FHE on all emergency/nonemergency WASH /hygiene and sanitation forums carried out at woreda level
Key Result #2 – Capacity building
- Train community health animators using structured EHA module
- Plan, organize and facilitate various training and educational sessions on EHA for WHDAs, health extension workers and project staffs in the district.
- In collaboration with district Hygiene and sanitation focal person train community CLTS committee and provide technical support in to enable declare ODF
Key Result #3 – Monitoring, evaluation and reporting
- Conducts regular monitoring of activities to ensure the effective implementation of the DFAP health/hygiene and sanitation program; and communicates timely with a possible recommendation in case of any deviation.
- Facilitates and takes part in mini-KPC, anthropometry, barrier analysis and other surveys.
Key Result #4 – Partnership and networking
- Establish and maintain smooth-working relationships with appropriate governmental (mainly Hygiene and sanitation focal person at the health office), non-Governmental, faith based and community-based organizations working in related field at the district level.
- Gather health and health related information from Governmental, Non-Governmental and other appropriate sources at the district level and share it among project staff and FH/E.
- Actively collaborate and work closely with CLTS committee to maintain ODF environment
Job Requirements
Requirements:
- Education – BSc. Degree/Diploma in Environmental Health.
- Experience- One Year for Degree or three years for Diploma relevant work experience. NGO experience is preferred
- Good communication skills in both spoken and written Amharic and English,
- public speaking and dialogue facilitation skills
Women Candidates are highly encouraged to apply
How to Apply
Competent candidates can submit ONLY their application and CV to: [email protected]
Candidates MUST refer the position title on the subject line of their application
More Information
- Job City Sahila, Amhara