Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is recruiting candidates for a Hygiene Promotion Officer.
JOB TITLE: Hygiene Promotion Officer
JOB LOCATION: Maiduguri, Borno
JOB DETAILS:
- The Hygiene Promotion Officer will form part of the Hygiene Promotion and Community Mobilization Team in the delivery of support IDPs in Borno State.
- The Hygiene Promotion Officer will work with locally recruited Community Mobilisers to lead the delivery of hygiene promotion messaging and create hygiene behavior change.
- The Hygiene Promotion Officer will also capitalize on their community mobilization role to support shelter/WASH infrastructure sensitization and messaging.
- In light of the high vulnerabilities of CRS’ targeted populations, including a high level of reported trauma, and a significant number of child and female-headed HHs, it is anticipated that this Hygiene Promotion Role will also include a focus on Protection and Gender Mainstreaming across Shelter, WASH and NFI programs.
Specific Job Responsibilities
Hygiene Promotion & Community Mobilisation:
- Help the Hygiene Promotion Team Leader in planning and implementing out needs assessments, baseline studies and conduct hygiene promotion sessions and HH visits.
- Plan activities all field activities in communities that reduce WASH-related health risks by training and supervising Community Mobilizers
- Create, train and organize together with Community Mobilizers monitoring Latrine Maintenance Teams
- Monitor Latrine Maintenance Teams.
- Under the technical supervision of the Hygiene Promotion, Team Leader launch community-led cleaning campaigns and identify waste collection points for MOFASA to collect and dispose of in a landfill.
- Set up monitoring systems for Community Mobilizers for daily inspection of community latrines, drainages, and solid waste collection points.
- Conduct public Hygiene Promotion sessions a week in each neighborhood or village
- Conduct once a week Hygiene Promotion sessions with children, plan child to child hygiene sessions and organize events every two weeks with children to raise hygiene and health awareness.
- Distribute Aquatabs or local equivalent and train HH and Community Mobilizers in its use and monitor residual chlorine in HH water storage.
- Train Community Mobilizers in how to use ORS
- Coordinate on a weekly basis with the Water, Sanitation and Shelter Field Engineer and ensure that if any repairs, upgrade are needed these are communicated.
- Carry out mobilization of key community stakeholders including protection committee, youths, women, men, and host communities to participate in community awareness events/meetings
- Liaise with community leaders and other sectors and agencies working locally in order to coordinate within the WASH sector and between sectors such as health, nutrition, and shelter.
- Organize data collected from Community Mobilisers and prepare regular activity reports and submit them as requested by the Hygiene Promotion Team Leader.
- Lead/support NFI distributions as requested.
- Reporting
- Compile and submit timely weekly activity reports and monthly progress reports
- Advise management about issues affecting project implementation, or key local issues affecting future project developments
- Elaborate, compile and maintain a database of protection referrals
- Elaborate, compile and maintain key protection and gender resources library
Qualifications and Skills
- A minimum of Degree and should have knowledge of one or more of the following: public health, health or Hygiene Promotion, community development, education, or community water supply and sanitation.
- At least three years of practical experience in relevant community development, health, WASH, or similar programs with demonstrated experience in a Gender, Protection or Community Mobilizer role, preferably with an international NGO.
- Good knowledge and experience of working with local partners
- Experience and understanding of Hygiene Promotion and community mobilization in relation to water and sanitation activities.
- Familiarity with the culture of the affected population, the ability to develop respect from a wide range of people and a strong ability to communicate effectively on hygiene matters.
- Demonstrated commitment to gender responsive programming.
- Demonstrated quantitative skills, including Microsoft Excel and skills in analyzing, interpreting and communicating information to a variety of stakeholders
- Excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communication skills.
- Good oral and written reporting skills in English.
- Team-oriented with strong interpersonal skills including the ability to work with multiple stakeholders successfully.
- Demonstrated skills in training and capacity building through technical assistance and mentoring.
- Knowledge of and commitment to key development frameworks like the Integral Human Development Framework.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and to organize and prioritize a variety of initiatives
- Fluency in English Hausa and Kanuri.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should download the “CRS Application Form” using the link below, fill and send with a detailed resume as one document (in a PDF Format) indicating “Position” being applied for and the “Job Ref Code” as the subject of the application (e.g. Hygiene Promotion Officer, NPR81119) to: [email protected]
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Equal Employer Opportunity:
- “CRS is an equal –opportunity employer, does not discriminate based on race, color, religion and we are committed to gender-sensitive programming and management’. etc.
- Qualified women are strongly
Safeguarding
- By applying to this job, I understand and acknowledge that CRS requires its staff to treat all people with dignity and respect and to actively prevent harassment, abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking. Further, I understand that if I am a successful candidate, I will be subject to a comprehensive background check, and my personal/professional references will be asked to evaluate my behaviors related to the above safeguarding-related topics.
Statement of Commitment to Protection:
- ‘’CRS’ recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation’’
Job Features
Deadline | 17th December, 2019. |