Job Title: OHP Officer (Roving)
Location: Borno
Job Purpose
- Under the guidance of the WASH Supervisor, the role ensures the effective implementation of WASH activities within IDPs and host communities through good gender balance, community participation, and ownership.
Responsibilities
- Supports in conducting needs assessment and gathering information and reporting to the WASH supervisor.
- Mobilizes, trains and follows up on communities/WASH committees formed and/or trained by INTERSOS in all activities concerning WASH, ensuring good community participation, gender balance, and ownership by the community.
- Facilitates the implementation of WASH activities within IDP and Host Communities, ensuring good community participation, gender balance, and ownership of programs by the community.
- Under the direction of the WASH Supervisor, plans field activities in communities that reduce WASH-related health risks by training and supervising Community Mobilizers.
- Conducts public Hygiene Promotion sessions in each neighborhood or village.
- Conducts periodic focus group discussions, and awareness campaign, plan child-to-child hygiene sessions and organize events with children to raise hygiene and health awareness.
- Carries out mobilization of key community stakeholders including the protection committee, youths, women, men, and host communities to participate in community awareness events/meetings.
- Ensures constant communication with INTERSOS WASH staff to identify potential problems, formulate recommendations and solutions, and report.
- Conducts regular monitoring visits to the field, to follow up on INTERSOS activities and ensure community participation.
- Ensures that consideration is given with a focus on gender, protection, and HIV/AIDS in water and sanitation activities.
- Provide detailed, accurate and timely weekly reports to the supervisor on activities, challenges and areas in need of improvement.
Position Requirements
- A minimum of Diploma in Environmental Health Studies, Social Sciences or other relevant fields.
- Relevant experience and training in Hygiene Promotion
- A minimum of three (3) years experience in WASH, preferably with a humanitarian organization.
- Strong humanitarian commitment.
- Quality: dynamic, autonomous, Proactive, flexible, take initiative.
- Availability to work in targeted LGAs, Borno State.
Personal Requirements:
- Fluency in English.
- Fluency in Kanuri and Hausa will be considered a plus.
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Note
- Interested candidates should complete the above form and attach their CV with Cover Letter following this format “Surname_ Position you applied for”.
- Only applicants whose competencies meet the requirements of the position will be contacted.
Deadline: June 12, 2023