Capacity Building Assistant

Job Overview:  

Under the direct supervision of the Hygiene Promotion/PLA Officer and with the technical support of the other IRC team, the Capacity building Assistant is expected to implement the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC’s) community-driven Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) approach to mobilize Client communities to collectively identify and analyze their water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) problems, outline solutions in community action plans, and implement these plans. The CBA Assistant is responsible for implementation of the water supply, Hygiene and Sanitation activities of IRC- Ethiopia, Gedeo Zone, Dilla zuria woreda sites to the required standard, principles, and level of participation.

Major Responsibilities: 

• Facilitate orientation and sensitization meeting with the community.
• Assist in planning and facilitation of various trainings in consultation with program staff.
• Assist in facilitation of socio-economic and KAP surveys.
• Facilitate meeting for consultants and program staff with partners and community.
• Consult communities and discuss with them on how to maximize the impact of IRC’s assistance and their participation.
• Look for ways to enhance community participation in various projects and suggest best experiences.
• Updating the sustainability of various IRC projects and assess the status in financial, technical and management, and reporting the strength and weakness of the old grant projects including the scope of support from Zonal water office/Woreda water desks.
• Assist in building the capacity of the community (in line with the community’s action plan) to sustainable manage their water and sanitation facilities.
• Assist in developing the facilitation skills of EHAs and Village Facilitators for Participatory Learning and Action/PLA Activities using the guideline.
• Work on the sustainability of various IRC interventions in the area and suggest better experiences to relevant program.
• Maintain a system for timely information and idea-sharing on lessons learned and changing circumstances on projects.
• Maintain partnership and utilize the existing partner’s resources for community capacity building.
• Organize and facilitate trainings of water committees and boards, plumbers and generator operators.
• Enhance and ensure community participation at all stages of water projects (projects design, project implementation, project handing over and project evaluation).
• Monitor and supervise the activities of water boards and water committee for old and new grants.
• Conduct and work closely with other staff, close working relationship with relevant partner institutions.
• Source and organize secondary socio-economic information of the zone and woredas.
• Source and compile training materials for users.
• Assist in facilitating the community, WUAs and FG people’s awareness for the donors visit and meetings.
• Facilitate provisional and final hand over activities of the project and assist in collecting documents of provisional and final hand over, list of water management committees and list of capacity building materials provided for WMC and all necessary data.
• Report to the Hygiene Promotion/PLA Officer.
• Carry out other works as assigned by the organization. 
• Promote and actively participate in initiatives and efforts to build team engagement, inclusion and cohesion in IRC [team/office]
• Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies

Safeguarding Responsibilities: – 

• Promote and actively participate in initiatives and efforts to build team engagement, inclusion and cohesion in IRC [team/office]
• Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies