About You

Duties and responsibility 

• Conduct qualitative assessment to identify risk  and enabling factors for hygiene promotion and behavioral change intervention
• Prepare detail implementation plan for hygiene promotion/education activities in coordination with  the WASH officer and field coordinator
• Supervise the activities of hygiene promoter selected from the community
• Ensure implementation of hygiene promotion activities as per planned approaches/methods through use of  existing government structure and volunteers/incentive workers,
• Design and develop training manual on hygiene and sanitation promotion  and undertake training for HEW-HW
• Carry out regular water quality surveillance at water distribution point and house hold
• In collaboration with  Woreda water and energy office, carry out chlorination of drinking water sources
• develop, testing, printing and positioning of culturally appropriate IEC materials, and monitoring tools and ensure proper use of the same,
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports/updates,
• Ensure needs of most vulnerable are taken in to account at all stages of hygiene promotion intervention/s,
•  Recruit and train volunteers including WASHCO
• Select and design the most appropriate form of sanitation system (to include excreta disposal, vector control, solid waste disposal, drainage) taking full account of local conditions, resources, customs and cultural norms.
• Document and share lessons learned and success stories in relation to hygiene to inform future programming
• Ensure  proper  implementation of hygiene and sanitation component of  WASH projects
• Ensure integration of Water,  sanitation and hygiene promotion components of  projects
• Prepare monthly field reports covering all hygiene and sanitation components  and submit to field coordinator
• Undertake need assessments and contribute in the preparation of new proposals,
•   Ensure that   procurement s are timely initiated, monitored and prioritized by the logistics team;

Skill and requirement   

• Bachelor’s science degree in environmental health and sanitation, Public Health Officer or nurses )
•  3+ years of relevant work experience (minimum of 3 years in  NGO)
• Experience in emergency response, including rapid assessments and needs analysis
• Experience in hygiene promotion in humanitarian contexts
•  Profound cross-cultural awareness and sound knowledge of public health issues
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently
•  extremely flexible, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations
• Well acquainted with SPHERE Standard
• Excellent in English both writing and speaking. both  Amharic and Tigrigna is an asset

How To Apply

Interested applicants who met the minimum requirements should send your application letter with your CV not more than five page and  in English detailing your experience and skills that are relevant to the post through meazahr@mcmdo.org  and put in copy yohannesshimelis@mcmdo.org   within 7 consecutive  days

Only submit your CV and application letter and mention your position on the subject line through the email.  Candidates that are short-listed will be acknowledged and called for exam. 

“MCMDO has  an equal opportunity employer promoting gender, equity and diversity. Qualified female and young candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. 

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