WASH Officer Full Time NEW

TEAM/PROGRAMME: HF -Humanitarian Response

LOCATION: East Wollega Zone-Nekemte

GRADE: 4A

CONTRACT LENGTH: 5 months

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children. Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

Save the Children’s WASH strategy specifically acknowledges the need for strengthening the areas of a) integrated approaches, b) supply clean water, sanitation and hygiene promotion and c) WASH in Schools and health facilities. The WASH team is currently expanding to address these issues systematically and proactively, working with other teams within Save the Children.

This position is thereby focused on WASH roles in Sasiga and Guto Gida woredas of east Wollega Zone, Oromia Region to achieve consistent delivery of integrated, evidence-based interventions in development settings. This role is an opportunity to further develop a career in WASH in humanitarian and development contexts.

The WASH officer will assist with the design, development and implementation of the WASH activities. The position holder will be specifically focused on addressing water and sanitation needs in the SCI-targeted Woreda community to assist in WASH program development, design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH activities. The positions involve training and monitoring school health clubs, community/sanitation agents, Health Extension Workers (HEWs), HDAs and WASH committee members with frequent trips to the project sites and organizing hygiene promotion campaigns to the communities on key hygiene messages. As part of the assignment the position holder is expected to identify, design and develop materials/manuals on appropriate hygiene promotion and community sanitation; conduct baseline survey and need assessment concerning sanitation and hygiene practice and outbreaks. S/he is expected to liaise with communities, local authorities and other agencies regularly to ensure coordination and effective implementation activities and participate in a meeting regarding hygiene promotion/ sanitation; collect data and statistics concerning issues that relate to water & sanitation and prepare and submit on a weekly/monthly basis.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Nekemte -Based WASH Coordinator

Direct: None

Indirect: None

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Oversee and manage the Water Sanitation and Hygiene Project in Sasiga and Guto Gida IDP Woredas of East Wollega Zone
• Implement WASH activities in Sasiga and Guto Gida IDP Woredas of East Wollega Zone
• Coordinate and mobilize community user groups, including the formation of effective household-based sanitation committees and water user management committees.
• Establish or revitalize Woreda WASH coordinating Committees and community WASH Committee members for each of the WATSAN schemes management and sustainability
• Using the behavior change strategy in WASH, mobilize the community around the promotion of key WASH messages;
• Mobilize schools, different art clubs, key stakeholders and community leaders on WASH promotion and for better implementation;
• Educate community groups to promote and implement household latrines to address 100% coverage in the target community.
• Organize meetings & communication activities such as workshops, focus groups seminars, and review meetings with HDAs, HEWs, volunteers, mothers and local community groups;
• Support ongoing monitoring of capacity building and effectiveness of mobilized community interventions; ensure the functionality of constructed WASH facilities are in use by communities
• Adapting and developing appropriate training manuals for community volunteers, and conducting orientation training for HEWs and HDAs.
• Develop and disseminate experience-based learning on community mobilization specific to the WASH program in his/her respective regions
• Together with the WASH team members and District Health Officers conduct an assessment of community structures, local service providers, peer educators and social mobilizers who can assist the incumbent to implement wide-ranging community mobilization activities in software components of the WASH program
• Develop and disseminate experience-based learning on community mobilization specific to WASH programs to existing partners;
• Conduct an assessment of community structures, local service providers, peer educators and social mobilizes who can assist the incumbent to implement wide-ranging community mobilization activities in WASH interventions;
• Coordinate with the field office manager and health and nutrition coordinator to ensure consistent community mobilization in the target districts;
• Organize community groups, generate community resources and educate them on sustainable community involvement in sanitation promotion interventions, particularly, household latrines construction.
• Develop activity plan for the WASH committee and HDAs regarding sanitation and hygiene
• Prepare and submit routine project activity reports, and document lessons learned and success stories.
• Demonstrate effective team building and communication skills to maintain harmony and work efficiency in the unit;
• Work closely with team members, HEWs and HDAs to deliver the key sanitation and hygiene messages and monitor the results
• Work on feasible strategies to effectively reach households, plan and ensure implementation of household latrines construction with HEWs and HDAs
• Work closely with the MEAL coordinator for close monitoring of WASH implementation
• Liaise with communities, local authorities and other agencies regularly to ensure coordination and effective implementation of activities.
• Monitoring and evaluation of the overall sanitation and hygiene activities in his/her respective regions

Other KPIs:

• Ensure timely reporting of the security situations in the program implementation area;
• Providing orientations on Child Safeguarding for HDAs, communities and project beneficiaries;
• Ensure timely reporting of any suspected/concerns on fraud and child safeguarding issues
• Carry on Recording, Documentation and Reporting of Attainments and Encounters on daily, monthly, and quarterly bases as needed
• Collect data and statistics concerning cases, morbidity and mortality of diseases related to water and sanitation
• Ensure child participation in project monitoring and evaluation through an invitation for meetings, joint supervision, workshops etc

Reporting:

• On monthly basis produce community mobilization reports and submit them to line/project managers;
• Monthly basis produce activities conducted on child safeguarding and report to line/project managers;
• Monthly basis produces humanitarian situation reports and submits line/project managers;
• Monthly basis produce complaints received and managed and report to line/project managers;
• Prepare and submit regular activities achieved on child participation in project implementation, monitoring and evaluation and report to line managers/project manager;
• Prepare and submit feedback reports submitted to partners;
• Produce case stories on monthly basis and share them with his/her supervisor

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same

• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others

• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters

• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering fields preferably water engineering /public health/nursing/Sanitary science and above

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferably water/public health/nursing/Sanitary science/Communications with 3 + years of relevant work experience in an NGO environment in humanitarian setups

Desirable

• Relevant professional background in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
• Good understanding of the linkages between WASH, public health, and development
• General knowledge of international/intergovernmental institutions, and a solid interest in
• Humanitarian response and development
• Community mobilization and development, familiar with a participatory approach
• Technical background and knowledge in environmental health and demonstrated work experience in designing & implementing sanitation and hygiene promotion programs and events
• Knowledge, training and experience in Community lead Total Sanitation (CLTS) and community mobilization, /BCC/IEC materials preparation
• Knowledge, training and experience in WASH and community mobilization/SBCC program implementation
• Knowledge of and experience working through HDA structure and with communities
• Demonstrated skills in program planning, implementation and monitoring.
• Demonstrated skills in peer group training, Training of Trainers and development of training materials.
• Proficiency in spoken and written Amharic and English.
• Strong computer and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Knowledge of the local language of the duty station is advantageous
• Immediate availability is desirable

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and

Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.