Public Health Promotion and Non-Food Items Distribution Field Assistant at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Duty Station:     Maiduguri, Borno State

Position Overview:
The PHP and NFI assistant will be working under the supervision of the PHP & NFI Officer. He/she will assist the PHP &NFI officer to undertake hygiene promotion related activities and non-food items distribution to affected population.

Specific Objectives: 

• Assist in conducting home visits and visits to the community (schools, Health facilities, etc.) to identify gaps in terms of hygiene, sanitation and use of water.
• Assist the PHP & NFI officer in preparing training modules for the promotion of hygiene in the communities.
• Organize hygiene promotion awareness raising sessions.
• Mobilize communities to adopt safe hygiene practices as promoted by the project (latrine construction, hand washing facilities, environmental cleanliness.
• Assist in processing beneficiaries’ selection to receive NFI assistance.
• Assist in beneficiary registration.
• Assist in the distribution of NFI kits to registered beneficiaries.

Qualifications
High school graduate

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Previous experience in hygiene promotion and community mobilization
• motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
• two years relevant work experience
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Fluency in Hausa and English
• Commitment to AAH mission, values and policy

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Previous experience of work in the humanitarian sector
• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy
• Previous experience with AAH