Water and Habitat Technician (Hygiene Promotion Officer) at ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

Location: Yola, Adamawa

Main Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the design, development and implementation of hygiene promotion program in camps and non-camp settings.
• Provide technical guidance to the Nigeria Red Cross Society volunteers by training, supervision, mentoring and follow up of progress on the capacity development of their skills.
• Adopt participatory learning approaches/methods for community water, hygiene and sanitation
• Participate in the monitoring of all hygiene promotion, and community mobilization activities to ensure target communities behavior change and project ownership.
• Mobilize, organize and supervise, through facilitators or other means, members of the communities to take ownership of maintaining best practices in personal, community and environmental hygiene.
• Conduct participatory hygiene promotion sessions within communities, groups of persons with specific needs, according to age, gender and diversity, community-based committees and other groups, such as duty bearers and stakeholders.
• Draw programs in line with globally recognized hygiene and sanitation action days.i.e Global handwashing, World Toilet days.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental/Public Health/Social Science or equivalent training/experience in related technical field.
• Minimum of two (2) years’ practical work experience working with vulnerable communities in the field of water/sanitation, WASH, hygiene or public health and experience in behavior change activities.
• Familiarity with key health and hygiene issues and hygiene promotion/education activities in camp and/or non-camp settings.
• Experience of training design, delivery, facilitation, mentoring and building the capacity of communities and partners is desirable.
• Knowledge of participatory approaches will be an added advantage.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English as well as spoken Hausa.
• Strong communication and reporting skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with Adamawa/Borno South State.

Personal Attributes:

• Adaptable, Efficient and Organized
• Communicative and clear
• Responsible, reliable and accountable