Environmental Health/WASH Hygiene Promotion Officer at International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Job Overview/Summary

• The EH Officer-Hygiene Promotion will be responsible for day-to-day management of EH Hygiene Promotion activities and staff involved in direct implementation of IRC’s EH Emergency Response Project Strategy.
• S/he is overall responsible for ensuring that approved technical approaches to hygiene promotion are adhered to, maintaining program quality and that all hygiene objectives are met on time and within the budget. When requested, s/he will undertake capacity building of team members.

Major Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all hygiene promotion activities are in line with project strategy and design. 
• Maintain close working relationship and integration and collaboration with other sectors Health, Nutrition, Protection, Gender, Child protection, Women Protection and Empowerment (WPE) and Economic Recovery and Development (ERD).
• Ensure that the hygiene promotion activities are implemented in a timely and professional manner (as per SPHERE and IRC standards) and in line with beneficiary needs.

Technical Quality

• If requested, participate in any inter sectorial assessment process, including analysis and planning.
• Directly manage the day-to-day hygiene promotion activities in the field
• Ensure that hygiene promotion activities meet stated objectives within the timeframe.
• Ensure program activities foster accountability to beneficiaries, gender and protection sensitivity and inclusion are adequately addressed in programming.
• Propose technical designs and methodologies for all hygiene promotion hygiene activities.
• Provide technical support and training for hygiene promoters and community volunteers.
• Provide regular reports, document results, and maintain detailed records.

Staff Supervision & Development

• The post holder will directly manage the EH Hygiene Promoters and community mobilizers/volunteers.
• Support the EH Manager with assessing staffing requirements against the size and scale of the emergency.
• Participate in recruitment of staff in the approved EH organogram.
• Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
• Take responsibility for discussing job expectations, performance, and objectives on an informal, quarterly basis with designated staff.
• Responsible for EH Assistant-Hygiene promotion and community hygiene promoters’ timesheets, work plans, vacation schedules, and staff training/development activities.
• Ensure that the EH Assistant-Hygiene promotion collects community hygiene promoters’ timesheets, vacations, and progress with work plans.
• Adhere to and act in accordance with the IRC Global HR Policies and Procedures

Monitoring

• Responsible for ensuring that monitoring and data collection of all hygiene promotion indicators are in line with the approved monitoring framework, using all the correct monitoring tools and at the frequency prescribed.
• If requested, participate in monitoring data analysis.

Other duties

• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to the EH Coordinator, and when liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.

Logistics, Finance, and Reporting

• Ensure water sanitation and hygiene promotional activities are facilitated in accordance with IRC logistics policy and in a timely manner to ensure the successful implementation of programs.
• Ensure all relevant financial documentation is completed accurately as required by IRC finance policy.
• Prepare and submit required reports in a timely manner and incorporate manager feedback.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: EH/WASH Manager

Position directly supervises: EH/WASH Hygiene Promotion Assistant

Indirect/Technical Reporting: Consortium management team, Senior EH/WASH Manager, EH coordinator

Qualifications

Position Reports to: EH/WASH Manager

Position directly supervises: EH/WASH Hygiene Promotion Assistant

Indirect/Technical Reporting: Consortium management team, Senior EH/WASH Manager, EH coordinator

Job Requirements:

• Diploma/Degree in Environmental Sciences, Social Work, Nursing, Public Health etc; - relevant experience will supersede the formal qualification.
• Up to 3 years’ experience in hygiene promotion programs with INGOs;
• Excellent understanding of EH issues in emergency situations and knowledge of emergency standards (Sphere)
• Strong management and communication skills.
• Ability to live and work in stressful and insecure environment.
• Able to manage multiple tasks.
• Knowledge and/or experience in conflict management, protection, or other related field;
• Able to work under pressure and good at timely decision making.
• Fluency in English and Hausa language preferred.
• Knowledge of the local languages-Hausa
• Excellent professional approach and strong team building skills.
• Competent user of MS Applications: Word, Excel