Hygiene Promotion Officer at FINDEF

Location:                    Gusau, Zamfara State

Report To:                  Program Manager

Contract Length:       6 Months with the possibility of an extension

About the Project:

This project, Emergency Response and Durable Solution for Malnutrition is designed to address the worsening food and nutritional security among U2 children and PLW. The project will provide essential food assistance to vulnerable households, focusing on those most impacted by food insecurity. The goal is to improve food security, nutrition, and hygiene practices, while also enhancing agricultural productivity and economic resilience of vulnerable households.

Position Background:

The Hygiene Promotion Officer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring hygiene promotion activities. This role involves working closely with communities to raise awareness about good hygiene practices, reduce the incidence of diseases, and ensure the sustainability of WASH interventions. The Hygiene Promotion Officer will collaborate with local authorities, community leaders, and other stakeholders to drive behavior change and improve project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Facilitate training and promotional activities towards improving the hygiene and sanitation practices of the local experts and communities.
• Engage with community members, leaders, and local organizations to promote active participation in hygiene promotion activities.
• Develop and regularly update a detailed project work plan guiding the project implementation and ensure this is used by the project team to monitor project progress towards completion of the WASH component of the project.
• Conduct training for community health workers, volunteers, and other key stakeholders on hygiene promotion techniques and approaches.
• Ensure that a joint multi-sectorial rapid needs assessment is carried out, analysis is done, and a hygiene promotion strategy is designed based on the findings.
• Work closely with schools, health facilities, and other community institutions to integrate hygiene promotion into their operations.
• Collaborate with health, education, and nutrition sectors to ensure a holistic approach to improving community health.
• Compile weekly, monthly, and periodical progress reports both for internal and external consumption.
• Oversee monitoring and evaluation activities in the WASH component.
• Ensure that PHP team members are fully aware of the hygiene promotion strategy and that all activities are in line with strategy activities.
• Prepare training tools on relevant technical topics and conduct training for both internal staff and external stakeholders.
• Assess areas for improvement and record lessons learned for future activities.
• Work closely with the Nutrition team in integrating activities toward improving service delivery to the target population.
• Prepare case studies, success stories, and other documentation to highlight the impact of hygiene promotion activities.
• Providing day-to-day management of staff directly under your responsibility.
• Develops and encourages innovative solutions.
• Participate in seminars and training workshops useful to the accomplishment of sensitization activities and the attainment of project objectives.

Position Requirements:

• B.sc in Environmental Health, Public Health, Social Sciences, and Hygiene and Sanitation related field.
• Must be an indigene of Zamfara state.
• Previous experience in supervising hygiene promotion activities.
• 3 - 4 years of relevant work experience
• Microsoft Office software skills (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas where services are limited.
• Fluency in English and Hausa language.
• Experience working in an emergency program (RRM, DRR) will be an added advantage.
• Ability to collect, analyze, and interpret data related to hygiene practices and behavior.