WASH Assistant at Lindii Peace Foundation (LPF)

Summary

• The job holder will work closely with the WASH team, operations and finance to jointly execute WASH activities according to plan.

Essential Job Functions
The WASH program Assistant is expected to conduct the following tasks and to produce afieldreport including the following:

• Ensure the implementation of Humanitarian WASH project activities as designed and planned in the work plan
• Engage beneficiaries to form water user committees to ensure appropriate technical and social interventions to secure outcome, impact and sustainability
• Assist the WASH team in preparing and following up on payment of stipends for community hygiene promoters
• Directly manage the day-to-day hygiene promotion activities in the field locations.
• Ensure that hygiene promotion activities meet agreed objectives within the timeframe.
• Ensure program activities foster accountability to beneficiaries, gender and protection sensitivity and inclusion are adequately addressed in programming.
• Distribute Information, Communication and Education (IEC) materials to Community hygiene Promoters and train hygiene promoters on their appropriate use.
• Provide technical support and training for hygiene promoters, community volunteers, community leaders, and WASH committees.
• Provide regular reports, document results and maintain detailed records
• Provide daily reports of progress on hygiene promotion activities, Chlorination and FRC check.
• Maintain comprehensive control systems on materials and tools used including notes on quality of materials and detailed NFI distribution records.

Other Compliance Information:

• Eager and required to adhere to LPF’s principles and values and promote gender justice and women's rights.
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety, and staff health and wellbeing principles.
• Ensure that the properties in the place of work are respected and that no damage is caused to them.
• Adhere to implementation standards, LPF ways of working, and the terms of the LPF Code of Conduct; including the commitment to zero tolerance on SEA and the obligation to report SEA cases.
• He / She must not use their position of being engaged in LPF work to gain favours or material advantage.
• Report any failure or damage of system/water facilities to the LPF Officer or Assistant in charge.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the Officer or Assistant in charge.

Organizational Learning:

• As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit LPFas well as themselves.

Accountability to Beneficiaries:

• LPF team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically
  to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Knowledge and Experience

• BSc / HND in Engineering, Public Health, Biochemistry and other related Science/Social Sciences.
• Minimum of 2 years relevant experience in implementation of WASH soft component.
• Experience in establishment and training of Hygiene Promoters and WASH committees
• Good communication skills, effective in representation and liaison with community members and leaders.
• Works well and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well.
• Highly developed computers skills, with strong familiarity with MS Office, Power point, Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Fluency in both verbal and written English highly preferred. Fluency in Hausa and any other local language is required.