WASH PHP / NFI Officer at Action Against Hunger | ACF Nigeria LTD/GTE

Location: (Maiduguri, Damasak) Borno
Job Type: Full Time
Depart: Programmes - WASH
Level: Mid Level
Start date: As Soon As Possible
Direct Line Manager: Sector Manager

Objective 1

• Overall supervision of Public health promotion and Non-food items distribution activities following ACF’s local strategy and International Guidelines

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that a KAP baseline survey is carried out, analysis done and hygiene promotion strategy is designed on the basis of the findings (for projects more than three months long).
• Identify various target groups in the geographical area.
• In coordination with the WASH Program Manager, revise and adapt hygiene promotion training material to local context and in line with target groups to be trained.
• In coordination with the WASH Program Manager, revise and adapt all IEC materials in line with the local context. This should be drawn up as a communication plan.
• Ensure that all monitoring is done in line with the agreed monitoring format.
• Continually assess emergency needs, as requested, especially taking in the broader perspective of public health.
• Plan beneficiary selection and registration, and led  the distribution of NFI kits with the Field Assistant team.
• Ensure that work meets with SPHERE minimum standards.
• Assist the WASH Program Manager with, and where required, participate in community mobilization.
• Ensure that all technical work reflects the needs and preferences of different target groups.

Objective 2

• Train and build the capacity of staff and partners.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the hygiene promotion team members are fully aware of the hygiene promotion strategy and all activities are in line with strategy activities.
• Prepare training tools on relevant technical topics and conduct trainings for both internal staff and external stakeholders.
• Assist the WASH Sector Manager in the development of technical guidelines and tools.
• Assess areas for improvement and recording lessons learnt for future activities.

Objective 2

• Coordinate with internal staffs, and local stakeholders to ensure smooth project implementation.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Liaise closely with the WASH sector technical team throughout the planning, design and implementation stages of WASH technical activities.
• Represent Action Against Hunger at local level WASH meetings and technical working groups relating to Public health promotion and NFI distribution as required by your line manager.

Objective 4

• Supervise and manage staffs under your responsibility

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Participate in staff’s recruitment in line with agreed organogram structure.
• Provide day-to-day management of staff directly under your responsibility.
• Set objectives with staff under your direct management, and appraise their performance in accordance with Action Against Hunger performance management policies, identifying areas where they require support and capacity building.
• Ensure that your team co-ordinate and integrate with WASH technical team members.
• Ensure that gender issues are taken into account.
• Report regularly, verbally and in writing, to the WASH Sector Manager.

Position Requirements / Qualifications

• Degree in Public Health, Sociology, Rural Development or other related fields.

Skills and Experience
Essential:

• Previous experience in supervising hygiene promotion activities.
• Professional, good organizational capacity, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive.
• Two years 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 Hausa and English.

Preferred:

• Previous experience of work in the humanitarian sector.
• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy.
• Previous experience with Action Against Hunger.
• Previous donor programming experience with DFID.

Minimum Basic Salary
236,585 Naira per month.