Job Vacancies at Lindii Peace Foundation (LPF)

Duty Description

• Develop the approaches to be employed to facilitate the Operation and Maintenance of Water System, conduct water quality test and treatment, facilitate promotion of healthy hygiene practices through FGDs, campaigns, house-to-house visits, and distribution of NFIs to beneficiaries which collectively will provide the much-needed behavioral change.
• Ensure feedbacks are collected and shared with beneficiaries by conducting Hygiene Promotion Monitoring. Collates feedback and process strategies to adapt towards achieving the overall objective of the Project in terms of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene.

Job Description
Need Assessment:

• Participate in the implementation of WASH needs assessments and assessment of WASH facilities to be rehabilitated and/or implemented in the project, through technical feasibility studies, household-level questionnaires, focus group discussions, and visits to facilities and sites.

Program implementation:

• Follow-up/Supervision of the activities related to the construction of WASH infrastructures in public institutions and communities, such as:
• Preparation of BOQs and drawings for all types of WASH Infrastructure.
• Ensure the quality and quantity of materials delivered to construction sites by LPF and its subcontractors and maintain proper records.
• Ensure all safety measures are taken at site during construction work to avoid any incident.
• Setting up and follow-up of hygiene promotion activities such as;
• Monitor the implementation of hygiene promotion sessions in the targeted community
• Identification, training, and follow-up of activities of community hygiene promotion volunteer
• Training of Trainers in hygiene promotion to WASH committee members, hygiene volunteers, teachers, health workers etc.
• Organizing a cleaning campaign
• Ensuring maximum utilization of water and sanitation facility
• Ensure community mobilization on all WASH sector-related
• Organize & supervise the distribution of hygiene, cleaning, and water treatment kits for Camps, health centres, schools, and at HH level.
• Develop, and communicate techniques for household water treatment in the target communities.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning:

• Ensure that WASH infrastructure construction and rehabilitation works are carried out according to quality standards established by LPF through quality checklists
• Participate in, and engage with the MEAL Department in drafting assessments, including rapid need, baseline, post distribution, or endline assessment.
• Ensure the database of beneficiaries reached are updated and compliant.
• Weekly reporting of data in order to follow up the standard project and strategic indicators (number of beneficiaries, number and type of activities completed...)

Reporting:

• Weekly reporting to the WASH Manager/Coordinator, including key achievements and planning for the following week.

Integration, coordination and cross cutting issues:

• Ensure that WASH Activity is integrated with hygiene promotion and community participation component, to ensure sustainability of the infrastructure built.
• Coordinate WASH activities with other sectors of LPF, in order to integrate activities in the same geographical area and for the same beneficiaries.
• Coordinate WASH activities with other local actors (governmental and non-governmental).
• Ensure the integration of gender, child protection, Disability, environment, and other crosscutting issues to the design, implementation, and development of WASH activities, and ensure that activities take into account the needs of specific groups and individuals, especially children, the elderly and disabled
• Conducted Refresher and on-the-job Training/Orientation to Field Support Staff, and supports team members, service providers, and local and technical partners.
• Actively participated in the recruitment process of team members e.g. WASHCOMMs, Water Operators and Chlorinators, Community Hygiene Promoters, Community Mobilizers, and Sanitation Disinfectors.
• Facilitated the train-the-trainer sessions on PHAST, CLTS, CHAST, SSHHE, WASHCOMs, and Community Hygiene promotion training in targeted projects
• Provided technical support and training to hygiene promoters and community volunteers.
• Preparing and implementing the distribution of NFIs, including site preparation, verification, distribution, crowd control, and complaint handling.
• Reports on difficulties, lessons learned, and any other obstacles that may affect the implementation of the activities.
• Assist in developing project plans, BOQ, and budgets for funding and Ensure quality control during the implementation of WASH activities by Sphere and National standards

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.

Selection Criteria Core Competencies:

Skills:

• Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train staff and also able to work with disaster-affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.

Communication Skills:

• Well-developed written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of LPF. This includes effective negotiation and representation skills.

Integrity:

• Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to LPF's core values and humanitarian principles.
• Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high-security risks, and harsh living conditions. Works and lives in a flexible, adaptable, and resilient manner.

Awareness and sensitivity of self and others:

• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner.
• Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessments, particularly in high-stress and high-security contexts.

Work style:

• Is well-planned and organized even within a fluid working environment and has a capacity for initiative and decision-making with competent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Knowledge and Skills

• knowledge of LPF policies and procedures. Requires general information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in information technology/ computer skills.
• Minimum of 2 – 5 years of humanitarian aid experience.
• Multiple language skills desirable. Graphics technical competencies required for this position
• High level of experience in developing information and communication related technical tools guidelines and systems.
• Qualifications and / or experience in professional information and communication-related fields.
• Strong assessment, evaluation, analysis, and strategic planning skills.
• Knowledge of Humanitarian /Human rights / Refugee Law.
• Basic knowledge of contract employment and experience and skills in recruitment and selection.

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Duty Description

• The post holder is responsible for the planning and implementation of a comprehensive package of CMAM program in the assigned county in collaboration with the Programme Manager as well as the Hygiene and sanitation staff in the county in providing hygiene promotion training to CNMs, Nutrition Health Workers/Hygiene Promoters who will further provide sessions to community members to improve hygienic behaviour and practices as per sector standard.
• The position holder will be the Nutrition Programme Focal Point including Cross-Cutting activities (GBV, PSEA), and will also support in coordinating with malnourish diagnosed patient, Cholera and other Nutrition and WASH-related diseases, and keeping track and reporting AWD/Cholera, SAM and MAM cases admitted in OTP, SCs and Health Care Centres.

Job Description

• Support nutrition activities at the mobile clinic and Supervise patient’s health education sessions conducted by the CHWs in the MCH and mobile outreach sites.
• Assist in ensuring OTP/TSF protocols are strictly adhered in treating malnourished cases.
• With the support of CHWs organize case finding to identify malnourished children at the community level
• Provide health education and information on prevention and treatment of malnutrition, BF and hygiene and sanitation to the caretakers
• Support the acute malnutrition management activities including training and supportive supervisory activities to ensure the Outpatient Therapeutic Care Programme (OTP) and Supplementary Feeding Programme (SFP) are operational and offering an integrated package of nutrition services.
• Support in the planning, quantification and selection of nutrition services sites establishment, and operations,
• Support and supervise the CMAM teams at the nutrition services sites on weekly basis
• Ensure all beneficiaries (Children and PLW) in the CMAM programme receive care and treatment in accordance with MoH/GOSS Guidelines, including proper taking of anthropometric measurements and proper referral and receive food/treatment according to the agreed protocol
• Facilitate and organize referral of sick children to the stabilization centre and ensure effective follow-up of these children.
• Support in identifying number of community leaders who will work closely with the program at the village
• Ensure proper management supplies, monitor and report on the stock levels
• Identify needs, plan and organize training for CNWs and community volunteers on CMAM
• Participate in the development of training curriculum and tools for nutrition training,
• Maintain a data base/report of the trained and active health workers, CNWs & community Volunteers in the community
• Follow and ensure proper registration and admission/discharge of CMAM patients including ongoing monitoring on patients
• Coordinate regular community screening of children under five, Pregnant and Lactating Women with CNWs and CMAM Nurses, as well as ensure recording and reporting of community mobilization and nutrition mass screening activities
• Prepare weekly activity reports and contribute to performance reports to the Assistant Nutrition Program Manager
• Mentor the nutrition workers to ensure that they support and supervise the community Nutrition workers in their areas of coverage as required
• Document and share success stories, case studies and lessons learnt in a comprehensive and detailed manner to enable track trends on changes on a timely basis
• Support In carrying out community-based nutritional promotional activities targeting community groups.
• Support implementation of nutrition promotion activities, School nutrition clubs, community outreach, and facility-based nutrition education focusing on IYCF, growth monitoring, and maternal nutrition, and dissemination of IEC materials.
• Support the coordination, referral, and linkage of cases across different partners and/or across CMAM components.
• Maintain the full representation of LPF at different partners and community level.
• Attend community sensitization, program review and feedback meetings
• Participate in the development and implementation of program work plan.
• 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 favors or material advantage.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess minimum of HND or Bachelor's Degree with 3+ years relevant work experience.

Selection Criteria Core Competencies:
Skills:

• Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train staff and also able to work with disaster-affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.

Communication Skills:

• Well-developed written and oral communication skills.
• Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of LPF.
• This includes effective negotiation and representation skills.

Integrity:

• Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to LPF's core values and humanitarian principles.

Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility:

• Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high-security risks, and harsh living conditions.
• Works and lives in a flexible, adaptable, and resilient manner.

Awareness and sensitivity of self and others:

• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity.
• Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner.
• Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessments, particularly in high-stress and high-security contexts.

Work style:

• Is well-planned and organized even within a fluid working environment and has a capacity for initiative and decision-making with competent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge of LPF policies and procedures.
• Requires general information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in information technology/ computer skills.
• Minimum of 2 years of humanitarian aid experience.
• Multiple language skills desirable.
• Graphics technical competencies required for this position
• High level of experience in developing information and communication related technical tools guidelines and systems.
• Qualifications and / or experience in professional information and communication-related fields.
• Strong assessment, evaluation, analysis, and strategic planning skills.
• Knowledge of Humanitarian /Human rights / Refugee Law.
• Basic knowledge of contract employment and experience and skills in recruitment and selection.

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Duty Description

• Under the direct supervision of the MEAL and Innovation Advisor/Partnership Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for Project Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL), designing the implementation of a cost-effective, innovative robust MEAL system.
• The MEAL will continually review the practicality and effectiveness of Programme implementation and suggest modifications as may be necessary for ensuring the success of overall programme objective.
• The Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning Officer ensures the implementation of the M&E plan for WASH,Nutrition, FSL, GBV, Child Protection and Education Programmes including monitoring progress against planned activities, critical milestones and targets as well as providing support and guidance to the program to ensure that the data collection, data management and reporting, are of the highest possible quality
• This position reports to the Monitoring Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) and Innovation manager and is mainly responsible for providing technical support in all areas of monitoring, data collection, analysis, assessments, surveys and learning activities.
• The MEAL Officer is a part of the MEAL/Program Quality Unit, supporting the implementation of the overall program MEAL system.
• The position holder will work closely with the program team in conducting filed monitoring, support capacity-building initiatives, and facilitating the collection of quality data for decision-making (both quantitative and qualitative).
• S/he will coordinate the refinement of Project feedback and accountability mechanisms, promote reflective review practices through learning sessions, track/collecting of participants’ information, conducting regular post-activity and distribution monitoring surveys, coordination, management and seldom collection of human-interest stories.
• S/he will continually review the practicality and effectiveness of project approaches and suggest modifications as may be necessary of the MEAL system

Key Responsibilities
Objective 1: Coordinate Data Collection, Data Quality Management, Analysis and Reporting:

• Participate in the design of programme monitoring and evaluation tools (registers, reporting templates, databases, etc.) to track WASH, Nutrition,FSL, GBV, Education and Child Protection
• In collaboration with LPF staff, ensure timely data collection, compilation and reporting according to programme M&E plan
• Conduct monthly data analysis and prepare monthly Programme Activity Tracking Sheet (PATS)
• Ensure the Programme database is updated regularly
• Support Programme feedback meetings to communities, facilities and authorities
• Support the MEAL and Innovation Manager to implement the DQA system including the conduct of data quality assessments according to the M&E plan
• Support the MEAL and Innovation Manager in data management for rapid assessments, situational analysis, surveys, evaluations, and other research as required
• Plan, forecast and facilitate the production and supply of M&E tools and materials to supported sites.

Objective 2: Support Programme Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Support the MEAL and Innovation Manager to monitor LPF projects across all target communities and communicate findings and progress to Program Managers
• Participate in the evaluation of LPF projects, focusing on data management of evaluation datasets.
• Support the dissemination and use of evaluation and research reports and propose changes for improvement to the LPF Team.

Objective 3: Support Documentation, Reporting, Knowledge Sharing and Effective Feedback Mechanism:

• Support coordination of LPF projects monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual Support and reports as required.
• Participate in the dissemination of program information to communities, children, and other stakeholders through a regular feedback mechanism
• Support the management of the beneficiary complaints and feedback mechanism database
• Update shared drive and project team space with program monitoring documents regularly.

Other Information:

• Dedicated participation in all Programme activities, with decent and standardized behaviour towards beneficiaries. donor and LPF staff.
• Adhere to implementation of 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.
• Be committed to participate to any other work in order to achieved the project goal that may be assigned by the line manager.

Experience, Skill and Qualification:

• A HND or Bachelor Degree in Mathematics/Statistics, Engineering or any relevant degree
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection, including knowledge of tools, processes, and research methodologies.
• Experience with Google forms and/or other survey software, and designing surveys
• Demonstrable knowledge of results-based management and reporting
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of the Local language and Proficient in English have an advantage.
• Contract duration is 3 month.

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Duty Description

• The Health Promotion Officer will be responsible for day to day management of Hygiene Promotion activities and staff involved in direct implementation of LPF’s Project Response 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
Program Management, Technical Quality, and Strategy:

• Ensure that all hygiene promotion activities are in line with project strategy and design
• Maintain close links and collaboration with other sectors and in particular Health, Nutrition and Protection
• Ensure that the hygiene promotion activities are implemented in a timely and professional manner (as per SPHERE and LPF standards) and in line with beneficiary needs.
• 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 health 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.

Program Development and Monitoring:

• Responsible for ensuring that monitoring and data collection of all health 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
• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to the Programme 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
• 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 LPF finance policy.
• Prepare and submit required reports in a timely manner and incorporate manager feedback.

Coordination & Representation:

• Work closely and coordinate with the logistics, finance and grant staff to ensure timely and complaint program activities and expenditures; including active participation in grant opening/closing and review meetings.
• Undertake/participate in liaison, coordination, and information sharing activities with national NGOs, international organizations, donors and government at field level.

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.

Job Requirements

• B. Sc. / High National Diploma in Environmental Sciences, Social Work, Nursing, Public Health
• Minimum of 2 – 5 years of humanitarian aid experience.
• 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
• Excellent professional approach and strong team building skills.
• knowledge of LPF policies and procedures.
• Requires general information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in information technology/ computer skills.
• Qualifications and / or experience in professional information and communication-related fields.
• Strong assessment, evaluation, analysis, and strategic planning skills.
• Knowledge of Humanitarian /Human rights / Refugee Law.
• Basic knowledge of contract employment and experience and skills in recruitment and selection.
• Competent user of MS Applications: Word, Excel.
• The project durtaion is 3 months.

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Duty Description

• The post holder is responsible for the planning and implementation of a comprehensive package of CMAM program in the assigned county in collaboration with the Programme Manager as well as the Hygiene and sanitation staff in the county in providing hygiene promotion training to CNMs, Nutrition Health Workers/Hygiene Promoters who will further provide sessions to community members to improve hygienic behaviour and practices as per sector standard.
• The position holder will be the Nutrition Programme Focal Point including Cross-Cutting activities (GBV, PSEA), and will also support in coordinating with malnourish diagnosed patient, Cholera and other Nutrition and WASH-related diseases, and keeping track and reporting AWD/Cholera, SAM and MAM cases admitted in OTP, SCs and Health Care Centres.

Job Description

• Ensure that Nutrition activities and its mobile clinics are implemented and running smoothly, including active case finding, screening, and treatment and referral of malnourished children.
• Lead nutrition activities at the mobile clinic and Supervise patient’s health education sessions conducted by the CHWs in the MCH and mobile outreach sites.
• Ensure OTP/TSF protocols are strictly adhered in treating malnourished cases.
• With the support of CHWs organize case finding to identify malnourished children at the community level
• Provide health education and information on prevention and treatment of malnutrition, BF and hygiene and sanitation to the caretakers
• Support the acute malnutrition management activities including training and supportive supervisory activities to ensure the Outpatient Therapeutic Care Programme (OTP) and Supplementary Feeding Programme (SFP) are operational and offering an integrated package of nutrition services.
• Lead in the planning, quantification and selection of nutrition services sites establishment, and operations,
• Support and supervise the CMAM teams at the nutrition services sites on weekly basis
• Ensure all beneficiaries (Children and PLW) in the CMAM programme receive care and treatment in accordance with MoH/GOSS Guidelines, including proper taking of anthropometric measurements and proper referral and receive food/treatment according to the agreed protocol
• Facilitate and organize referral of sick children to the stabilization centre and ensure effective follow-up of these children.
• Organize the implementation of follow-up protocols requiring community outreach on a weekly basis with OTP patients
• Identify a number of community leaders who will work closely with the program at the village
• Ensure proper management supplies, monitor and report on the stock levels
• Identify needs, plan and organize training for CNWs and community volunteers on CMAM
• Participate in the development of training curriculum and tools for nutrition training,
• Maintain a data base/report of the trained and active health workers, CNWs & community Volunteers in the community
• Follow and ensure proper registration and admission/discharge of CMAM patients including ongoing monitoring on patients
• Coordinate regular community screening of children under five, Pregnant and Lactating Women with CNWs and CMAM Nurses, as well as ensure recording and reporting of community mobilization and nutrition mass screening activities
• Lead/support evaluation of the outcomes of the trainings
• Collation and analysis of other existing surveillance data
• Prepare weekly activity reports and contribute to performance reports to the Assistant Nutrition Program Manager
• Mentor the nutrition workers to ensure that they support and supervise the community Nutrition workers in their areas of coverage as required
• Ensure regular meetings with the nutrition and community health workers
• Document and share success stories, case studies and lessons learnt in a comprehensive and detailed manner to enable track trends on changes on a timely basis
• Compile activity reports including weekly screening data and Monthly reports and assist in the preparation of donor reports, Provide regular feedback on nutrition activities of the program.
• Support In carrying out community-based nutritional promotional activities targeting community groups.
• Support implementation of nutrition promotion activities, School nutrition clubs, community outreach, and facility-based nutrition education focusing on IYCF, growth monitoring, and maternal nutrition, and dissemination of IEC materials.
• Liaise and establish strong links with existing community structures including women’s groups, community development committees, youth groups, and religious leaders.
• Ensure the coordination, referral, and linkage of cases across different partners and/or across CMAM components.
• Work closely with the County Health Department and health facility staff
• Maintain the full representation of LPF at different partners and community level.
• Attend community sensitization, program review and feedback meetings
• Participate in the development and implementation of program work plan.

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 favors or material advantage.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess minimum of HND or Bachelor's Degrees with 3+ years relevant work experience.

Selection Criteria Core Competencies:
Skills:

• Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train staff and also able to work with disaster-affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.

Communication Skills:

• Well-developed written and oral communication skills.
• Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of LPF.
• This includes effective negotiation and representation skills.

Integrity:

• Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to LPF's core values and humanitarian principles.

Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility:

• Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high-security risks, and harsh living conditions.
• Works and lives in a flexible, adaptable, and resilient manner.

Awareness and sensitivity of self and others:

• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity.
• Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner.
• Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessments, particularly in high-stress and high-security contexts.

Work style:

• Is well-planned and organized even within a fluid working environment and has a capacity for initiative and decision-making with competent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge of LPF policies and procedures.
• Requires general information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in information technology/ computer skills.
• Minimum of 3- 5 years of humanitarian aid experience.
• Multiple language skills desirable.
• Graphics technical competencies required for this position
• High level of experience in developing information and communication related technical tools guidelines and systems.
• Qualifications and / or experience in professional information and communication-related fields.
• Strong assessment, evaluation, analysis, and strategic planning skills.
• Knowledge of Humanitarian /Human rights / Refugee Law.
• Basic knowledge of contract employment and experience and skills in recruitment and selection.
• The contract duration is 3 months.

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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.

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Duty Description

• For the implementation of protection laws according to the humanitarian laws and rule of law in terms of dignity, safety and rights of people for the purpose of overcoming and preventing the exposure of people to psychological harm from situations of violence of crisis, the Protection Officer will Provides the enabling environment for every activity to be carried out in the project by coordinating between Programme Team and beneficiaries, stakeholders and community leaders both in camps and host communities.
• He organizes meetings, focus group discussions and house to house visits to ensure community participation and feedback responses from beneficiaries.
• He ensures the safety and well-being of every beneficiary and see that all elements of AAP and "Do no Harm" Policy are maintained, including sustaining gender mainstreaming throughout the Project life cycle.

Job Description
Program Planning:

• The Protection Officer (PO) will oversee sensitization, recruitment and appropriate training of Community Based Resource Persons to enhance promotion of behavioural change of target households in the Project.
• The PO will also train Community Based Resource Persons (CBRP) on multisectoral inclusion and maintain a proper documentation on the database.
• The PO will continuously support the Field Support Staff to meet the project deliverables which includes training, building confidence of beneficiaries, identifying, planning and facilitating resolutions of complaints received through the CRM desk.
• Coordinating on ground activities which includes training and capacity building, outreaches and media efforts.
• Contribute to information-sharing and data management systems.
• Compile monthly and quarterly reports, on time and with accurate data.
• Maintain flexibility to take on added responsibilities as and when needed.

Stakeholders’ management:

• Work with existing stakeholders, identify other key stakeholders on areas of thematic importance
• Mobilize and organize for advocacies at the community level
• Identify and work with Influencers on WASH intervention and related policies as well as community participation to ensure sustainability.

Coordination:

• Actively participate in relevant working groups and contribute to interagency initiatives.
• Contribute to the positive image and overall credibility of the organization, notably through the application of the organization’s Code of Conduct.
• Take notes of regular team's meetings for the program office use. Work with other Program staffs to coordinate work activities, meet deadlines, and provide support where needed.

Human Resources/Knowledge Management:

• Develop support strategies for staff and introduce principles of inclusion.
• Develop and maintain an efficient filing system for the team, including assistance in processing calls for proposals as required and maintain a tracking system of responses to proposals.
• Financial Management
• Develop work plans in line with financial pipelines.
• Work with Finance and Logistics to plan and procure supplies within program budgets.
• Ensure compliance with donor regulations.

Mobilization of communities towards activities:

• Provide technical guidance and support to LPF and partners on all protection related issues.
• Stay abreast of and report as relevant on legal political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
• Engage relevant national authorities and structures in identifying and expanding opportunities in view of developing or strengthening National Asylum Systems.
• In operations applying the Cluster Approach, seek to ensure the response of the Protection Cluster is grounded in a strategy which covers all assessed and prioritized protection needs of the affected populations.

Training of Project Participants:

• Facilitate identification and sensitization and training of participant Beneficiaries on areas relevant to the project.
• Provide technical support to Field Support Personnel and participating advocacy planning and implementation
• Facilitate Capacity development of field support staff throughout the programme cycle to enhance maximum output and overall project success

Management and Monitoring of Project Activities and Reporting:

• Support in developing and implementing Rapid Assessment and Protection Monitoring framework including data collection tools.
• Work closely with M&E Team and Sector Leads for coordination with National and Provincial Protection Coordination Group related to multi-rapid assessment exercise including other assessment agree by emergency coordination body.
• Leading the process to train and technical support to Protection Monitoring Data Collector and other staff in Emergency Protection Team in data collection, data entry for rapid assessment and protection monitoring in targeted location.
• Ensure data collection, data entry for protection monitoring are complete according to agree timeline and meet data quality requirement. 
• Work closely with M&E Officer to develop electronic data collection for rapid assessment and protection monitoring. 
• Conduct rapid protection assessment and monitoring to identify protection risks, trend and produce regular protection reports/information on the situation the intervention areas;
• Ensure protection mainstreaming in all the sites to ensure that implementation and services adhere to protection standards;
• Ensure protection mainstreaming in all the sites to ensure that implementation and services adhere to protection standards;
• Facilitate procurement planning of Beneficiaries Trainings materials.

Selection Criteria Core Competencies
Skills:

• Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train staff and also able to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.

Communication Skills:

• Well-developed written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of LPF. This includes effective negotiation and representation skills.

Integrity:

• Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to LPF's core values and humanitarian principles.
• Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high security risks and harsh living conditions. Works and lives with a flexible, adaptable and resilient manner.
• Awareness and sensitivity of self and others: Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner. Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessment particularly in high stress and high security contexts.

Work style:

• Is well planned and organized even within a fluid working environment and has a capacity for initiative and decision making with competent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Knowledge and skills:

• knowledge of LPF policies and procedures. Requires general field operation and protection skills and proficiency in communication and interpersonal relations with stakeholders.
• Minimum of 2 years humanitarian aid experience.
• Multiple language skills desirable. Technical competencies required for this position
• High level of experience in developing protection related technical tools guidelines and systems.
• Qualifications and / or experience in professional protection related fields.
• Ability to teach basic personal protection awareness.
• Strong assessment, evaluation, analysis and strategic planning skills.
• Knowledge of Humanitarian /Human rights / Refugee Law.
• Basic knowledge of contract employment and experience and skills in recruitment and selection.
• The contract duration is 3 months.

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Key Responsibilities
Project Management:

• Under the guidance of the MEAL and Innovation manager, compile sensitive complaints like harassment, SEA, abuse, and exploitation and process according to the CRM SOP.
• Provide guidance and technical support on complaints and feedback to the humanitarian response, in all phases of project cycle.
• Develop an activity implementation plan for complaints and feedback and other MEAL related activities with support from MEAL and Innovation Manager.
• Lead/organize regular monitoring visits and if required project action plans revisions and modifications.
• Ensure compliance with Core Humanitarian Standards on Quality and Accountability.
• Working with MEAL and Innovation Manager, ensure adequate data capturing of project participants.
• Coordinate and support CRM activities, especially at the community level. These can include: identifying appropriate candidates for outreach volunteers, delivering sensitizations and training, overseeing implementation and conducting monitoring in the field.
• Oversee the work of the Helpdesk agents and community outreach workers, providing practical advice and guidance.

Information and Coordination:

• Support the MEAL and Innovation Manager in the design, development, and review of an organization-wide complaints response policy and associated mechanism to capture community-generated feedback.
• Take the lead in regular collection and categorization of complaints and feedback.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly analysis and reporting of incoming complaints and trends and identify solutions.
• Escalate and follow up on complaints received with concerned project teams.
• Ensure that Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) materials on complaints and feedback are context specific (including language, content, and socio-cultural appropriateness).
• Serve as a focal person for CRM and accountability coordination and capacity strengthening for LPF partners, including CRM spot check and capacity building.
• Represent LPF within relevant coordination structures such as the Community Engagement, Accountability and Learning (CEAL) Working Group.

Safeguarding:

• Collaborate with the Safeguarding Focal Point to ensure that LPF policies on Safeguarding and Child Protection are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility.
• This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and LPF’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Other Tasks:

• Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor and Senior Management to ensure office efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Management, Social Research, and Development Studies or a related field or comparable addition to experience.
• Masters degree is an advantage.
• Minimum of 3 years proven experience in accountability especially accountability to affected populations (AAP) feedback mechanisms concepts and international humanitarian quality standards (CHS, Do No Harm).
• Previous experience of working with national or international NGOs.
• Experience in implementation of accountability and complaints reporting mechanisms in NGO.
• Experience in developing and/or managing complaints reporting mechanisms across programs.
• Understanding of monitoring processes, learning, adaptation and evaluation.
• Ethical, focused on treating complainants/ community fairly and culturally sensitive.
• Innovative and solutions oriented with sound analytical, conceptual and strategic thinking skills.
• Proven interest & commitment to humanitarian and development principles and demonstrable understanding of conflict/post conflict development contexts and community engagement.
• Excellent communication skills and experience in report writing.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in English (Spoken and written proficiency in Hausa, Shuwa and Kanuri an added advantage).

Key Relationships:

• This role will report to the partnership Manager and the MEAL and Innovation Manager.
• The CRM Officer will have regular and substantial engagement with other LPF staff and stakeholders including:
• Senior Management Team (SMT), Department Managers and Technical leads
• Third-party vendors and service providers
• Partner organizations (primarily MEAL personnel)
• Community members and other key stakeholders in project locations.

Person Specification:

• Excellent interpersonal and listening skills with honesty and confidentiality; ability to deal tactfully and discreetly with situations, people and information.
• Ability to positively influence others and successfully reconcile differences.
• A self-starter with a demonstrated strong results-based orientation and with high levels of integrity, credibility and dependability – especially under pressure.
• An energetic team player who can effectively collaborate, and who can stand alone when necessary.
• Commitment to LPF’s mission, vision and values, and the ability to convey with enthusiasm LPF’s role in accompanying and serving forcibly displaced people and in advocating for their right to protection and a life in dignity.
• Acceptance of diversity and inclusion as a core value.
• Willingness to work in flexible, sub-optimal, stressful and unstable environment.