WASH Officer – PH – Norwegian Refugee Council Vacancy Announcement

Roles & Responsibilities:

Main purpose of the position is to ensure effective planning and quality implementation of the WASH-Hygiene promotion activities in IDPs and Host community in Benishangul Gumuz and neighbouring regions of Amhara and Oromia regions, Ethiopia.

Generic responsibilities:

• Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
• Implement delegated support function portfolio according to plan of action
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
• Ensure proper filing of documents
• Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
• Plan and carry out needs assessments, baseline studies and periodic studies, and feedback findings to the stakeholders.

Specific responsibilities:

• Supervise Hygiene Promotion activities in line with relevant standards, codes of conduct, and humanitarian principles.
• Use participatory approaches as a far as possible throughout the programme cycle, in training, and in the use of tool kits and other materials.
• Supervise WASH activities and resources so that they are implemented and handed over or ended in a way that promotes local capacities and sustainable operations.
• Recruit, train, and manage subordinate/Public Health Promotion agent’s staff including performance appraisal.
• Organize day-to-day logistics, administration, and personnel activities together with the other sectors.
• Carry out informal and formal training sessions (according to identified needs) and evaluate the impacts of these trainings.
• Enable effective dialogue with the affected community to allow the agency to be held to account for the quality of the WASH program.
• Responsible for overall school WASH activities including training and follow ups.
• Identification and provision of water treatment chemicals and give them orientation on how to use it.