Job ID: #972951 Location: Maiduguri Reports to: Field Manager Staff directly reporting to this post: WASH Officers Job Description Child Safeguarding:
Level 3- The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people and, in the overseas context all posts are considered to be level 3 posts in view of potential situations which may allow staff unsupervised access to vulnerable children and young people.
Role Purpose
The primary responsibility of the WASH (Water Hygiene and Sanitation) coordinator is to provide technical oversight to all Emergency WASH interventions for the Humanitarian response
Key Areas of Accountability Technical and Advisory Support:
Work together with Ministry of environment, LGA WASH unit and other relevant departments in implementing evidence based strategies for improving community sanitation eg CLTS
Support Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in intervention LGAs in the setting up of ORT and hand washing points in addition to providing general guidance on minimum health facility hygiene standards
Support Community Health Workers (CHWS) in the developing appropriate hygiene and sanitation messages for diarrhoea and pneumonia prevention
Support advocacy activities including state level advocacy linked to improving WASH conditions in supported LGAs
Support the development, review/adaptation of appropriate WASH training materials, job aids, counselling and behaviour change materials to be used in project areas
Build the capacity of Women and Child hygiene groups on WASH in all intervention LGAs
Planning and Budgeting:
Develop activity plans and budgets for technical support activities
Participate in preparation of overall work plan and budget for Child health programme in Lagos
Collaborate with LGA authorities, other partners in planning, implementing activities
Programme Management:
Ensure the maintenance of healthy partnerships with relevant government and private counterparts and other partners at state level
Work closely with relevant community management in rolling out WASH interventions
Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice) Accountability:
Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
Holds self and others accountable
Ambition:
Creating best-in-class EA function
Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively
Collaboration:
Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
Designing more effective admin systems
Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
Qualifications
A minimum of a Bachelors’ degree in Health or Environmental Science
Additional Qualifications in environment science, Public health or any related field is an added advantage
At least 3 years’ work experience working in WASH in government structures, Local NGOs or INGOs
Experience of working with local communities in implementing WASH interventions is essential
Additional skills:
Ability to work effectively both independently (with minimal supervision) and as a member of a team
Commitment to gender equity, child rights, community empowerment, and grassroots development approaches
Effective planning and organising skills
Effective interpersonal skills – oral and written communication skills in English. Hausa will be an added value
Computer literacy skills – MS Office applications, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Spread sheets
Strong facilitation and presentation skill.
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Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV’s and covering letter explaining why you are suitable to: Nigeria.HumanitarianVacancy@savethechildren.org State position clearly in the subject field as applications without appropriate subject will be disqualified. Also, applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Apply via :
Nigeria.HumanitarianVacancy@savethechildren.org
