Scope:

The Position mainly involves undertaking rapid implementing Emergency Sanitation and hygiene promotion and capacity building interventions in Hawassa field office intervention waredas.

Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with other team members, the SHP assistant undertakes detail Hygiene and Sanitation need assessments.
• Assist the HP officer in preparing of IEC Materials and monitor the distribution of IEC materials to be used at community level.
• Ensure the proper dissemination of hygiene and sanitation messages to the community at grass root level.
• Organize community level hygiene awareness campaigns and prevention of Cholera.
• Organize training for community representatives on Hygiene and sanitation and Cholera control.
• Plan and ensure the proper distribution of Non-Food Items.
• Works closely with Woreda Water and Health Offices towards efficient and effective implementation of the response and emergency hygiene promotion activities
• Works in collaboration with other IRC staff, government partners & key stakeholder   and Ensure proper integration of the interventions.
• Produces activity progress reports as per the preset reporting schedule and submit to the supervisor.
• Prepare brief emergency related monthly updates and submit to the supervisor.
• Closely work with kebele HEWs and woreda water offices for basic emergency hygiene promotion activities
• Work on building of the capacity of woreda partners and HEWs on WASH emergency promotion, NFI distributions and other health educations
• Plan and conduct different hygiene & sanitation promotion and health educations on different community meetings by using different hygiene promotion approaches
• Conduct regular post distribution monitoring and periodic post distribution survey of the NFI at household level
• Conduct different review meetings with woreda partners, HEWs and community representatives on progress of the hygiene promotion activities and beneficiary compliance and feedback management systems
• Takes additional works as assigned by supervisor.

• BSc Degree/Diploma in Environmental Health, public Health
• At least 3 years of related work experience for Diploma Holders, and 1-year relevant experience for first degree.
• Hygiene promotion experience in local community settings.
• Basic computer skill (Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point and e-mail).
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as to work autonomously when required.
• Good command spoken and written English.
• Knowledge of the local language is an advantageous.