Job: WASH Officer

Location: Garowe, Somalia
Closing Date: Saturday, 16 November 2013
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
JOB TITLE: Wash Officer
SUPERVISOR: Senior Wash Officer
COUNTRY PROGRAM:Somalia
LOCATION:Garowe
BACKGROUND
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
The IRC has been working in Somalia since 2006, providing essential services to conflict and disaster affected communities. The IRC has been operational in Central Somalia (Mudug and Galgaduud), Mogadishu and Puntland regions implementing interventions in the areas of livelihood, WASH, Governance, protection and primary health reaching out to more than 250,000 conflict and drought affected Somalis.
SCOPE OF WORK
The WASH Officer will be responsible for the needs assessment and implementation of water, environmental sanitation and hygiene promotion activities in the operation area. He/she will also be in charge of all the environmental health activities within the health facilities managed by the IRC in the program area.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
Assessment and Mobilization
  • Conduct field-based needs assessments and consolidate the information for planning and implementing Environmental Health project activities in Somalia.
  • Translate field assessment findings into feasible and relevant project proposals
  • Consolidate community proposals and share with WASH Engineer and EH Program Manager for response planning
  • Mobilize community members to actively participate in environmental health interventions.
Design
  • Design appropriate sanitation facilities for the target communities and the health facilities
  • Design and implement a context specific health promotion strategy for the operation area.
  • Implement appropriate environmental health requirements;waste management, safe water supply and hygiene promotion, in IRC facilities.
Monitoring
  • Develop and implement a monitoring plan for all environmental health activities in the area of jurisdiction.
  • Identify forums for community involvement in monitoring of environmental health activities
  • Integrate environmental health into primary health care activities
Supervision and Training
  • Directly supervise the WASH assistant(s) and Community Volunteers
  • Develop and implement capacity building plans for WASH assistant(s) and community volunteers.
  • Develop and implement context specific training guides on hygiene promotion for community volunteers.
Reporting
  • Provide timely reports on the field trips, monitoring visits and assessments to the WASH Engineer.
  • Compile weekly, monthly and other circumstantial reports as may be required; including donor reports.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • A diploma in Public Health or Water Engineering or other related discipline;
  • Professional experience in community water, sanitation and hygiene programs in displaced populations
  • Excellent program implementation skills
  • Good communication skills
  • Fluency in spoken and written English
To apply for this position, interested candidates should visit this link http://www.rescue.org/careers Deadline for all applications: 16th November 2013
Somali nationals are strongly encouraged to apply International allowances are not available for this position.

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