Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Borno, Nigeria
The Family Health International (FHI 360) is seeking to fill the role of Assistant Technical Officer, Environment Health.
FHI 360 builds local capacity for the delivery of sustainable, high-quality, comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support services.
Responsibilities
- In close collaboration with project coordinator, design, plan, implement and follow up hygiene promotion activities, such as training of trainers in hygiene promotion for community volunteers, WASH committee members and other stakeholders, in LGAs in line with agreed workplan, strategies and methodologies of WASH
- Supervise and regularly carry out hygiene promotion being carried out in targeted locations/IDP camps
- Identify the most appropriate health, sanitation and hygiene messages for beneficiaries in the targeted LGAs
- Develop and evaluate the most appropriate IEC tools/materials for hygiene and health promotion activities
- Ensure correct delivery and impact of hygiene and health promotion activities, good participation of the target beneficiaries and other local stakeholders in close collaboration with other NGO partners to avoid duplication of efforts
- Mobilise beneficiaries to adapt to essential health and hygienic behaviours and provide training in the target communities as needed
- Participate in house-to-house campaign/shows regarding hygiene/health activities in IDP camps and community levels
- Engage in the appropriate knowledge management (documentation and reports, sharing good practice, lessons learnt, and knowledge/information exchange) at all levels to foster learning, promote evidence-based advocacy and dialogue in the camps and communities
- Sensitise population on good hygiene practices, focusing on handwashing, safe disposal of solid waste and excreta, latrine cleaning, diarrheal diseases prevention, etc., as adapted from time to time depending on the prevailing public health situations
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a field related to WASH/environmental health
- One year, minimum, of post NYSC relevant experience with a sound understanding of hygiene in humanitarian relief settings
- Familiarity with humanitarian NGOs
- Knowledge of WASH and humanitarian programming in emergency situations
- WASH technical expertise especially with regard to WASH construction, waste management and hygiene promotion
- Ability to work well with others and to develop and maintain compatibility among project staff, subcontractors, consultants and recipients of assistance
- Ability to manage tight deadlines and deliver high volumes of work with minimal supervision
- High degree of proficiency in written and spoken English and Hausa languages
- Understanding of Kanuri language is a plus
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