Fresher WASH Officer International NGO Careers – Action Against Hunger (ACF)

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Job Title:     WASH Officer
Organisation: Action Against
Hunger (ACF)
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Action Against Hunger (ACF) is an International Humanitarian NGO which
has been in existence for over thirty years. ACF has been implementing Food
Security and Livelihoods, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programs in
the Lango, Acholi, West Nile and Karamoja regions of Northern Uganda.
Job Summary: The WASH Officer
will support the public health and assessment activities of the Water,
Sanitation and Hygiene team
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:   
Implementation of environmental sanitation program:
  • Recruit and train Hygiene Promoters for
    communities where Action Against Hunger executes its WASH programs.
  • Ensure that tools and equipment are
    regularly maintained and are in good working condition.
  • Regularly review and verify all reports
    and data submitted to Action Against Hunger by Hygiene Promoters are
    accurate and complete.
Implementation of community based management committee trainings:
  • Ensure all community-based management
    committees are adequately trained according to Action Against Hunger
    guidelines.
  • Help resolve conflicts that may arise
    within target communities
  • Ensure all trainings are adequately
    documented (e.g. names of trainees) and reports are submitted.
Assist with the design and implementation of field assessments:
  • Offer technical support to the Programme
    Manager with design and conduct all baseline assessments, KAP surveys, and
    follow-up assessments.
  • Build and develop a data bank for all
    assessment data and ensure they are kept organized in an accessible
    manner.
Contribute to program design and planning:
  • Prepare and submit weekly plan in
    consultations with all other departments.
  • Produce written draft monthly plan in
    coordination with all teams ensuring that WASH concerns are addressed.
  • Review and update all training and
    educations materials as necessary
  • Organize regular monitoring and evaluation
    exercises to ensure high quality of work
Represent Action Against Hunger externally
  • Represent Action Against Hunger to
    communities and local leaders.
  • Ensure all teams share relevant
    information.
Others: Perform any other duties asked of you to support the
work of the water and sanitation team.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the Action Against
    Hunger (ACF) WASH Officer career placement should hold a Diploma/Degree
    Preferably in Social works, public Health, Community Development or
    related field from a recognised university.
  • At least two years’ experience in
    environmental sanitation, educational programs is desired.
  • Extensive knowledge and experience with
    PHAST, CHAST, CLTS training tools will be an added advantage.
  • Basic knowledge of water and sanitation
    technical issues preferred
  • Excellent communication skills (written
    and oral);
  • Computer skills, Excel and PM assistant is
    desired.
  • Riding Skills with a valid riding permit
    is required.
  • Excellent capacity to organize and
    mobilise the community with ability to make decisions with little
    supervision.
  • The ideal candidate must be a resident or
    willing to reside in the district mentioned.
  • English and Local dialect spoken in Yumbe
    is required
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their
applications which should include ONLY a cover letter, CV (not more than 4
pages) with at least three referees and a daytime telephone contract. For email
applications please note that attached documents should not be larger than
2MBs. All documents should be zipped in one folder. Any email larger than 2MBS
will not be considered. Please send your email application to:
recruitment.ug@acf-international.org mentioning “WASH OFFICER -ECHO” in the
subject line.
Deadline: 10th July
2017
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