WASH Officer (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector)(2) - Yemeni Nationals
Manila
- Organization: DRC - Danish Refugee Council
- Location: Manila
- Grade: Mid/Senior level - Mid/Senior - Internationally recruited position
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Occupational Groups:
- Public Health and Health Service
- Environment
- Humanitarian Aid and Coordination
- Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
- Closing Date: Closed
WASH Officer
Background
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has been providing relief and
development services in Yemen since 2008. Using a right-based approaches, DRC
has mainly focused on refugees, migrants and internally displaced People by
conflict and natural disasters. Programs include WASH, protection, Food
security/livelihoods and mine risks education, amongst others. DRC has hub
offices in Sana’a, Aden, Hodeida and several sub-offices throughout Yemen. In response to the humanitarian needs and the
resulting increase of conflict affected population in Yemen, DRC is seeking
qualified WASH Officer with a public health or water engineering background to
facilitate and coordinate WASH interventions throughout six-month project in Sana’a.
DRC will implement community wells improvement, water trucking, support
community water management committees (CWMCs), water quality testing and
treatment, hygiene promotion and WASH supplies distribution.
Job Title: WASH Officer (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector)
Location: Aden (1) and Saada (1), Yemen
Contract: Standard, full time position
Purpose
The WASH Officer will work to ensure that water,
sanitation and hygiene project are implemented effectively, professionally, and
in accordance with the culture and practices of the local population. The WASH
Officer will report to the WASH Coordinator. These positions are based in Sana’a
and Aden and entail some travel to the field.
Key
responsibilities
WASH Programming
Provide
technical and professional support to WASH field team and Community health
Volunteers on water, sanitation and hygiene matters.
Ensure the availability of accurate, complete
and up-to-date information required for effective WASH program design,
implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation at district and
governorate levels.
Support governorate and district levels’
stakeholders for planning, orientation, training and other relevant
activities on WASH issues.
Coordinate with WASH Sector Manager and WASH
Coordinator for technical advice, integration of WASH and nutrition
components with other thematic interventions during planning, designing
and implementation.
Support to form/reactivate and capacitate the CWMCs
and school’s WASH clubs.
Support to organize the various community
level sanitation and hygiene campaign as well as manage all WASH supplies
and the IEC materials for distribution.
Support to design and conduct the district, school
and health clinics level water, sanitation and hygiene related events.
Support to organize WASH related training,
orientation, workshop at the district level.
Facilitate to disseminate the WASH related
messaging from the district and up to the ward level at different
group existing in the community (For example: CWMCs, school’s WASH clubs, community
leaders etc.).
Coordinate and organize the process of review
and joint monitoring of WASH project with government counterparts and
relevant stakeholders for review and monitoring of WASH project to ensure
achievement of objectives and attainment of high quality interventions.
Recommend corrective actions when necessary to meet the objectives.
Facilitate the process of capturing,
documenting and disseminating project experiences, achievements, good
practice as lesson learnt, case studies and progress reports related to
WASH to concerned stakeholders.
Coordinate and engage with key WASH partners
(especially GARWSP) and other stakeholders and ensure their participation
at different stages of project implementation as required.
Facilitate partnership and supervise DRC WASH
local partners at targeted governorate’s level or the surround
governorates, in order to improve their abilities to implement WASH
interventions/partnership in smoothly way.
Work as a WASH team member and maintain smooth
coordination and communication with other projects’ staff members.
Ensure gender equity and social inclusion in
all aspects of WASH interventions.
Contributing to the preparation of internal
and external reports including regularly reports, expenditure reports and
projection plan.
Accomplish
the other necessary activities related to the office and program and tasks
assigned by the Supervisor.
Representation
Representing
the WASH Sector at the governorate’s level.
Collaborating
and coordinating with the government, NGOs, and UN agencies on WASH issues
at district and governorate’s level with his/her supervisor.
Participating
in district and governorates’ level WASH meetings and other relevant
humanitarian/recovery coordination meetings.
Ensuring
that all relevant stakeholders have information about the WASH project, objectives,
working areas, duration of programs and activities in the field.
Promoting
and reinforcing relationships with district/governorate technical
authorities.
Ensuring
correct MOUs are in place with relevant district/governorate stakeholders.
Skills,
Competencies and Personal Attributes:
Bachelor
Degree in public health, water/environmental Engineering or a related
field.
At
least 2-year experience in water, sanitation and hygiene promotion.
Previous
experience with community facilitation project.
Solid
understanding of administrative procedures.
Strong
working knowledge of written and spoken English and Arabic.
Ability
to use Microsoft office programming, Outlook and internet websites.
Self-motivated,
Enthusiastic, Desire to learn.
Aptitude
for community mobilization and engagement.
Team-player
with good inter-personal skills.
Willing
to support others and share workloads.
Capacity
to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels.
Creative,
open-minded, flexible, self-learner.
Ability
to adapt communication strategies for different situations.
Strong
communication, particularly verbal
Ability
to translate between spoken Arabic and English.
Able to
take initiative, encourage others, and working within hostile environments
and deal with conflict.
Problem
solver and positive attitude, Motivator, Ability to plan and follow
activities through.
INGO
experience preferred.
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