WASH Technical Assistant - (only open for Afghan nationality) Location: Nangarhar - Afghanistan
Nangarhar Province
- Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
- Location: Nangarhar Province
- Grade: Administrative support - Administrative Services and Support - Generally no need for Higher Education
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Occupational Groups:
- Administrative support
- Environment
- Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
- Emergency Aid and Response
- Closing Date: Closed
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs
Job description
- Identify WASH needs of the IDPs, Returnees and Host’ families in communities.
- Conduct WASH needs assessments, WASH technical assessments, distributions, and hygiene promotion sessions.
- To identify WASH needs in schools and ensure effective & quality delivery of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in schools.
- Identify and assess public hygiene risks and needs.
- Arrange and deliver hygiene promotion sessions to raise hygiene standards and practices among targeted communities.
- Implement hygiene promotion initiatives appropriate to the context ensuring the technical and social aspects of water and sanitation programming are integrated.
- Educate people about key aspects of hygiene in a culturally appropriate manner.
- Mobilize, motivate and encourage potential leaders to talk to their fellow community members about good hygiene practices.
- Provide active and ongoing technical oversight to ‘Community WASH Focal Points’.
- Supervise the delivery, distribution, and implementation of (WASH) interventions in field.
- Ensure all work is carried out as per the community needs and project standards.
- Monitor the WASH issues within target communities through the ‘Community WASH Focal Points’, as well as directly through spot checks and assessments.
- Forging relationships with people in the community in order to get the message across.
- Identify natural leaders within the target communities and train and mentor them to be ‘Community WASH Focal Points’ (e.g. Community Hygiene Promoters, WASH Committee Members).
- Collaborate with a number of other agencies, including local authorities and international aid workers during the implementation of WASH programs
- Develop trust, tolerance and co-operation among community members.
- Assist the WASH Technical Officer on supervision of water and sanitation construction activities
- Document and report on conducted activities to ensure that needs assessed are being effectively responded to and that interventions are being documented.
- Report areas of concern to the WASH (Water and Sanitation Hygiene) Operations Officer.
- Provide daily, weekly, and monthly reports to WASH Operations Officers on project progress against work plan.
- Any other tasks as assigned by the immediate superior.
Qualifications
- High School / University degree is preferable.
- Minimum 2 years of experience working with NGOs in a similar/Training background Shelter & WASH fields.
- Previous work experience with a satisfactory performance in the same or similar functional area preferably with UN or INGOs.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Computer literacy.
- Fluency in local language Pashtu/Dari both written and verbal
Education field
- Education title: Hight/School University degree in relevant field.
Personal qualities
- Handling insecure environment
- Planning and delivering results
- Empowering and building trust
- Communicating with impact and respect
Language
- Pashto
- English
- Dari
We offer
- Monthly Salary based on NRC Afghanistan Salary Scale
- Top up Credit card on monthly basis
- Leave and Holidays accordingly Afghanistan Labor Law
Miscellaneous info
- Travel: Some travelling must be expected
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