WaSH Assistant - Monguno

Monguno

Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Monguno
Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
- Administrative support
- 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 camp management, shelter, education, 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.

NRC is looking for a WaSH Assistant for our field office in Monguno, Borno State in Northern Nigeria. The purpose of the WaSH Assistant is to ensure the Implementation and impact of WaSH programme activities in Monguno, Borno State

NRC initiated country operations in Nigeria in June 2015, in order to respond to the critical and increasing needs in the country. NRC currently has a full team based in Maiduguri and a coordination office in Abuja. NRC is currently providing services across various sectors namely; Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFI); Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH); Food Security; and Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) in order to address identified humanitarian needs.

The WaSH Assistant reports to the WaSH Officer.

Job description

Coordinate the Hygiene promotion (HP) and community mobilization (CM) activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans
Assist the WASH Officer manage in all aspects of Hygiene promotion and community mobilization programs planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
To assist in the identification of communities/IDPs Hygiene promotion needs
To assess the Hygiene promotion and community mobilization needs of the communities/IDPs and assists in the development of appropriate training materials and plans
Conducts training sessions on Hygiene promotion and community mobilization for the local Hygiene Promoters
Working closely with the Wash Technical Assistant to assists in the establishment, and training of water point committees as well as monitoring their performance
Ensure that procurement, development and distribution of materials and equipment are timely and according to procedures
Train and develop community leader and hygiene promotors

Qualifications

Knowledge of the context in Nigeria
Experience with start-up activities
Experience Hygiene promotion in a cholera outbreak context within the host communities and camps
Fluency in one or more of the national/regional languages (Hausa and Kanuri preferred)
Higher diploma in Public Health, Social Science or Communication
Minimum 2 years’ experience from working with hygiene promotion/communities mobilization projects in a humanitarian/recovery context. Experience from working with social work and/or with distribution of humanitarian assistance is an advantage.
Familiarity with international minimum standards of water, hygiene, sanitation (i.e., SPHERE) is an advantage
Excellent communication skills - in written and spoken English is required.

Personal qualities

Planning and delivering results
Empowering and building trust
Communicating with impact and respect
Handling insecure environment
A good sense of humour is an asset
All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable.

We offer

Commencement: March 2018
Duration: 12 months
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions.
Duty station: Monguno, with frequent travels. Travel outside Monguno is dependent on changing security conditions, especially for certain roads in the area.
Approved health certficate will be requested before contract start.
Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for both company and location.

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