WASH Officer

The WASH Officer will be responsible for the needs assessment and implementation of water, environmental sanitation and hygiene promotion activities in the operation area.  He/she will also be in charge as assigned to him/her by the WASH coordinator all the environmental health activities in target communities and within the health facilities managed by the IRC in the program area. Additionally this position will support development of staff/hygiene promotion volunteers and ensure implementation is done in close collaboration with program staff, the local community, the Local authority and other relevant agencies.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Assessment and mobilization

• Conduct field-based needs assessments and consolidate the information for planning and implementing Environmental Health project activities in Somalia.
• Translate field assessment findings into feasible and relevant project proposals
• Consolidate community proposals and share with WASH coordinator  for response planning
• Mobilize community members to actively participate in environmental health interventions.

 Design

• Design appropriate sanitation facilities for the target communities and the health facilities.
• Design and implement a context specific health promotion strategy for the operation area.
• Implement appropriate environmental health requirements; waste management, safe water supply and hygiene promotion, in IRC facilities.

Monitoring

• Develop and implement a monitoring plan for all environmental health activities in the area of jurisdiction.
• Identify forums for community involvement in monitoring of environmental health activities
• Integrate environmental health into primary health care activities

Supervision and Training

• Directly supervise the WASH assistant(s) and Community Volunteers
• Develop and implement capacity building plans for WASH assistant(s) and community volunteers.
• Develop and implement context specific training guides on hygiene promotion for community volunteers.

Reporting

• Provide timely reports on the field trips, monitoring visits and assessments to the Senior WASH officer.
• Compile weekly, monthly and other circumstantial reports as may be required; including donor reports.