Hygiene Promotion Officer

Background:

The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery, and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.

Scope and background:

The Position mainly involves undertaking rapid Hygiene Promotion Officer (HPO) need assessments and implementing emergency WASH response. The HPO will be based in Bulle Hora Woreda capital town, West Guji Zone of Oromia region and can be deployed to Hamer and Dasenech Woreda, and other emerging emergency areas localities of the country program whenever needed.

Major key Responsibilities:

• Reports to Senior ERRO/ERRM.
• Integrating with other team members, the Sanitation and HP Officer undertakes detail Hygiene and Sanitation need assessments.
• Prepares detail physical & financial implementation plan for emerging emergency responses.
• Assist in preparing of IEC Materials to be used at community level.
• Ensure the accurate convey of hygiene and sanitation messages.
• Prioritize community level hygiene awareness campaigns and prevention of Cholera.
• Coordinate training for community representatives on Hygiene, sanitation, and Cholera control.
• Plan and ensure the accurate distribution of Non Food Items.
• Works closely with Zone, Woreda Water and Health Offices towards efficient and effective process of the response;
• Works in collaboration with IRC EH Officer, Technicians and Ensure accurate integration of the interventions.
• Produces activity progress reports as per the preset reporting schedule and submit to the supervisor.
• Prepare brief emergency related monthly updates to the supervisor.
• Facilitate community participation during the emergency interventions.
• In coordination with woreda DRMC and other relevant sector offices HPOs, Ensure the implementation of project activities.
• Facilitate meeting for program staff with partners on identified gaps
• Conduct continuous monitoring and evaluation of project activities with relevant government partners.
• In collaboration with other HPO and Cash transfer team ensure high level of community participation in the project and regularly monitor terms of money with local labor market standard.
• Identify, compile and maintain training materials for uses.
• Provide information on technical problems and feedbacks to the technical team on time.
• Report activity progress and situation on monthly bases to the SERRO/ERR manager of the respective woreda.
• Maintain strong working relationships with respective IRC staffs and partners like Community health workers, kebele leaders, schoolteachers by coordinating regular review meetings at kebele level at least once per month.
• Perform another task assigned by his/her supervisor.