WASH Officer – Hygiene Promoter at Save the Children Nigeria

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children is working in Nigeria because one in five children in Nigeria dies before their fifth birthday. About 40% of children miss out on school and have to work to survive while nearly 2 million children have lost one or both parents to an AIDS-related disease.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: WASH Officer – Hygiene Promoter

Job: No.: 200005LZ
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Job Type: Fixed Term

Child Safeguarding

Level 3- The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people and, in the overseas context all posts are considered to be level 3 posts in view of potential situations which may allow staff unsupervised access to vulnerable children and young people.

Key Areas of Accountability
Objective 1: Take the lead on the hygiene promotion at Child Protection, Nutrition, Education and FSL sites:

Carry out field visits to assess sites at the respective facilities and in conjunction with the SCI thematic teams towards determining the needs and requirement for action and implementation
Work with the Logistic Coordinator and Finance and Grants Compliance Team to identify and contract vendors to ensure the planned activities are in accordance with the specified designs and standard.
Prepare weekly plans and schedule of work for hygiene promotions, while ensuring compliance in meeting and reaching deadlines and targets.
Work with and support the vendors to ensure all materials and equipment are in stock and any necessary orders are placed for all actions to be carried.
Prepare and provide distribution plan for all plan distributions to warehouse team.
Establish a site book at each location and make report on progress registered in the site book while ensuring signing in with remarks.
Must adhere strictly to standards and ensure quality of materials supplied by vendors falls within the utmost standard.

Objective 2: Take the lead on integration of hygiene promotion into FSL programming:

Carry out regular supportive supervision visits on hygiene promotion to SC integrated projects
Build the capacity of partners and SCI staffs on hygiene promotion
Ensure that community mobilisation approaches on the project fully integrate hygiene promotion concepts
Engage community leaders and other key stakeholders at LGA level on hygiene promotion
Liaise with RUWASSA and the LGA WASH departments on WASH programming and ensure that all activities are done with their active participation and support
Provide support on WASH to other SCI programmes and initiatives when required
Ensure that WASH is integrated into trainings carried out on relevant SC projects
Carry out advocacy visits to key stakeholders at both state, LGA and community levels
Support periodic evaluation studies to evaluate the impact of the WASH component
Contribute technical expertise to donor proposals for any future projects.

Objective 3: Monitoring and evaluation of WASH activities:

Prepare a monthly plan of field activities and share with relevant staff
Develop and implement tools for monitoring of WASH activities in collaboration with the M&E team
Timely collection and analysis of data for the monitoring of the activities
Identify the problems in the implementation process and propose solutions
Evaluate regularly the impact of the activities and propose changes for improvement
Prepare activities’ reports and other ad hoc reports according to agreed timelines and as required.

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
Holds self and others accountable.

Ambition:

Creating best-in-class EA function
Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

Designing more effective admin systems
Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Skills & Experience
Administrative & General Skills:

First Degree in Health Education, Geology, Geography or other WASH-related fields from a recognized / accredited Tertiary Institution in Nigeria
At least two years’ post NYSC graduation experience
Advanced Degree will be an added advantage
Previous experience with other local and international NGOs
Experience in Nutrition and in community based programmes
Training and experience on borehole and VIP latrine construction/rehabilitation
Community mobilisation and advocacy experience
Computer literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
Fluency in English and Hausa, spoken and written
Ability to work in partnership with government and other NGO staff
Good interpersonal skills
Ability to work within a team setting
Independence, adaptability and flexibility with good workload management, multitasking and ability to meet tight deadlines
Excellent communication skills.