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Date Posted: Tuesday, August 01 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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Job Summary:
The Public Health Promotion Assistant will provide support to the refugee operation in relation to ensuring that public Health promotion activites rolled out in line with UNHCR WASH implementation guidelines and principles

Key Duties and Responsibilities
• Work with the community and local administration, to ensure that the public health promotion needs of the population are met Advising on Sanitation and hygiene promotion programming in broad coordination with other sectors.
• Implement and supervise Public Health Promotion activities in the project area in an interactive and participatory manner.
• Manage mobilization of the refugee and host communities to promote hygiene practices, public sentation, with more emphasis on monitoring letrine use, water colection storage, environmental sanitation and hand washing practices.
• Co-facilitate community problem identification including planning & formulation of action plans, development of MOUS and hand over of WASH facilities, implementation of community activities, participatory monitoring and evaluation using community mobilization, sensitization techniques
• Work closely with community-based institutions, community health volunteers, and local level government officials, undertake community mobilization and their capacity building to achieve quality WASH services.
• Be involved in designing and training of refugee and host community operation and maintenance technicians and or supervise trainings organized by district partners
• Undertake field visits to supervise and assist in implementation of the activities and take appropriate measures to tackle operational challenges affecting implementation processes and quality of interventions

Qualifications, Skills and Experience
• The ideal candidate for the Naamizi Public Health Promotion Officer job should preferably hold a Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Community development or another relevant field
• At least 3 years practical experience in in community health and environmental programmes, preferably in emergency refugee programmes
• At least two years practical experience in community mobilization and organization and appropriate community health and sanitation programmes in humanitarian context
• Practical experience of hygiene promotion
• Good understanding of the health and hygiene risks of those affected or
• at risk of contracting Cholere and urban communities and of appropriate ways of tackling them. Must be aware of and sensitive to the needs of women in this context
• Ability to present concise reports, sometimes at short notice, reflecting the problems and possible solutions for situations
• Flexibility and esse in working with local people have diplomacy, tact and administrative skills to work with people at managerial level, and occasionally government
• Developed interpersonal and team skills and proven ability to be flexible in demanding situation.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure
 All qualified Candidates should HAND DELIVER an updated cover letter and CV and all academic documents to: The Principal, Naamizi Training Institute for Social Development, P.O. Box 149, Mpigi. Address: Mpigi campus. Deadline: 8" August 2023 at 5pm

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