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Date Posted: Monday, February 27, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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DESCRIPTION
Community Based Facilitator will will work closely with the WASH/Hygiene Promotion Officer to provide direct technical support and guidance to the program beneficiaries and liaise with the community structures to implement WASH interventions.
The WASH Community Based Facilitator will manage community participation, Hygiene promotion and all software project aspects (Hygiene campaigns, sensitizations, household visits) in addition to lending support to the hardware aspect of the project that focusses on household latrine construction support. The role entails participation in beneficiary identification, registration and follow-up and data collection from HPs.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
1.Programme Implementation (70%)
1. Participate in the design and implementation of the hygiene promotion program based on the project deliverables.
2. Disseminate WASH behavioral change messages to targeted households using selected approaches in collaboration with the WASH Officer Hygiene promotion and Hygiene promoters
3. Coordinate, supervise and monitor the 22 hygiene promoters involved in the implementation of the hygiene promotion programme.
4. Support the WASH Officer Hygiene in training Hygiene promoters on WASH approaches and community sensitization/mobilization, hygiene promotion, WASH technical training, etc.
5. Conduct demonstrations (handwashing, tippy tap, safe water handling, treatment) at target household
6. Ensure HESAN data is collected monthly and submitted to WASH Officer Hygiene; identify problems and report on WASH needs and concerns in the target areas.
7. Monitor the construction of HH &PSN household latrines by youth groups and households
8. Support the distribution and monitor the use of the slabs distributed to PSN
9. Participate in any training workshops organized by the Action Against hunger to improve the knowledge of the hygiene promoters
10. Contribute to documenting experiences, giving inputs to prepare reports, presentations, briefs and articles for publication/success stories
11. Liaise and coordinate all the activities with the other NGOs, the community representatives, the beneficiaries and other agencies representatives engaged in the WASH sector in the project sites.

2. Effective Monitoring and Evaluation (25%)
1. Participate in surveys, assessments to continually identify WASH gaps and needs in the district.
2. Conduct regular field visits to project sites and update the WASH Officer with the progress of project activities in the field
3. Prepare regular and comprehensive project progressive monthly and weekly reports.
4. Participate in Programme evaluation
5. Ensure that all the partners contracted by ACF, render quality service to the clienteles/beneficiaries as per the terms spelt out in the contractual agreements and give feed back to the WASH Officer

3. Other duties as required (5%)
1. Other duties as assigned by the supervisor

REQUIREMENTS
1. A minimum of a Diploma in Public Health, Community Development and other Social Science related fields.
2. At least 2 years relevant work experience.
3. Previous experience in community based work with NGOs and/or international organisations in the fields of hygiene, water, sanitation or behaviour change
4. Familiarity with participatory WASH fieldwork methodologies/approaches.
5. Experience in capacity building of community WASH structures
6. Excellent communication skills and ability to write good reports
7. Previous experience with other local and international NGOs
8. Previous work in a refugee setting is desirable.
9. Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently
10. Extremely flexible with the ability to cope with stressful situations
11. Knowledge of the local language is an added advantage
12. Culturally sensitive
13. Fluency in written and spoken English
14. Must be able and willing to ride a motorcycle and possess a valid riding permit.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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