Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, January 22 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Description
The WASH Graduate Trainee will support the community engagement & participation to support the implementation of the WASH project interventions including both hardware and software spanning Hygiene campaigns, sensitizations, household visits, and water supply construction, rain water harvesting, and Hand pump rehabilitation, Household latrine construction at household level, community and institutions. The involves participation in beneficiary/stakeholder identification, registration and follow-up and data collection from community structures including village health teams (VHTs), Water source committees, solid committees, care groups and others.

Key Duties & Responsibilities
Programme Implementation (70%)
• Participate in the implementation of the WASH project interventions based on the project deliverables.
• Disseminate WASH behavioral change messages to targeted households and communities in collaboration with the WASH Officer, program manager, & VHTs, including distribution or installation of WASH IEC materials.
• Coordinate and supervise community structures involved in the implementation of the WASH programme.
• Conduct onsite demonstrations (handwashing, tippy tap, safe water handling, treatment) at targeted households and communities.
• Support the entire process of construction of works, ensuring beneficiary participation and conformity with the Action Against Hunger WASH standards.
• Participate in the formation and capacity building of WASH management committees to ensure sustainable utilization of knowledge acquired.
• Contribute to documenting experiences, giving inputs to project reports, Success stories and articles for publication/success stories.
• 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.
• Actively participate in coordination and feedback sessions in collaboration with UNHCR, OPM/DLG and other partners.

Effective Monitoring and Evaluation (25%)
• Participate in surveys, assessments to continually identify WASH gaps and needs in the project areas/sites.
• Conduct regular field visits to project sites and update the WASH Officer with the progress of project activities in the field, including participation in joint monitoring visits.
• Prepare regular and comprehensive project progressive weekly or monthly reports.
• Ensure that all the partners/Service Providers 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.

Other duties as required (5%)
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor
Requirements
• A minimum of Diploma in Engineering (Water resources, Civil, environmental, etc.) or Public health, Environment science Water Resources management, social sciences, or any other WASH relevant discipline.
• Candidate should possess 1-2 years’ relevant work experience in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). Must have graduated from School starting from 2022 to date.
• Previous experience in the fields in water supply, water treatment, sanitation and behavior change.
• Good knowledge of computer skills with proficiency in AutoCAD, Google earth, EPANET, and Microsoft 365 packages.
• Basic knowledge on participatory WASH methodologies/approaches including Baby WASH, CLTS, Baby WASH, PHAST, CHAST, etc.
• Good Knowledge of irrigation systems design, installation and O & M.
• Excellent communication & representation skills.
• Previous work in a refugee setting is desirable.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently
• Extremely flexible with the ability to cope with stressful situations.
• Culturally sensitive and adaptive.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Should be able and willing to ride a motorcycle and possess a valid riding permit.

Others/Extra Details
Physical Demands
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods and to concentrate on work, including typing, and turn out heavy volumes of work accurately, within short time frames under stressful situations in the context of a moderately noisy office with interruptions.
• To travel to the field, the employee must attest to a level of physical fitness capable of enduring physically difficult, highly stressful situations which may include the necessity to walk long distances, to eat a limited diet and/or to reside in potentially uncomfortable housing or tents.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Working Conditions, Travel and Environment
• Must be willing to reside within the project implementation area.
• The duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as required by contact with the missions, mission security, or other obligations.
• Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business travel as well as to the missions if appropriate. While visiting the field, the employee may be exposed to precarious settings under high security risks and/or very basic living conditions and outside weather conditions, as well is to infectious diseases.

Gender Equality Commitments & Zero Tolerance to Abuse
• Foster an environment that reinforces values of people of all genders equal access to information.
• Provide a work environment where people of all genders must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance.
• Promote a safe, secure, and respectful environment for all stakeholders, particularly for children, beneficiaries, and members of staff.
• Help to prevent any type of abuse including workplace harassment and sexual abuse and exploitation.
• Respect beneficiaries’ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sex orientation, disability, religion, race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status.
• Value and respect all cultures.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: Associate Degree

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