Wash Hygiene Promoter Supervisor at Terre des hommes (Tdh)

Terre des hommes (Tdh) is a child relief Non-Governmental Organization with a presence in over 30 countries of the world and more than 90 projects. Our goal is to make a significant and lasting difference to the lives of children in need.

We support children in areas of Child and Maternal health, protection, Water and sanitation and Migration. Our humanitarian services sector aid children in crisis situations across the world.

Tdh in Nigeria is currently implementaing projects in Health and Wash sectors and is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Wash Hygiene Promoter Supervisor

Location: Borno

General Objective

• The Wash Hygiene Promoter Supervisor will be responsible for planning and supervision of Wash activities to improve hygiene and sanitation within the community and families, including schools, informal learning space, Institutions and health facilities in coordination with the Program Manager and the Wash Technical Supervisor.
• The Wash Hygiene Promoter Supervisor will ensure compliance with relevant national policies and current recommendations of sector ministries, local authorities and the Wash community of practice.

Responsabilities and Tasks

• Project Management
• Plan and monitor contextualized interventions for improved hygiene measures for the IDP’s and Host community families
• Assist WASH team members to mobilize committees and other local groups, share evaluation results and encourage participation in health campaigns
• Plan and supervise hygiene promotion activities based on assessment results and community information (community meetings, exhibits, information campaigns, daily observations, use of IEC materials
• Encourage contact (and participation) with different groups in the community (without discrimination by gender, age and with particular attention to marginalized and neglected groups)
• Develop hygiene promotion activities and resources and guide their implementation in ways that contribute to local capacity and sustainable use
• Incorporate disaster risk reduction, gender equality, protection, environment and other cross-cutting aspects of the program in the promotion of hygiene
• Produce and share daily, weekly and monthly updates with the program manager (for compliance with the monitoring plan) and ensure that all WASH team members are aware of the progress and challenges
• Manage the team under its responsibility according to HR policy

Mandatory Requirements

• Language Skills: Fluent in local languages and in English, (speaking/reading/writing).
• Education Degree: Diploma on WASH or Social sector
• Work experience: Previous relevant experience in a WASH function and preferably in an NGO
• Knowledge & skills: Good analytical and writing skills
• Computer skills: Good knowledge in Microsoft Office Pack (Excel and Word and computer sciences).
• Other: Knowledge of humanitarian actors/Good management and pedagogical skills

Assets

• Other knowledge: Acquaintance with NGO' rules, procedures and regulations

Interest:

• Work in relief sector
• Strong motivation to help people in needs
• Transversal skills
• Honest and trustworthy
• Reliable, rigorous and well organized
• Motivated and dedicated to his/her job
• Ability to take initiative to deal with difficulties encountered in daily work
• Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation
• Autonomy, neutrality, hard worker
• Able to manage stress and pressure
• Able and willing to learn to extend his/her scope of work
• Able to manage priorities, take initiatives and work without constant supervision

Application Closing Date
5.00 PM; 20th December, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit copies of updated CV, letter of motivation and national ID card and reference contacts to: [email protected]

Note: The position must be clearly indicated on the application. Only candidates who meet the selection criteria will be conducted. This position is open to Nigerian national only.