Key Responsibilities:
Technical
support
- Liaise with the local administration to mobilize the community for
the project interventions.
- Facilitate community meetings in relation to the projects
- Support sanitation and hygiene coverage through various behaviour
change methodologies such as CLTS, Nurturing Care Groups (NCG) and WASH
Business Centres.
- Support sanitation and hygiene interventions within any grants
- Support various capacity building sessions for the communities such
as training the communities on sanitation and nutrition linkages,
importance of hand washing with soap at critical times, household water
treatment and other hygiene promotion aspects.
- Support the establishment/strengthening of referral
mechanisms/processes by community health promotors (CHPs) and Health
workers – Monthly meetings with CHPs.
- Support roll-out of Health activities in the AP such as maternal,
new born and child health (MNCH) and integration of the same into WASH
activities
Quality Assurance-Monitoring, reporting and Documentation
- Support in the coordination of joint monitoring visits between the
donor and the national office.
- Participate in evaluation planning and support data collection
teams, analysis and interpretation
- Support monitoring on a monthly basis (project indicators progress)
and make relevant improvements
- Collect (such as through digital means-m Water) and share
information to guide project teams in timely writing and submission of
quality reports (Annual, Semi-annul and Monthly Management Reports) in
line with WV/grant reporting guidelines and the donor expectation.
- Utilize financial planning tools such as spending plans, work plans
based on project activities and budgets.
- Utilize budget estimates and anticipated costs based on programmatic
priorities and activities for planning purposes.
- Monitor (with support of the project officer-sanitation and hygiene
or other AP WASH and health staff) on a monthly basis the project
implementation on budget, on time and on target.
Advocacy,
Fundraising, Engagement with strategic partners, Linkages and networks
& partnership development
- Participate in mobilizing stakeholders during baselines,
evaluations and other relevant programming activities
- Collaborate with community leaders and other partners to plan
monitoring activities
- Represent WVK in relevant forums within the AP area
- Support fundraising initiatives for health, sanitation and hygiene
such as proposal development.
- Provide support to community led processes of monitoring public
service delivery.
- Ensure communities are mobilized and participate in their WASH
and health projects
Qualifications Required
- A minimum of 1 years’ experience in community development work
implementing behaviour change methodologies in sanitation and hygiene such
as Community Led Total Sanitation and sanitation marketing
- A diploma in public health/ Environmental health, environmental
science, community development, community health or related field
- Prior experience working with partners at community level
- Good community mobilization and engagement skills
- Ability to speak local dialect and understands local context
How to Apply
