Wash Officer

Job title: WASH Officer

Employment category: D1

Reporting to: Program Coordinator

Unit/department: Programme

Location: Peshawar – Pakistan

Contract Duration: Oct 2016- Dec 2016

Joining required: Immediate

Overall purpose of the role:

Effective, efficient and timely plan and implement the designed WASH interventions and ensure that meet national and international standards by adopting a participatory community based approach.  

Responsibilities:

• Develop and update hygiene promotion and education materials and resources according to the global standards;
• Initiate sessions to children, teachers and local community on significance of hygiene practices;
• Conduct school assessments to identify gaps in hygiene practices;
• Collect data from Community and prepare regular reports on progress of activities and WASH conditions;
• Coordinate with Program coordinator to ensure that the various aspects of the WASH response are integrated;
• Work within the agreed work plan and ensure timely attention to priority taskssupport M&E staff in collecting project related information;
• Ensure WASH program meet SPHERE standards and established best practice;
• Undertake field visits regularly to observe WASH practices;
• Keep good coordination  with WASH committees at field level to create ownership of program in community
• Ensure activities are participatory through engaging community including students, teachers and Shuras regarding development of awareness raising;
• Deliver trainings and TOT to internal staff and WASH committees regarding SPHERE standards and other relevant standards and best practice;
• Contribute to the development of the emergency prevention and response strategies;
• Ensure that activities engage the participation of all sections of the community and meet the needs of especially vulnerable individuals and mitigates gender based protection risks;
• Initiate progress reports within the team and across sector;
• Attend relevant meetings, seminars, trainings related to WASH sector
• Undertake any other tasks assigned by supervisor;

Key Deliverables:

• Effective and efficient planning and implementation of WASH activities at field level;
• Promotion of hygiene practices at community level
• Actively  supporting program coordinator in implementation and further development of the WASH interventions

Education/qualifications:

• Master in social science
• Two – three years relevant field experience, preferably in refugees context  
• Rich experience in community led interventions
• Experience of developing hygiene promotion materials
• Experience working with displaced communities specially Afghan refugees and TDPs
• Experience of delivering trainings on hygiene promotion
• Experience of conducting pre and post KAP surveys desirable.

Experience:

• Minimum two - three years’ experience in WASH sector the Humanitarian/NGO sector; preferably in refugees context

Languages:

• Proficiency in English speaking and  writing skills
• Proficiency in Speaking Pushto is complusary

¨Basic: I master the essentials, but may at times need help from others

¨ Advanced: I can work independently at full professional level.¨ Expert: I am the go-to person when others need help.