JOB TITLE: Advert for WASH Project Officer – Qardho

TEAM/PROGRAMME:  WASH PROGRAM

LOCATION:  Qardho

GRADE:  4                      

TYPE OF CONTRACT:  National

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.

ROLE PURPOSE:

To contribute to Save the Children’s capacity to meet its drought response and child survival objectives in Somalia, through the provision of quality water and sanitation programmes in emergencies. The role will specifically address emergency water and sanitation, temporary construction or rehabilitation needs through assessment, programme design, management, capacity building and evaluation. The role exists to: assist in implementing direct emergency hygiene promotion and sanitation programmes; build capacities of hygiene promotion assistants, volunteers; and support hygiene promotion activities for Save the Children’s core programme sectors of health, education, child protection and hunger reduction where required.

Staff directly reporting to this post: None

General

Assist the WASH PM in Coordinating regional WASH activities with the different line ministries and Puntland Water Development Agency.

Represent Sci in Regional WASH Cluster meetings on monthly basis in Garowe and Ensure that Sci’s PL Area WASH interventions and geographical coverage are shared with the WASH Cluster

Ensure to follow up all pending procurement issues and payments with the supply chain and the finance for smooth implementation

Report, as required, on programme work and any management issues arising in each assignment (to the area and country programme management teams)

Coordinate the WASH activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans

Ensure proper archiving of the project’s documents

Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and asses new and better ways to assist

Promote and share ideas for technical improvement. Investigate and facilitate introduction of new innovations, methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities

Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, procurement and logistics, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Ensure that all work is carried out in a way that is sensitive to community needs and gender and children issues. In particular to promote the full and equal participation of women and children in all aspects of the work.

Within reason, implement additional actions and responsibilities, as requested by your line manager.

Precise objectives will vary between assignments. The core specific areas that the position holder will be expected to deliver on are as follows:

Carry out public health assessments for affected populations, including assisting in collection of baseline information

Coordinate hygiene promotion work with Save the Children staff, partners, relevant Government institutions and community mobilizers

Work closely with the Water and Sanitation Engineering team to mobilise communities to support the construction and maintenance of water and sanitation facilities such as water points, latrines and bathing areas

Work closely with the health, nutrition, protection and education teams to integrate hygiene promotion programming across the sectors

Design and deliver hygiene promotion activities including focus group discussions, children’s hygiene clubs, theatre groups, radio spots, etc

Support the recruitment of hygiene promotion assistants and community hygiene volunteers

Identify learning and development needs of hygiene promotion assistants and community mobilisers, community hygiene volunteers, partners’ staff and community members

Train staff on hygiene promotion methodologies, including assisting in collection of information for a KAP survey

Assessment and programme design

Play a leadership and technical support role in assessing the public health needs (for sanitation and public health promotion) needs of disaster affected communities.

Ensure that assessment, programme design and implementation consider children’s roles, needs and vulnerabilities within the community.

On the basis of these assessments to design and construct appropriate responses (both programmatic and advocacy) to meet people’s basic hygiene needs, including hygiene enabling materials and provision of key messaging through appropriate channels.

Ensure that hygiene promotion activities are informed by and integrated with Save the Children’s other priority sectors of nutrition, food security, livelihoods, health, education and child protection.

Assist in the preparation of relevant project proposals for donors and advocate for funding.

Ensure that sustainable systems are set in place for longer term hygiene promotion needs including provision of all necessary training.

To ensure that all water and sanitation work is carried out in a manner which is sensitive to the needs of children and women.

Programme and people management

Prepare and oversee the implementation process to ensure timely delivery of programme activities (for example, monitoring against logical frameworks, individual performance management work plans)

Contribute to timely financial and narrative reports on project activities in compliance with internal SCI requirements and any relevant external donor requirements. Ensure appropriate management and use of SCI resources at all times

Manage project staff including, but not limiting to hygiene promotion assistants, on a day-to-day level working with other technical departments, security, logistics, administration and senior management staff (depending on assignment).

Assist in recruiting, training, supervising and managing hygiene promotion assistants.

To ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere standard and Red Cross Code of Conduct.

Help be responsible for the security of all staff. Ensure that the security, health and well being of staff are ensured and staff management and other processes and policies and systems reflect SCI principles of equity and fairness.

Identify learning and training opportunities for Save the Children staff and partners and work as a mentor and role model for less experienced staff. Look for opportunities for experiential learning within all work

Representation, advocacy and organisational learning

Ensure that Save the Children’s work in water, sanitation and hygiene promotion is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and Government, and represent Save the Children at Interagency Coordination meetings.

Take steps to document lessons learned in emergency WASH for wider dissemination

In collaboration with the Emergencies section feed in learning, experiences and evidence to relevant global advocacy objectives relating to WASH.

Ambition:

Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same

Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale

Collaboration:

Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters

Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally.

Ability to take direction.

Ability to work in a team environment.

Having Communication Skills

Creativity:

Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

Cuts away bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach

Integrity:

Honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence

Displays consistent excellent judgement

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor in public health, social science and Community development.

Minimum of 3 years of Experience in implementing and coordinating hygiene promotion activities, including programme design, implementation and evaluation.

Previous work experience/knowledge in South and Central Somalia are highly encouraged

Ability to write clear, well-argued assessment and project reports, and assist in preparing successful funding proposals for donors relevant to hygiene promotion

Monitoring and evaluation skills including knowledge on KAP surveys

Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation

Excellent communication skills

Capacity to supervise, train and coach national staff.

Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy

Commitment to the aims and principles of SCI In particular, a good understanding of the SCI mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support

Commitment to SCI Child Protection Policy

Computer literate

A moderate level of written and spoken English and good communication skills in Somali

Desirable

Knowledge of the operating context in South and Central Somalia

Experience of and ability to represent SCI work in external meetings.

Knowledge of Somali language and its different dialects

Experience of community mobilisations, distributions and hygiene promotion

Ability to work both in an advisory and a hands-on implementation capacity

The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible, working away from home, and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.

Influencing skills and experience in advocacy.

CHILD SAFEGUARING POLICY:

Any employee, consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on behalf of SCI must sign the Child Safeguarding – Declaration of Acceptance Form] and comply with the SCI’s Child Safeguarding Policy which is a statement of SCI’s commitment to preventing abuse and protecting children with whom it come s into contact.

This extends not only to children with whom SCI and its partners work directly, but also includes children whom staffs are responsible for.  SCI believes that the situation of children must be improved through the promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of staff. Save the Children International’s Code of Conduct sets out the standards which all staff members must adhere to.