WASH Technical Assistant – Hygiene promotion at Norwegian Refugee Council August, 2022

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships

• Promote safe WASH practices, including appropriate use and maintenance of WASH facilities and services, specifically hand washing facilities
• Conduct house to house visits, focus group discussions and mass hygiene campaigns to sensitize the community on good hygiene practices – upon request
• Carry out community mobilization and sensitization of all NRC WASH activities.
• Conduct school visits to create awareness on proper usage WASH facilities in schools and reports any anomalies
• Assess and analyze emerging public health needs and recommends sustainable practical solutions
• Collate data from the incentive workers, and prepare regular reports on activities and WASH conditions for monitoring.
• Participate in needs assessments, baseline studies and periodic studies, and feedback findings to the stakeholders.
• Identify needs for non-food items relevant to hygiene; participates in the choice of items, targeting strategy, distribution, promotion of effective use, and post-distribution monitoring.
• Prepares reports of WASH related activities
• Facilitate community mobilization for all activities related to the provision of sanitation facilities and hygiene promotion, in close coordination with the NRC shelter team
• Support the effective implementation of all WASH activities
• Support WASH Officer with the preparation of IEC materials and hygiene promotion campaigns upon request
• Take account of gender, protection, HIV, the environment, and other important cross-cutting concerns in program design, implementation, and reporting; carrys out activities in a way that reflects the needs of specific groups and individuals e.g. elderly people, minority groups, children, and people with disabilities
• Capacity building, supervision and monitoring of refugee community workers
• Represent NRC in relevant meetings

• Diploma in Public Health or relevant professional experience. Possibly experience in social work and / or humanitarian assistance.
• Excellent communication (spoken and written) skills, including the ability to explain and present technical information.
• Experience in community mobilization
• Knowledge of Kirundi
• Political and cultural awareness
• Ability to work independently in a result oriented multi-tasking and multi-cultural environment
• Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of disadvantaged populations (minority groups etc)
• Experience from working as an WASH Assistant or Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Fluency in English, oral and written
• Participate in appropriate professional development of project portfolio
• At all times in and outside work adhere to NRC Code of Conduct

Duty station:                              Nyarugusu refugee Camp