Job Title: WASH Assistant
Location: Sinja, Sennar State
Type of contract: Short-term contract
Duration: 2 months with possibility of extension
Application Deadline: 25/01/2025
Starting date: as soon as possible
About Us:
We are a youth-led environmental organization dedicated to promoting sustainable practices and empowering communities. We are urgently looking to recruit dynamic and skilled professionals to join our team in this critical mission.
ROLE PURPOSE:
- Under the supervision of the WASH Officer, the WASH Assistants will be responsible for ensuring high quality and timely delivery of all the WASH-related Hygiene Promotion, software, and hardware component. The WASH Assistant is responsible for realization of hygiene promotion campaigns, surveys, cleaning campaigns, distribution of hygiene kits.
- He/she maintains good coordination with the WASH team, Community Hand Pump Mechanics, community hygiene promoters, and CLTS monitors, sanitation committees in order to ensure the quality of the implemented activities and provide technical support for all hygiene related issues.
- He/she ensures that DCES’s technical recommendations and procedures are followed. The Strategic objective of the WASH Assistant is through improving access to safe water and sanitation, and influencing good behaviour change in hygiene practices in project area of Sennar State. To ensure the complementarity of WASH hardware and software components to address existing WASH needs in the targeted communities. The position will also support WASH in emergency preparedness and response activities in the project areas.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
- Support the planning and implementation of WASH activities
- Conduct hygiene promotion and behavior change campaigns.
- Monitor the performance of WASH facilities and infrastructure.
- Collect and report data on WASH indicators.
- Participate in community-led monitoring and evaluation activities
- To facilitate hygiene promotion sessions, workshops, and campaigns for various groups, such as children’s women, men, youth, and school children.
- To monitor and evaluate the hygiene promotion activities and report on the progress and challenges.
- Follow up on CLTS progress in the community, document success stories and lesson learned.
- To coordinate and collaborate with other stakeholders, such as local authorities, health workers, community leaders, and other humanitarian actors.
- To ensure the quality and adherence of the hygiene promotion activities to the standards and guidelines of DCES and other relevant agencies.
- QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCES
- A diploma in a relevant field, such as Civil engineering, Water and Sanitation Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, etc.
- At least 1-2 years of experiences in hygiene promotion or WASH-related projects in humanitarian contexts.
- Knowledge and understanding of the WASH situation and needs in Sennar State.
- Experience of borehole drilling, solar water powered systems and water quality analysis
- Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with diverse groups and individuals.
- Ability to work independently as part of the team.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with people from different backgrounds.
- Experience in working with local communities, children, and people with special needs.
- Mainstreaming of gender, disability inclusion and accountability to affected populations in WASH programming.
Required Documents:
- Updated CV.
- Cover Letter (detailing your suitability for the role and motivation to join our organization)
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their applications, including a CV and cover letter, to [career@deribacenter.org] with the subject line “WASH Assistant’’. By [25/01/2025].
Additional Information:
This position is open to applicants who are willing to work from Sinja locality or with a preference for those based in or near Sennar State.
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.
- We value diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply