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Hygiene Promotion Officer

International Rescue Committee, Islamabad
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More Jobs From: Social & Development Sector Jobs
Industry: N.G.O./Social Services
Functional Area: Field Operations
Total Position: 6
Job Type: Contract
Job Location: Peshawar, Pakistan
Gender: Doesn't Matter
Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree
Degree Title: Bachelor degree OR Masters degree in Social Sciences, Literature or Life and Environmental Sciences.
Minimum Experience: 1 Year (Minimum one year of relevant field work (hygiene promotion/ community mobilization) experience. Experience in mobilizing and training communities on WES issues preferred.)
Apply By: Jul 8, 2012
Job Posting Date: Jun 29, 2012
   
   
Job Description:

Hygiene Officer will be primarily responsible for community mobilization, formation of WMC/VO etc & delivering hygiene promotion sessions to target populations in project areas.

1. Conduct health and hygiene sessions in communities to ensure that target population are mobilized and adequately informed regarding health and hygiene issues related to water supply, sanitation and solid waste disposal.

2. Conduct training of selected community activists on health and hygiene promotion to enable them to conduct onward sessions to target communities.

3.Conduct assessment of beneficiaries, WASH schemes identification, Sign TOR’s with committees, line departments

4. Supervise and facilitate trained community activists in health and hygiene promotion sessions.

5. Develop health and hygiene training materials and modules.

6. Coordinate with technical staff responsible for construction of water & sanitation structures in the target areas to include hygiene aspect in design and site selection of construction activities.

7. Reporting of field activities to Hygiene Promotion Manager

8. Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills: Excellent communication skills and fluency in local languages.

Computer literacy in MS Word, MS Excel.

PREFERENCE:

NGO/ INGO experience.

Local of Target area.