Hygiene/Health Promotion Assistant
Job Description
Title: Hygiene/Health Promotion Assistant
Company Name: Adventist Development and Relief Agency
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Employment Status: Full-time
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Design, planning and implementation of WASH needs assessments: personal interviews at household level, facilitation of focus group discussions, visits to sites and infrastructures, and meeting with key members of community.
∎ Setting up of children clubs and hygiene promotion activities
∎ Follow-up of activities of community health workers
∎ Ensure community mobilization in all field related to of water, hygiene and sanitation.
∎ Plan, organize, supervise and evaluate the distribution of hygiene, cleaning and water treatment kits for health centers, schools and families beneficiaries.
∎ Develop and evaluate home water treatment methodologies in the targeted communities.
∎ Follow-up of the hygiene promotion activities of potential local partners of ADRA such as local NGOs, and participate in building their capacity.
∎ Follow-up of water quality analyses at household level (residual chlorine, bacteriological analysis), in particular to assess the effectiveness of home water treatment techniques.
∎ Collection, consolidation and reporting of weekly data, necessary for the consolidation of standard project and strategic indicators (number of beneficiaries, number and type of activity performed, results of water analyzes performed ...)
∎ Coordinate WASH activities with other sectors of Save the Children, in order to integrate activities in the same geographical area and for the same beneficiaries
∎ Writing weekly report to line manager, and verbal reports whenever necessary
∎ Coordinate activities with other local actors (governmental and non-governmental)
∎ Ensure the integration of gender, child protection, HIV, environment and other crosscutting issues to the design, implementation and development of Hygiene promotion activities, and ensure that activities take into account the needs of specific groups and individuals, especially children, the elderly and disabled
Additional Requirements:
∎ Professional experience of 4 years minimum, among which 2 years in a field related to public health, communication and behavior change.
∎ Experience in public health education, and in the field of training
∎ Experience in leading teams in the organization and management of distribution activities
∎ Experience in field level coordination with community stakeholders, local and international NGO's, and local government officials.
∎ Knowledge of the context in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar specifically in regards to Hygiene needs of conflict affected persons.
∎ Organizational, coordination and planning skills
∎ Excellent facilitation skills
∎ Ability to listen and adapt
∎ Good interpersonal skills
∎ Commitment to ADRA's mission, beliefs and core values.
∎ Good knowledge of written and oral English
∎ Able to undertake travel as required
∎ Commissioner/Chairman Certificates
Salary: Tk. 27500 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays
Application Deadline: July 22, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Adventist Development and Relief Agency
∎ Address : 149, Shah Ali Bagh, Mirpur-1, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.
∎ Web : http://www.adrabangladesh.org/
∎ Business : The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is a global humanitarian organization that is present in more than 130 countries. ADRA delivers relief and development assistance to individuals in more than 130 countries—regardless of their ethnicity, political affiliation, or religious association. ADRA has been working for more than 45 years in Bangladesh.
Category: NGO/Development
