Consultants: Awareness Creation Through Community Led Total Sanitation at International Medical Corps (IMC)

International Medical Corps (IMC) is a global, humanitarian, non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training, relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, non-political, non-sectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Consultancy: Awareness Creation Through Community Led Total Sanitation

Location: Sokoto

Background

• Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) stresses the elimination of the practice of open defecation in communities.
• CLTS initiatives encourage community self-analysis of existing defecation patterns and threats, and promote predominantly local solutions to reduce and ultimately eliminate the practice of open defecation.
• Instead of focusing on latrine construction as a goal, CLTS helps communities and individuals understand the health risks of open defecation and use disgust as a “trigger” to promote collective and individual action, which ultimately lead to locally-built, low-cost household latrines.
• The ultimate goal of CLTS is that communities achieve and maintain “open defecation-free” status.

Scope of Work of Consultancy

• The consultants will be responsible,
• Preparation of the CLTS training.
• Developing the training materials.
• Facilitate the training.
• Guide the teams for field practical on triggering
• Following up from the CLTS training
• Submission of final report.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Water and sanitation engineer, environmental health engineer, or a public health expert having an excellent knowledge of community based sanitation strategies
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in WASH, with a significant experience in Northern Nigeria
• Must be fluent in English
• Fluency in Hausa is a strong advantage
• Excellent analytical skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills with proven abilities to compile views of different partners

Application Closing Date
4th August, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications and CV's to: imcnigeriavacancy@gmail.com

Note

• All applications should be addressed to "the Human Resource Officer, International Medical Corps"
• Application letter and curriculum vitae should be in a single Microsoft Word Document
• Only Short-listed consultants will be contacted.