PHP Officer at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Action Against Hunger works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: PHP Officer

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Job Type: Full Time
Start date: as soon as possible
Direct Line Manager: WASH Manager

Objective 1

• Overall supervision of Public Health Promotion and Non-food items distribution activities following AAH’s local strategy and International Guidelines

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that a KAP baseline survey is carried out, analysis done and hygiene promotion strategy is designed on the basis of the findings (for projects more than three months long)
• In coordination with the WASH Manager, revise and adapt hygiene promotion training material to local context and in line with target groups to be trained
• In coordination with the WASH Manager, revise and adapt all IEC materials in line with the local context. This should be drawn up as a communication plan.
• Continually assess emergency needs, as requested, especially taking in the broader perspective of public health.
• Plan beneficiary selection and registration, and led the distribution of NFI kits with the Field Assistant team.
• Ensure that work meets with SPHERE minimum standards.
• Assist the WASH Manager with, and where required participate in, community mobilization.
• Ensure that all technical work reflects the needs and preferences of different target groups.

Objective 2

• Train and build the capacity of staffs and partners

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the PHP & NFI team members are fully aware of the hygiene promotion Strategy and all activities are in line with strategy activities.
• Prepare training tools on relevant technical topics and conduct trainings for both internal staff and external stakeholders.
• Assist the WASH Manager in the development of technical guidelines and tools.
• Assess areas for improvement and recording lessons learnt for future activities.

Objective 3

• Coordinate with internal staffs and local stakeholders to ensure smooth project implementation.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Liaise closely with the WASH manager throughout the planning, design and implementation stages of WASH technical activities.
• Represent AAH at local level WASH meetings and technical working groups relating to Public health promotion and NFI distribution as required by your line manager

Objective 4

• Supervise and manage staffs under your responsibility

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Participate in staff’s recruitment in line with agreed organogram structure.
• Provide day-to-day management of staff directly under your responsibility.
• Set objectives with staff under your direct management, and appraise their performance in accordance with AAH performance management policies, identifying areas where they require support and capacity building
• Ensure that your team co-ordinate and integrate with WASH technical team members.
• Ensure that gender issues are taken into account
• Report regularly, verbally and in writing, to the  WASH  Manager

Internal & External Relationship
Internal:

• WASH Manager: technical hierarchical relationship - exchange of information, collaboration, coordination
• WASH Technical Officer: Collaborate with the WASH Technical Officer to ensure exchange of information, collaboration and coordination

External:

• Local governmental and non-governmental partners: exchange of information, coordination, training, supervision, influence on the choice of technical options
• Local representatives of international aid organisations: exchange of information

Qualifications

• Degree in Public Health, Sociology, Rural Development, and other related fields

Skills & Experience
Essential:

• Previous experience in supervising hygiene promotion activities
• Professional, good organizational capacity, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
• Three years of relevant work experience
• Microsoft Office software Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word)
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Fluency in Hausa, Kanuri, Shuwa and English
• Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy

Preferred:

• Previous experience of work in the humanitarian sector
• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy
• Previous experience with AAH
• Previous donor programming experience (e.g. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA)

Application Closing Date
17th April, 2019.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.