Hygiene Promoters (WASH) at Concern on Climate Change for the Community Initiative (FOURCi)

Concern on Climate Change for the Community Initiative (FOURCi) is a non-profit organization group of Academics, Environmentalists, Agricultural Experts, Health experts, Building Experts and community volunteers coming together with their different expertise with one voice and concern towards safeguarding the future of our climate. It is founded in October 2020 and registered with the Cooperate Affairs Commission (CAC) on the 3rd of June, 2021 and other relevant bodies in February, 2021. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG‟s) numbers one (1), two (2) six (6), seven (7), nine (9), eleven (11), twelve (12), fourteen (14), fifteen (15) and of course thirteen (13) will be our guide. We will be prioritizing raising awareness and resilience of communities and people in developing countries that are already affected by climate change, and whose capacities to adapt and resources to respond are limited. FOURCi has focus on carrying out intense scientific research community resilience considers policy and practice on adaptation and loss and damage, including land rights, promotion of climate-resilient agriculture and food systems, promoting and creating awareness on sustainable structures/building and the halting and reversal of land degradation and biodiversity loss.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Hygiene Promoters (WASH)

Location: Gwoza / Bama, Borno
Employment Type: Contract

Job Description

• Directly implement hygiene promotion activities in the communities; this includes household visits, hygiene awareness sessions, and distribution of hygiene promotion materials.
• Provide technical support and training for hygiene promoters, community volunteers, community leaders, kid’s hygiene clubs and WASH committees.
• Directly manage the day-to-day hygiene promotion activities in the field locations.
• Ensure that hygiene promotion activities meet agreed objectives within the timeframe.
• Work on building of the capacity of community target groups on WASH emergency promotion, NFI distributions and other health education
• Plan and conduct different hygiene & sanitation promotion and health education on different community meetings by using different hygiene promotion approaches
• The HP assistant undertakes detail Hygiene and Sanitation need assessments.
• Assist the HP officer in preparing of IEC Materials and monitor the distribution of IEC materials to be used at community level.
• Ensure that the hygiene promotion activities in the communities are implemented in a timely and professional manner and in line with beneficiary needs.
• Participate in daily monitoring and recording of Hygiene promotion activities including household visits, Group Hygiene sessions, Mass Hygiene awareness campaigns, NFI distributions and other Hygiene related activities.

Qualifications (Know How)
Educational Training And Skills:

• National Diploma, HND, University Degree and a higher qualification in Law, Social Work, Psychology, Social Sciences, or any other relevant studies.
• At least two years work experience in a humanitarian context.
• Good command of English both verbal and written.
• Good personal and organizational skills, including time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Ability to coordinate and work with diverse groups of people based in multiple locations.
• Willingness and ability to adapt to changing work requirements and priorities that may require overtime or extended hours.

Competencies:

• Strong level of autonomy to provide independent follow-through on processing issues and concerns
• Excellent planning, organizational and time management skills Integrity.
• Strong team player
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, operational, and coordinating abilities
• Good interpersonal, oral, and written communication and presentation skills
• Strong customer service focus and ability to work well with people from various backgrounds and cultures at all levels in the organization.
• Additional Information
• Security
• Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership.
• Proactively ensure that the team members and community operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.
• Accountability to Affected People

Application Closing Date
Ongoing (Rolling Basis)