Health and WASH Officer (External) at Albarka Health Spring Foundation (AHSF)

Albarka Health Spring Foundation (AHSF) is a non-profit and a non-governmental organization founded in 2012 by a group of young researchers, it was incorporated by Corporate Affair Commission (CAC/IT/91613) in 2016. Our mission is to improve the quality of lives of children, women, elderly and other marginalized vulnerable groups through human development and interventions to strengthen communities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Health and WASH Officer (External)

Location: Sokoto
Reporting to: Project Manager
Contract Duration: 1 year, subject to renewal.
Project Funding: CBM International

Details

• Albarka Health Spring Foundation with funding from CBM International will implement the BMZ-Transitional Development Aid funded Project in Sokoto State, towards strengthening the resilience of vulnerable households in selected communities of Sokoto South, Dangeshuri, Rabah and Wurno LGA’s.
• The project will support IDPs, host, refugee and returnee communities especially women-led household and persons with disabilities (PWDs) to improved their food security through increased and diversified household income, their health and hygiene situation, improve  provision of comprehensive and accessible WASH services, especially for women with and without disabilities Vulnerable people, who experience sexual, gender-based or disability-related violence, have learnt coping and resilience mechanisms and improved their psychosocial well-being through the protection services provided.

Strategic Project Objective

• Strengthening the Resilience of Internally Displaced Persons and Vulnerable Households in Host Communities in Northwestern Nigeria (Sokoto State).

Job Description

• The position is responsible for Health, supervision of all construction and rehabilitation activities in the BMZ-TDA project - including water supply systems, sanitation facilities and other related infrastructures.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities
Under the general guidance from the project Manager, the officer will undertake the following duties:

• Supervise and be responsible for all the technical aspects for project implementation, make sure that contractors complete project work in a timely, efficient and accurate manner with respect to standard engineering.
• Ensure community involvement at all phases of the project and the development of community ownership of the project.
• Guarantee the respect of construction standards as well as the security practices at the project site.
• Provide feedback to the monitoring and evaluation system in order to assess the effectiveness and the impact of the projects and propose recommendations for improvement.
• Contribute to the development of constructive solutions to challenges identified by the community and contractors.
• Facilitate and maintain a good professional relationship between AHSF, communities and contractors.
• Provide regular written and verbal reports to the project manager on health and the infrastructure’s development activities.
• Develop and maintain weekly, monthly plans and written comprehensive records of HEALTH/WASH work undertaken in the project including site visits and reporting of work progress.

Requirements

• A Degree in Water Engineering, Civil Engineering, public health or other related discipline.
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar position/related/working in a construction company.
• Professional experience in community WASH programs (Soft/Hard) in displaced populations
• Excellent program implementation skills
• Good communication skills.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• Understanding of local language is a plus (Hausa).

Application Closing Date
30th September 2024.