Hygiene Promotion Assistant at Youth Integrated For Positive Development Initiative (YIPDI)

Youth Integrated For Positive Development Initiative is a youth-led organization established on the 26th day of March 2014. The organization is providing humanitarian assistance to the conflict-affected and marginalized group especially vulnerable women, children, youths, and elderly, by protecting their rights, restoring their means of livelihood, and provision of basic education, water sanitation, and hygiene, food security as well as shelter including women and youth empowerment. 

We work closely together with young people, their families, community, stakeholders, partner organization donors, and community stakeholders at grass root level, thereby mobilizing resources to support our project in diverse areas of human development, addressing critical developmental challenges facing young people and their society through community based approach as well as youth lead initiative to achieve a durable solution.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Hygiene Promotion Assistant 

Location: Gubio-Magumeri, Borno
Job type: Full-time (Onsite)
Sector: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 
Report to: Hygiene Promotion Officer
Duration: 12 Months with possibilities of extension.

Role Purpose

• Under the supervision of the WASH Officer, the WASH Assistants will be responsible for ensuring high-quality and timely delivery of all the WASH-related Hygiene Promotion software and hardware components.
• The Hygiene Promotion Assistant is responsible for realization of hygiene promotion campaigns, surveys, cleaning campaigns, and distribution of hygiene kits. 
• He/she maintains good coordination with the WASH team, community hygiene promoters, and CLTS monitors, and sanitation committees to ensure the quality of the implemented activities and provide technical support for all hygiene-related issues. 
• He/she ensures that Yipdi’s technical recommendations and procedures are followed. The Strategic objective of the Hygiene Promotion Assistant is to improve access to safe water and sanitation and to influence behaviour change in hygiene practices in the project area.
• To ensure the complementarity of WASH hardware and software components to address existing WASH needs in the targeted communities. The position will also support WASH in emergency preparedness and response activities in the project areas.

Scope of Role
Role Dimensions: 

• Internal:  WASH Coordinator, WASH Technical Specialist, Field Manager Finance, Logistics and HR  
• External:  Key Government stakeholders, local Authorities, INGOS/NNGOs at the field locations and Partners

Key Areas of Accountabilities
Programme Support:

• To conduct community mobilization and engagement on hygiene promotion topics, such as handwashing, water treatment, sanitation, and waste management.
• To facilitate hygiene promotion sessions, workshops, and campaigns for various groups, such as children’s women, men, youth, and disability inclusive.
• To monitor and evaluate the hygiene promotion activities and report on the progress and challenges.
• Follow up on CLTS progress in the community, document success stories and lesson learned.
• To coordinate and collaborate with other stakeholders, such as local authorities, health workers, community leaders, and other humanitarian actors.
• To ensure the quality and adherence of the hygiene promotion activities to the standards and guidelines of YIPDI and other relevant agencies.
• Conduct relevant technical training for WASH staff, members of water management committees, pump mechanics and local partners. 
•  WASH NFIs: coordination with local government actors, before demonstration and distributing the items to the beneficiaries to promote fair and equitable access to the WASH NFIs.
• Compile weekly, monthly, monitoring reports to promote programme quality report writing.
• Conduct trainings for field Hygiene and Sanitation volunteers, Water management Committees, community leaders and other key actors by ensuring gender equality in the programme.
• Assist in conducting CHAST training to school children, teachers and PTA members to promote good hygiene practices in the schools and at the community. 
• Facilitating appropriate community involvement in the design and delivery of essential WASH services and facilities by carrying out community mobilization activities, liaising with key stakeholders.
• Assist in the Construction of rainwater harvest systems, monitoring rain season, water treatment. Familiar with DPD1, DPD2, DPD3, FRC water quality test for drinking water at the Household level.
• Assist in carrying out Geophysical surveys to determine water levels for both shallow wells and drilling of boreholes. Keeping proper records of field expenditures and reports accordingly.
• Assist in Attending WASH Cluster meetings upon request from WASH Officer in the field
• Field monitoring, follow up on borehole drilling, rehabilitation, and water yards construction in the field location.
• As required, support WASH in emergencies (flood response, public health outbreak) planning and response interventions. 

Capacity Building:

• Identify learning and training opportunities for YIPDI staff and partners and work as a mentor and role model for junior staff.

Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:

• Ensure that YIPDI’s work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and Government, and take a leadership role within Interagency Coordination forums, ensuring the specific needs of children are being addressed.
• Advocates for minimum standards of humanitarian relief and maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter and YIPDI’sCode of Conduct.

General:

• Comply with YIPDI policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities, fraud and other relevant policies and procedures.

Behaviours (Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Holds him/her self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role models YIPDI values.
• Holds the team accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way, providing the necessary development to improve performance and apply appropriate consequences on result oriented.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for YIPDI, engages and motivates others.
• Future orientated, think strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners.
• Values diversity and sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Willing to explore more innovative solutions in WASH Programming

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.

Qualification nd Experience
Essential:

• A Diploma in a relevant field, such as Public Health, Social Sciences, Environmental Health, Community Health and Nursing, Diploma in Civil, Water and Sanitation Engineering, Plumbing.
• At least 1-2 years of experiences in hygiene promotion or WASH-related projects in humanitarian contexts.
• Knowledge and understanding of the WASH situation and needs in North-East Nigeria Context.
• Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with diverse groups and individuals.
• Ability to work independently as part of the team.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with people from different backgrounds.
• Experience in working with local communities, children, and people with special needs.
• Experience in BABY WASH, CLTS, PHAST, SLTC, SBCC and CHAST methodology.
• Experience in integration of WASH and other sectors (such as Health, Nutrition, Child Protection, Education, Food Security, Livelihoods, and effective community engagement approach, the implementation process..
• Committed to YIPDI principles with good understanding of the YIPDI mandate, child focus and an ability to ensure continues support.
• Mainstreaming of gender, disability inclusion and accountability to affected populations in WASH programming.
• Good computer skills and knowledge on Microsoft word, power point presentation, internet
• Fluency in English and local languages

Desirable:

• Previous experience within a humanitarian aid organisation is a plus.
• WASH in Health Facilities (Baby WASH) experience in in North-East Nigeria
• Experience in use of Engineering software AutoCAd, ArchCad, Water Cad if an add advantage
• Previous experience working within the context of North-East Nigeria
• Knowledge of locally spoken languages will be an added advantage.

Additional job responsibilities:

• The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonable level of skills and experiences.

Equal Opportunities:

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the YIPDI Equal Opportunities, Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

• Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and adults, and protect them from harm. Safeguarding means: protecting children and adults from abuse and maltreatment, preventing harm to children and adults' health or development, ensuring children and adults grow up with the provision of safe and effective caretaking, action to enable all children and adults to have the best outcomes.

Humanitarian response:

• In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be flexible.

What We Offer
At YIPDI, we give employees at all levels responsibility and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Together, we save lives and rebuild futures. Safeguarding is central to YIPDI’s work. We expect all employees to:

• Treat everyone with respect and dignity
• Contribute to building a safe environment for all
• Never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment, and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse, and sexual harassment (SEAH)
• Always report. YIPDI has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation

Application Closing Date
15th December, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online