Hygiene Promotion Officer at Center for Advocacy, Transparency and Accountability Initiative (CATAI)

Center for Advocacy, Transparency and Accountability Initiative (CATAI) was established in 2018 as a registered NGO with a Head Office in Maiduguri, Borno State, with offices across Yobe and Adamawa states. We have been visible in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states implementing projects in Education, Protection (Child /GBV), WaSH, Nutrition, Empowerment/Livelihood, Governance, and Peace Building. Our approach is aligned with our mission to enhance service delivery and empower citizens through our Humanitarian, Development, and Peace-building Nexus (HDP).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Hygiene Promotion Officer

Location: MMC / Jere, Borno
Employment Type: Full-time
Report to: Wash Coordinator

Job Summary

• The Hygiene Promotion Officer will be directly overseen by the WASH Coordinator Maiduguri and will be in charge of organizing, participating in, and carrying out all hygiene promotion activities in the communities of implementation.
• The Hygiene Promotion Officer will serve as a liaison officer between the organisation and the community stakeholders in gathering information, creating reports, and cultivating connections and coordination in the WASH sector with partners.
• The officer is responsible for promoting hygiene practices and ensuring that all project activities are carried out and that all CATAI regulations and guidelines are followed.
• The Hygiene Promotion Officer supervises the Hygiene Promoters (Assistants) and volunteers in conducting daily hygiene awareness campaigns, house-to-house and group sessions, community mobilization, and meetings with volunteers and leaders in the community, which are all closely coordinated.
• The Hygiene Promotion Officer will be in charge of organizing, participating in, and carrying out all hygiene promotion activities under the close supervision of the WASH Coordinator Maiduguri.

Responsibilities

• Develop, and oversee weekly campaigns to promote good hygiene based on a monthly schedule.
• Locate, pick, and support volunteers for hygiene promotion through various methods of training
• Oversee the daily hygiene promotion activities carried out by volunteers.
• Support the planning, organizing, and execution of campaigns, focus groups, international hygiene events, and house-to-house visits to keep an eye on cleanliness practices.
• Create informational, educational, and communicational resources for volunteers who promote good hygiene.
• Create a volunteer-run child hygiene club following Children Hygiene and Sanitation Training (CHAST) and lead CHAST Sessions.
• Support the application of community-led total sanitation (CLTS) and other participatory hygiene and sanitation techniques.
• Participate in the beneficiary screening process and help provide dignity and hygiene kits to recipients.
• Keep track of all your efforts to promote hygiene, and set up an efficient filing system.
• Make sure that gender mainstreaming is done while implementing any campaigns to promote hygiene.
• Create a database to record data about hygiene promotion and enter it once a week.
• Gather information on hygiene promotion, create reports on week field activities, and send them to the WASH Coordinator.

Monitoring Ability:

• Take part in the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) Survey, which has been modified to promote hygiene.
• Implement the techniques outlined for the water management and hygiene promotion sensitization sessions, and ensure adherence by your team.
• Track the development of the campaigns to promote cleanliness and document the results of the sensitization workshops.
• Make suggestions for potential modifications and enhancements to the strategy.
• Maintain a log of all your hygiene-related activities and put in place a productive filling procedure.
• Ensure gender mainstreaming is included
• Collaborate and share information with the internal WaSH officers.
• Share information with relevant parties, particularly WaSH partners, volunteers, and local authorities.
• Showing up to the Camp Coordination Meeting
• Continue to have a good rapport with each stakeholder.
• Help the monitoring and evaluation team with beneficiary registration, baseline, and end-line survey administration, and postdistribution monitoring.
• Work together with others in the office as a strong team player.
• Lead a healthy lifestyle and provide a positive example for the people you want to influence.
• Retain a supportive and nonjudgmental approach toward beneficiaries and coworkers, irrespective of their religion, political beliefs, or origin.
• Follow and honor the rules and regulations set forth by CATAI.
• Complete any other task assigned by CATAI an your line manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree or Higher National Diploma in Public Health, Biological Science or other relevant fields
• A minimum of two years of experience working in public health or hygiene promotion with an NNGO/INGO/UN organization
• Proficiency in the English language, both oral and written
• Prior experience managing in unstable and complicated environments.
• Flexibility and the capacity to function well under stress.
• Demonstrated honesty, good moral character, and familiarity with the local environment are ideally.

Application Closing Date
4th August, 2025.