WASH Supervisor

OBJECTIVES

As part of the ACF-Pakistan WASH intervention in KPK Province, the hygiene promoter will be in charge of all activities pertaining to safeguard and improve the public health of the affected population:

1. Promoting safe WASH practices, including appropriate use and maintenance of WASH facilities and services
2. Ensuring appropriate community involvement and delivery of essential WASH services and facilities.
3. Ensuring effective coordination and integration of Hygiene Promotion activities with the delivery of water and sanitation services and facilities
4. Ensuring positive acceptance of ACF in the area.

TASK & RESPONSABILITIES

A: Information Management

1. In collaboration with other members of the WASH team, design and manage assessments and baseline studies in order to identify WASH-related health risks with reference to both physical and behavioral aspects.
2. Design and manage a plan to monitor activities, outputs and impact and adapt the program as needed.
3. Design and manage periodic studies to measure progress and the health impact of the WASH intervention.
4. Provide regular and reliable narrative and financial reports.
5. Work together with other WASH team members to ensure that the various aspects of the WASH response are integrated, and that they form part of a coherent public health response.
6. Coordinate assessments, plans, and activities with other agencies (governmental and non-governmental), as necessary. Participate in cluster coordination meetings as appropriate.)

B: Implementation

Ensure and oversee the following activities:

1. Identification of key hygiene practices to be addressed and sectors of the population with whom to engage and develop an appropriate communications strategy to promote safe practices.
2. Identification, or facilitation, of community structures through which the WASH activities can be implemented.
3. Mobilization of the disaster-affected communities as appropriate for participation in planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of WASH facilities and services.
4. Design, implementation, and monitoring of WASH activities that is appropriate to specific sectors of the community, e.g. children, youths, women, and men.
5. Identification of any need for the distribution of non-food items related to public health, such as containers, soap, hygiene kits, etc., and participation in the choice of items, targeting strategy, promotion of effective use, and post-distribution monitoring.
6. Ensuring the nutrition sessions and hygiene sessions are integrated during the session provision to the community

C: Resources Management

1. Manage Hygiene Promoters.
2. Manage day-to-day related logistics, administration, and personnel activities (including any local, contracted personnel/daily labour) in accordance with national law and organizational guidelines.

D: Program Approach

1. Ensure that Hygiene Promotion activities are in line with relevant standards, codes of conduct, and humanitarian principles.
2. Use participatory approaches as a far as possible throughout the program cycle, in training, and in the use of tool kits and other materials.
3. Ensure that Hygiene Promotion activities and resources are implemented and handed over or ended in a way that promotes local capacities and sustainable operations.
4. Ensure that gender, protection, HIV, the environment, and other important crosscutting concerns are taken into account in program design, implementation, and reporting; ensure that activities reflect the needs of specific groups and individuals e.g. elderly people, children, and people with disabilities.
Internal & External relationships
Internal • All hygiene promotion activities and staff
External • Local governmental and non-governmental partners : exchange of information, coordination, training, supervision, influence on choice of technical options
• Local medical authorities : exchange of information, coordination, influence on choice of technical options
• Local representatives of international aid organisations : exchange of information

REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES
• Monthly field activity report
• Monthly & quarterly donor reports as required by each grant
• Weekly contribution to project sitrep
• Beneficiaries selection listing and data base updation

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

QUALIFICATIONS
At least a University degree in public health or social sciences and one or more other relevant area (e.g. health promotion, community development, education, community water supply).

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL

• At least two years of practical experience in appropriate community health programs in different contexts. Some of this time should have been in emergency relief programs.
• Good knowledge and experience in providing formal and informal training.
• Experience and understanding of Hygiene Promotion and community mobilization in relation to water and sanitation activities.
• Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of disaster-affected populations.
• Demonstrated experience of integrating gender and diversity issues into public health promotion.

PREFERRED

• Assessment, analytical, and planning skills.
• Good oral and written reporting skills.
• Diplomacy, tact, and negotiating skills..
• Personnel management skills.
• Good communication skills and ability to work well in a team.
• Ability to work well under pressure and in response to changing needs.
• Ability to work in difficult circumstances.
• Good written and spoken skills in the language of the humanitarian operation.

This document is non-contractual and may be modified to reflect the changing needs of the service.

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