Job Description

General information:

• Organization: Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH).
• Position: 2 WASH Officers.
• Location: Galmudug state.
• Starting date: ASAP.
• Reports to: Project Coordinator.
• Contract duration: 10 Months
• Application Deadline: 31st Jan 2024.

About PAH:

Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is a non-governmental organization which mission it is to make the world a better place. For over 20 years, we have been providing relief in big and small emergencies worldwide alongside with running long-term missions in several countries in crisis.

Our interventions – of both humanitarian and development character– have been carried out in 44 countries so far. Our focus is on ensuring sustainable and stable development of regions suffering the consequences of war and/or natural disasters. We possess long-standing expertise in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), but also implement projects in Nutrition. For more information, please refer to www.pah.org.pl.

PAH Mission in Somalia:

PAH has been present in Somalia since 2011. With WASH, FSL and Nutrition programs PAH supported people from the most vulnerable communities in different regions in Somalia. Our primary focus is to provide safe drinking water through rehabilitation of water infrastructure, constructing water distribution systems, and constructing rainwater reservoirs. In our work we also focus on other WASH components such as improvement of sanitary conditions, hygiene promotion to make our WASH interventions fully comprehensive. Our current donors are ECHO, GFFO, SHF and UNICEF. PAH programs targets the most vulnerable IDPs, host and rural communities as well as institutions in Banadir, Lower Shebelle, Middle Shebelle and Galmudug Region.

PAH in Somalia is looking for a WASH Officer who will become part of our operation team. The person will hold thefollowing responsibilities:

• Remains the first link between PAH and beneficiaries in communication about PAH activities, beneficiaries’feedback, and mobilization of communities.
• Consults beneficiaries on activities’ design and implementation and collect lessons learnt.
• Conduct regular supervision of project activities and shares feedback to line managers.
• Carry out to affected community need assessment in target areas and uses the feedback/lesson learnt to design appropriate hygiene and sanitation awareness promotion strategies and materials.

• Conduct capacity assessments in Administration, Operation and Maintenance (AOM) of Water Hygiene &Sanitation (WASH) services in the target areas with the support and supervision of the Field Project Coordinator.

• Participates in the selection process of project beneficiaries (CHPs, O&M, Casual workers etc.) with helpof key community lead members.

• Organizes, mobilizes, supervises, and facilitates training targeted to project beneficiaries to enhancethe capacity of project targeted beneficiaries.

• Support the hygiene promotion teams in conducting participatory community hygiene and sanitationawareness promotion using Community based approaches.

• Ensures networking and coordinating activities with project stakeholders and other implementing partners.

• Ensures the operational efficiency and effectiveness of all projects financial accounting and procurement procedurescontributing to strengthening of PAH accountability.

• Strictly Adheres to clear internal chain of communication process.

• Participates Distribution of Hygiene kits, Sanitation tools, submits distribution reports and uploads thebeneficiary list in the GD.

• Prepares PAH beneficiary contracts (community hygiene promoters, water point care takers, casual workers’contracts in liaise with HR and the project coordinator and ensure their proper documentation.

• Update daily water meter readings in the online google drive and monitor water consumption, constructionworks, CHPs activities, school hygiene club activities and water trucking and finally Prepare, print, and store the necessary documents.

• Prepare and sign monthly attendance sheet from CHPs, water point care takers and share with finance toprocess their monthly incentives on time.

• Implement activity according to plans and guidance of line manager.

• Organizes and facilitates community awareness sessions.

• Designs and implements an appropriate monitoring and supervision activity checklist in line with projectrequirements.

• Performs any other duty assigned by your immediate supervisor or Head of Program

Experiences and Qualifications

The candidate should have:

• Professional experience of 3 years minimum in a humanitarian emergency context and a minimum of 2 years’ experience in implementation of WASH interventions in emergency context
• Degree in public health, environmental health, water engineer, social sciences from an accredited university/college or other WASH related fields.
• Fluent in English language both written and oral.
• Knowledge of basic computer skills (MS Word, Excel, and Power point)

Context related skills and experience

• Knowledge of the operating context in south and central Somalia
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Strong cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Good understanding of complex emergencies and crisis contexts
• Attention to detail, flexible and creative.
• Goal oriented with ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision.
• Very good organizational and administrative skills
• Strong teamwork and support role skills.

Skills Required

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