Job Description

Position: Project Assistant - WASH
Location:  Sana’a
Technical Supervisor: Project Officer (WASH Engineer Officer)
Vacancy Reference Number: PAW/SANAA-SHR

PURPOSE OF DIVISION:

The WASH department works with country program team in identifying, planning, implementing and evaluating of WASH projects/programs in collaboration with local, national and international partners, The aim of WASH department is to improve the health and socioeconomic well-being of conflict affected communities by reducing the incidence of water- and sanitation-related diseases through sustainable safe water, sanitation, and hygiene practices.

JOB PURPOSE: 

Under the supervision of Project Officer (WASH Engineer Officer), WASH assistant will be responsible for the design, implementation, follow-up and evaluation of hygiene promotion activities of Islamic Relief Yemen in the targeted governorate. In additional, provide necessary support to Project Officer (WASH Engineer Officer) to implement all activities of WASH projects. The post is specifically oriented towards the WASH emergency response in the context of the crisis in the targeted governorate, and special attention will be made on the integration of the WASH sector in other core sectors of Islamic Relief such as nutrition, food security and livelihood.
    
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Job Responsibilities:

Needs Assessments

• Design, plan and implement of hygiene needs assessments, including personal interviews at household level, facilitation of focus group discussions, site visits and meetings with key members of community.
• Provide necessary support to Project Officer (WASH Engineer Officer) to design, plan and implement technical WASH assessments and studies such as household level questionnaires, focus group discussions, site visits and meetings with key members of community.

Program Design and Implementation

• Design, plan, implement and follow-up of hygiene promotion activities such as:
  • Training of trainers on hygiene promotion (for community volunteers, WASH committee members, health workers).
  • Provide technical support on hygiene promotion to the community volunteers, WASH committee members and health workers; and developing a culture sensitive IEC material for Hygiene Promotion activities.
  • Liaise and coordinate hygiene activities with community health workers and related local authorities.
• Provide necessary support to Project Officer (WASH Engineer Officer) through design, plan, Liaise, archive, implement and follow-up the detailed implementation work plan for all activities of WASH projects to achieve the projects’ objective on time.
• Ensure community mobilization in all field related to water, hygiene and sanitation.
• Draft weekly Hygiene/cholera awareness sessions report
• Plan, organize, supervise and evaluate the distribution of all hygiene supplies such as hygiene kits, cleaning kits and Jerry Canes for health facilities, and families.
• Provide support for Project Officer (WASH Engineer Officer) in the construction activities and following up the site at field level of health facilities.
• Work with the WASH team to develop and evaluate methodologies for promoting sanitation, such as CLTS (community-led total sanitation), or latrines construction.
• Consider budget planning and logistics for construction activities, hygiene promotion activities: making and follow-up of internal purchase order, quality control of material delivered by suppliers, planning team movements by vehicle.
• Undertake any other duties as may be assigned by the Project Officer (WASH Engineer Officer).

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning:

• With the WASH team implementation of initial and final KAP surveys (Knowledge, Attitude, Practice)
• With the WASH team implementation of PDM survey (Post Distribution Monitoring) for kit distributed
• Collection, consolidation and reporting of weekly hygiene and health related data, necessary for the consolidation of standard project and strategic indicators (number of beneficiaries, number and type of activity performed, results of water analysis performed)

Reporting:

• Weekly (or each time when necessary) written and oral report to Project Officer (WASH Engineer Officer).
• Participate actively in terms of collecting required data needed for reports.

Integration, Coordination of Cross-cutting Aspects:

• Coordinate WASH hygiene activities with other sectors of Islamic Relief, in order to integrate activities in the same geographical area and for the same beneficiaries
• Coordinate local level hygiene activities with Public Health Department at district level.
• Ensure the integration of gender, child protection, HIV, people living with disability, environment and other crosscutting issues to the design, implementation and development of Hygiene promotion activities, and ensure that activities take into account the needs of specific groups and individuals, especially children, the elderly and disabled.                 

Additional job responsibilities:

• The job duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the Post holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

A) EDUCATION/TRAINING 

Required:

• University degree in civil engineering or architecture engineering.

Desirable:

• Relevant trainings in Water, Sanitation and hygiene, civil construction.

B) EXPERIENCE  

Required:

• Professional experience of 2 years minimum, which 1 years in a field related to construction site supervision works.
• Relevant experience in public health and Water, Sanitation and hygiene.

Desirable:

• National level representation with key stakeholders and co-ordination with another NGOs/UN.
• Direct experience in the geographical area targeted by Islamic Relief.
• Experience working with an INGO/NGO

C) Competencies 

Knowledge and Skills:

• Organization, coordination and planning skills.
• Good report writing and communication skills
• Good at engineering applications (Autodesk applications and other relevant)
• Strong computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Power point)
• Ability to listen and adopt
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation and community mobilization skills
• Fluent knowledge of local language
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively to the field, under sometimes difficult and insecure circumstances.
• Ability to organize time, manage multiple tasks, and analyze information from many sources.
• Attention to detail and compliance with selection criteria and financial processes.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines. 
• Knowledge of the areas of intervention and ability to relate with stakeholders.

Other COMPETENCIES

Core Values (Required):

• Commitment
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Integrity

Core Competencies (Required):

• Communication
• Working with People
• Drive for Results
• Team player and collaboration.

Functional Competencies (Required):

• Planning and organization.

Safeguarding:

• Understanding of and commitment to safeguarding, child safety, and protection from sexual abuse and exploitation principles.

PROBLEM-SOLVING (Thinking Environment)

• Ability to deal with a complex situation and solve issues and problems.

CONTACTS/KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

• The employee will work closely with the relevant project team in the field and office. 

 WORKING CONDITIONS AND LEVEL OF TRAVEL REQUIRED 

• Based in Field Office, with frequent travel to the communities of intervention