Public Health Promoter

Lost is seeking to recruit a Public Health Promoter in baalbeck.

Under the general supervision and guidance of the Programme Director of the "Healthy Solutions: supporting specialized secondary health care and accessible WASH services for vulnerable disabled children, pregnant and lactating women, and their communities"  project, the PHP Officer will be responsible for delivering the hygiene sessions and handling all the related tasks to PHP.

Job Description:

• Collect data during needs assessments, baseline studies, KAP survey, and regular monitoring activities, and help collecting feedbacks from beneficiaries
• Help identifying needs for non-food items relevant to hygiene management 
• Prepare regular reports of activities, field expenditures, and WASH conditions for monitoring and report on these to the project manager
• Help in setting up criteria for selecting beneficiaries
• Facilitate community involvement in the design and delivery of essential WASH services and facilities including waste management
• Promote safe WASH and waste management practices, including appropriate use and maintenance of WASH facilities and services
• Identify key risk hygiene practices
• Plan and carry out participatory activities to mitigate priority water and sanitation related health risks. These activities may include communication activities such as community meetings, information campaigns, use of educational materials etc
• Mobilize communities to increase ownership and maintenance of WASH facilities by: creation and support of WASH/ hygiene committees, organization of monthly community clean up days and water container cleaning sessions etc
• Ensure a confidential feedback mechanism is in place to facilitate the accountability of LOST for WASH program quality
• Organize day-to-day logistics, administration, and personnel activities together with the WASH officer
• Carry out Hygiene Promotion activities in line with relevant standards, codes of conduct, and humanitarian principles, including distribution of adapted hygiene and disinfection kits
• Develop Hygiene Promotion activities and resources so that they are implemented and handed over or ended in a way that promotes local capacities and sustainable operations
• Take account of gender, protection, HIV, the environment, and other important cross-cutting concerns in program design, implementation, and reporting; carry out activities in a way that reflects the needs of specific groups and individuals e.g. elderly people, children, and people with disabilities
• Monitoring of activities and Reporting
• Report every week to project manager regarding progress on activities according to format
• Share formalized information and progress with the team involved on the project on a regular basis
• Conduct regular monitoring of the good process and impact of the activities, adapt implementation and plan activities accordingly as well as ensuring that the results are matching with the indicators of the program
• Inform the community about LOST activities and answer any question related to the organization and the program

Qualifications:

• Degree in Social Sciences or public health (min. BA);
• Strong communication skills;
• Fluency in Arabic and English; Excellent computer skills, ability to do research and data collection

NB: LOST has zero tolerance for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the code of conduct, that enshrines the principles of PSEA, always (Both during work hours and outside work hours). Familiarization with, and adherence to, the code of conduct is an essential requirement of all staff, in addition to related mandatory training. All staff must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause.