Hygiene Promotion Officer

ROLE PURPOSE:   Being directly responsible for the design, implementation, follow-up and evaluation of hygiene promotion activities of Save The Children in the target communities in the region of Zahle. The post is specifically oriented towards the WASH response and special attention will be made on the integration of the WASH sector in other core sector of Save The Children such as Shelter, food security, health, education and child protection   KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :   Need Assessment Design, planning and implementation of WASH needs assessments: personal interviews at household level, facilitation of focus group discussions, visits to sites and infrastructures, and meeting with key members of community.   Program design and implementation: Design, planning, implementation and follow-up of hygiene promotion activities such as: Training of trainers in hygiene promotion (for community volunteers, WASH committee members, teachers, health workers), Setting up of children clubs and hygiene promotion activities in schools Follow-up of activities of community health workers Ensure community mobilization in all field related to of water, hygiene and sanitation. Plan, organize, supervise and evaluate the distribution of hygiene, cleaning and water treatment kits for health centers, schools and families beneficiaries, Develop and evaluate home water treatment methodologies in the targeted communities. Ensure budget planning and logistics for hygiene promotion activities: making and follow-up of internal purchase order, quality control of material delivered by suppliers, planning team movements by vehicle Follow-up of the hygiene promotion activities of potential local partners of Save the Children such as local NGOs, and participate in building their capacity   Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning: Implementation of initial and final KAP surveys (Knowledge, Attitude, Practice) Implementation of PDM survey (Post Distribution Monitoring) for kits distributed Follow-up of water quality analyses at household level (residual chlorine, bacteriological analysis), in particular to assess the effectiveness of home water treatment techniques Collection, consolidation and reporting of weekly data, necessary for the consolidation of standard project and strategic indicators (number of beneficiaries, number and type of activity performed, results of water analyzes performed ...)   Reporting: Writing weekly report to line manager, and verbal reports whenever necessary.   Integration, coordinations et transversal aspects: Coordinate WASH activities with other sectors of Save the Children, in order to integrate activities in the same geographical area and for the same beneficiaries. Coordinate activities with other local actors (governmental and non-governmental) Ensure the integration of gender, child protection, HIV, 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   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.   EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS   Required: Professional experience of 4 years minimum, among which 2 years in a field related to public health, communication and behaviour change Organisational, coordination and planning skills Good computer skills Excellent facilitation skills Ability to listen and adapt, Good interpersonal skills, Perfect knowledge of written and oral English     Desirable: Experience in public health education, and in the field of training Direct experience in the geographical area targeted by save the Children