Hygiene Promotion Officer

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and beliefs shall guide our actions and relationships.

Purpose of the role

The Hygiene Promotion Officer is responsible for the day to day implementation of Hygiene Promotion activities. The role encompasses supervising the Hygiene Promotion team, planning and reporting activities in shelters and public schools within the North area.

What you will do

1. Ensure adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements
2. Implement delegated Hygiene Promotion portfolio according to plan of action
3. Prepare and develop status reports as required by line manager
4. Ensure proper filing of documents
5. Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and asses new and better ways to assist
6. Promote and share ideas for technical improvement
7. Supervise the Hygiene Promotion team, ensure their capacity building and transfer key skills 
8. Ensure that all protection related detected cases are referred to the concerned referral focal point and to the related Protection Coordinator.
9. Carry out related mainstreaming of protection in programme daily implementation as per the set NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines, and ensure reporting any breaches/concerns for proper action.

Specifically you will;

• Coordinate the Hygiene Promotion activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans
• Involve and inform WASH, school and host community committees about the hygiene promotion activities
• Break down the annual operational plans into weekly, monthly and quarterly implementation plans
• Coordinate with relevant consortium partners to harmonize the hygiene promotion activities and plan integrated activities
• Ensure that procurement, delivery and distribution of kits, materials and equipment are timely and according to procedures respecting the deadlines and ensuring the quality of the items
• Manage the performance of relevant Hygiene Promotion staff, set objectives, monitor work plans, and provide constructive feedback on a regular basis.
• Search for and facilitate introduction of new technology, methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities
• Refer and respond to WASH related referrals including lice, scabies, typhoid, diarrhea etc. by taking relevant actions accordingly through conducting Hygiene Promotion sessions, campaigns and distribution of Hygiene kits.
• Mentor WASH focal points in shelters and schools, ensuring they are able and engaged in preventing and responding to WASH emergencies and operating, maintaining WASH facilities and promoting hygiene and behavior messages  
• Record targets and monitor behavioural changes on a regular basis through WASH committee reports and school committee follow up
• Contribute to improving the quality of the Hygiene Promotion activities conducted by the team through focusing on high quality outputs, evidence-based project management and cost-effective implementation
• Prepare and share lesson plans, IEC materials and Hygiene Promotion activities with the WASH Coordinator and Hygiene Promotion team

Professional competencies

• Bachelor degree in Nursing, Teaching, Nutrition, Social studies, Public Health or equivalent

• Minimum two years of experience working in Hygiene Promotion within a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile environments
• Contextual knowledge of refugees in informal tent settlements, students in public schools and host community
• Experience with start-up of projects in host communities
• Experience in Mobile Data Collection (Kobo Collect)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Experience in Adobe Illustrator and knowledge and skills of designing leaflets, posters and other IEC materials
• Fluency in English and Arabic, both written and verbal

Behavioral competencies

• Managing performance and development

• Planning and delivering results
• Handling insecure environments
• Working with people
• Coping with change
• Communicating with impact and respect

What We Offer

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.

We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and a chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.

We are also looking for people who share our values:

• To be dedicated in what we do;
• To be innovative with our solutions;
• To act as one unified and inclusive team;
• To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve, and to each other… the members of our NRC family.