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• Assist
  Districts and Town Councils In developing realistic annual and quarterly
  work plans and budgets for hygiene education and sanitation activities in
  line with national plans, strategies and the sector guidelines/schedules
  to local governments (for households, rural growth centers and small
  towns/town councils
• Assist
  Local Government (LGs) to generate and maintain a data base of existing
  and new sanitation facilities, hand washing facilities etc.
• Promote
  participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) in the water and sanitation
  sector at all level and advice on the implementation of national policies,
  guidelines and strategies and plans for sanitation  and hygiene
  education (households, primary schools, health centers, town councils and
  rural growth centers)
• In
  collaboration with other team members, conduct organizational
  self-assessments (OSAs), of districts, sub counties, private sector
  organizations and NGOs/CBOs to determine and support their capacity for
  scaling up implementation of sanitation/hygiene education activities in
  line with the recommendations from the NGO pilot studies and the LG &
  NGO strategic Framework underdevelopment.
• Work
  with LGs to define capacity gaps, capacity development indicators and draw
  plans and strategies for capacity building and support LG capacity
  building plans,
• Advice,
  assist and quality assure the activities carried-out by the LGs that are
  sector specific, support and strengthen the capacity of district water
  office staff, District/Town Council Health Inspectorate staff, selection
  or identification of the most appropriate choice of sanitation technology,
  design and preparation of tender documents for sanitation facilities,
  procurement management and supervision of works to ensure efficient and
  cost effective utilization of available resources.
• Introduce
  and promote appropriate technologies for sanitation (e.g. Ecosan) address
  technology issues related to the process of planning, costing,
  implementing, maintaining, monitoring and evaluation.
• Support
  LGs to ensure that sanitation and hygiene education activities are
  allocated adequate funding during the planning process (in line with the
  sector guidelines for utilization of the district conditional grant) and
  thereafter ensure that the activities are implemented in a satisfactory
  manner following the agreed steps in software implementation.
• Support
  the establishment of the District and Sanitation Coordination Committees
  (DWSCC) and ensure that sanitation and hygiene education is regular agenda
  item for the committee discussion.
• Support
  the district LGs in the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual
  progress reports in the standard reporting formats availed to districts.
• Carry-out
  any other work that will be assigned by the client or his representative
  through the team leader of the Unit.

• An
  Honors Degree/Post graduate qualification in Public Health/ Environmental
  Health/Management, Environmental Health Education, and Community Health.
• Post
  graduate training in participatory approaches shall be an added  advantage.
• A
  minimum of six years of professional experience in sanitation and hygiene
  promotion.
• Experience
  in the implementation of activities in the Local; Government Sector is
  essential.
• High
  level of ethics and integrity
• Innovative
  and proactive, enjoys making things happen, does not wait for them to
  happen
• High
  level of inter-personal, decision-making and problem solving skills.
• Excellent
  verbal and communication skills
• Demonstrated
  ability to work independently and with teams to achieve district objectives.
• Computer
  knowledge, with knowledge of MS – Word and Excel is must.

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