The Ugandan Jobline

• To carryout technical assessments, design, and implement water and
  sanitation projects that are socially acceptable, environmental friendly,
  and economically viable. This will be done especially taking in the
  broader perspective of Public Health work in emergencies.
• Coordinate other PHP sub-sector actors in designing, implementing
  and reporting Hygiene Promotion activities in refugee settlements
• Ensuring that the construction of emergency water systems, using
  surface water and possibly ground water, follows technical designs.
• Ensuring that the most appropriate forms of sanitation systems are
  implemented, in consultation with the beneficiaries, which includes
  excreta disposal, refuse disposal, vector control and drainage.
• Identify and assess the current resources and capacity of national
  counterparts, humanitarian agencies and government authorities to meet
  public health needs.
• To liaise closely with the Public Health Promotion Team throughout
  the planning, design and implementation stages of the WASH Programme.
  Hygiene promotion is a vital element of such public health engineering
  programmes
• As part of an integrated team contribute towards planning and
  proposal writing in order to provide clear objectives and establish
  indicators for monitoring and evaluating the programme
• To coordinate with other key actors including local authorities and
  NGOs to ensure Oxfam’s views and approaches are in harmony with other key
  players in the public health sector.
• The work will include management and administrative duties and
  co-ordination with other members of the project and with staff of other
  organisations
• To assist in drawing budgets, and to carryout budget monitoring and
  expenditure forecasting.
• To report regularly, verbally and in writing to the Response Manager
  and to represent Oxfam to other NGO’s, agencies and Government authorities
  where requested.
• Ensure that where possible an empowering approach to working with
  communities is employed rather than an approach which relies solely on
  message based methodologies
• To ensure that work aims to meet Minimum Standards and adheres to
  Oxfam’s emergency guidelines and protocols.
• To enhance the WASH capacity of selected humanitarian partners to
  respond to the current refugee crisis or to the potential future refugee
  crisis and to increase the resilience of the host communities;
• Support public Health Promotion technical coordination and relations
  with district, OPM, UNHCR, UNICEF and other stakeholders in WASH.
• Ensure appropriate hygiene promotion sub-sector representation of
  Oxfam to Government and partners ensuring that the influencing role is
  kept high.
• Advocate for quality and effective humanitarian aid/assistance to
  affected communities

• The ideal candidate for the Oxfam Public Health Promotion Team
  Leader job must hold a relevant qualification in public health promotion
  (Degree level preferable – Public health, Social Sciences, Community
  Psychology, Environmental health)
• Three years of practical experience in appropriate community health
  and environmental programmes. Some of this time should have been in
  emergency refugee programmes.
• At least two years practical experience in community mobilization
  and organisation and appropriate community health and sanitation
  programmes. (Practical experience of hygiene promotion is essential).
• Good understanding of the health and hygiene risks of those affected
  or at risk of contracting Cholera and urban communities and of appropriate
  ways of tackling them. Must be aware of and sensitive to the particular
  needs of women in this context.
• Ability to present concise reports, sometimes at short notice,
  reflecting the problems and possible solutions for particular situations.
• Developed interpersonal and team skills and proven ability to be
  flexible in demanding situation.
• Capacity and desire to pass skills and information, confident
  communicator and willingness to work in collaboration with others and
  respectful to the community.
• Sympathy with the aims and objectives of Oxfam and commitment to
  humanitarian principles and action.
• Reliable team member works systematically and with limited
  supervision.
• Experience in budgeting, budget monitoring and expenditure
  forecasting.
• To be familiar with and abide by the NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct,
  the People in Aid Code, Oxfam International procedures and other
  regulatory codes/protocols (e.g. Sphere Minimum Standards and InterAction
  Field Co-operation Protocol).
• A mature understanding of relevant issues derived from at least two
  years of field experience, preferably both in relief and development with
  an organisation similar to Oxfam.
• Proven analytical skills and ability to think strategically,
  including the ability to think beyond the local programme context and to
  act within a regional framework.
• Personnel management skills.
• Diplomacy, tact and negotiating skills.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences, and the ability to work in a
  wide variety of cultural contexts.
• Good written and spoken English
• The role requires the ability to analyse and communicate complex
  information at a simpler level to a wide audience.
• Role is variable with well-defined targets and/or minimum standards
  and is both proactive and reactive.
• In-depth knowledge of the principles underlying the key purpose and
  role is required in order to make decisions affecting the team and which
  may impact more widely in the division/programme.
• Commitment to equal opportunity and gender policies. Demonstrated
  experience in integrating gender and diversity issues into programmes.

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