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Job Title:   WASH Officer-GFFO  

Organisation: Action Against Hunger-USA

Duty Station:  Adjumani, Uganda

About the Company:

Action Against Hunger-USA is part of the Action Against Hunger International network, which provides humanitarian relief in over 40 countries worldwide in the sectors of nutrition, health, water/sanitation, and food security. Action Against Hunger-USA, an independent NGO, currently manages operations in 8 countries: Kenya, South Sudan, Cambodia, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Haiti and Somalia. Action Against Hunger-USA has over $75 million in programs, and approximately 2000 staff based in in the various country offices, Head Quarter in New York City and Operational Centre in Nairobi. Additional growth is anticipated.

Job Summary:   Under the supervision of the Program Manager (PM), the WASH Officer will take lead on planning and rolling out WASH project interventions spanning design and installations of WASH facilities, social and behaviour change communication interventions in addition to coordination with key stakeholders in collaboration with the team and under management of the PM.

Purpose: Be the focal point for the implementation of WASH project interventions. The WASH officer will take lead on providing overall technical and project support for the planning, implementation, management, and monitoring of WASH project interventions in Adjumani base.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Program development and Implementation (50%)

• Where possible, active contribute to program development and resource mobilization through WASH needs assessments to inform proposal developments, where possible participate in the writing concept notes and proposal.
• Plan for timely & quality implementation of project interventions spanning WASH both infrastructure & hygiene promotion within the project areas.
• Support timely provision of safe emergency WASH services spanning safe water supply, excreta management, solid waste management, distribution of WASH NFIs kits, and Social & Behavior change (SBC) and or hygiene promotion and ensure appropriate community engagement in the design and delivery of essential WASH services in the targeted communities.
• Participate in development of relevant project IEC materials for SBC and also ensure that such materials are effectively disseminated to targeted beneficiaries.
• Take account of Nutrition, gender, protection, HIV, climate change and other important cross-cutting concerns in programme 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.
• Ensure all ACF field work is carried out in a way that is sensitive to community needs and gender issues. To promote full and equal participation of women, men, boys, girls in all aspects of the work and to ensure that ACF’s programme is an opportunity for peaceful coexistence rather than community division.
• To be familiar with and abide by ACF policies, NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, Humanitarian and SPHERE minimum standards and Ensure that project interventions strive to conform to government, Sphere standards and adhere to ACF’s guidelines and protocols.
• Support ACF staff, volunteers and partner to plan and implement allocated project activities when appropriate to ensure timely and quality delivery of the project.
• Depending on the situation, the post holder may be asked to perform other tasks as requested by the supervisors.

Monitoring, Evaluation and reporting (30%)

• Participate in beneficiary profiling, beneficiary registration, and base line-end line assessments in WASH activities through technical review and guidance on data collection tools.
• Participate in all project reviews, reporting, assessments, surveys and studies and ensure these are conducted as per protocol and provide right and valid information with high validity and reliability.
• Document and compile reports on project activities including Monthly & Quarterly donor reports, internal reports (Project Activity Reports (APRs) and activity reports (meetings, and any other activity).
• Support the establishment of a database for all WASH project activities to regularly monitor and evaluate their impact and numbers reached.
• Take leadership in documenting project success stories and lessons learned during project implementation.

People management and supervision (10%)

• Where possible, conduct detailed induction and orientation of new staff under your supervision ensuring that all relevant documents and tools of work are shared with new staff
• Identify training needs and build capacity of WASH staff and partner staff in all key WASH technical programme aspects as well as cross cutting issues.
• Ensure that staff under your supervision are effectively prepared and supported to deliver their tasks and perform to expectation.

Coordination and representation (10%)

• Participate in appropriate district coordination meetings related to WASH programme by actively participating in internal and external meetings and ensure strong ACF’s visibility is scaled up and maintained.
• Build good working relationship with all stakeholders and communities and work closely with relevant district departments, OPM, and partners to share relevant information.
• Ensure that stakeholders are sensitized on program accountability and have information on beneficiary feedback mechanism.
• Mobilize communities and community leaders to participate in Action Against Hunger project community activities and organize regular community meetings to address areas for program improvement.
• Actively participate in events organized in the refugee and host community settings.

Other duties as required (5%)

• Supervisory Responsibilities
• Provide technical supervision to WASH Community Based facilitator (CBF) and partner staff and volunteers if any.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in water resource engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Public health, natural resources management, environmental science, social sciences or other relevant field with at least 3 years’ continuous experience implementing Humanitarian WASH programme.
• A post graduate diploma in project management and management, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) or equivalent will be an added advantage.
• Proven practical experience in water supply constructions
• Proven practical experience in community mobilization, community health and sanitation programmers in humanitarian context.
• Ability to present concise reports, sometimes at short notice, reflecting the problems and possible solutions for situations.
• Flexibility and ease in working with local people have diplomacy, tact and administrative skills to work with people at managerial level, and occasionally government levels.
• Assessment, analytical and planning skills.
• Developed interpersonal and team skills and proven ability to be flexible in demanding situation.
• Excellent reporting skills with good oral and written communication skills
• Sensitivity to cultural differences, and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.
• Commitment to humanitarian principles and action.
• Commitment to equal opportunity and gender policies.
• Demonstrated experience in integrating gender and diversity issues into programme.
• Ability to work under pressure, ability to prioritize and commitment to meet deadlines.
• Strong presentation skills with mastery of Power point, Excel, MS word and other computer applications.
• Practical knowledge of Engineering software including Global Position Information systems (GIS), AutoCAD, EPANET, Water GEMS, etc.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently
• Team player, extremely flexible with the ability to cope with stressful situations .
• Knowledge of the local languages is an added advantage.
• Ability to ride a motorcycle and possession of a valid riding permit

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 20th September 2024

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