WASH Support - Hygiene awareness at Save the Children Nigeria in Lagos, Nigeria

Position Objective

To assist execution of WASH part of a project, which includes hygiene awareness, allocation of WASH items, client engagement of group hygiene groups, and partnership with WASH participants at state/LGA levels.

Scope of Position

This position will assist, organize and mobilize public health voluntary assistants and group collaborations for P & G project, through partnering and closely operating with the WASH Organizer, Monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning Organizer, Program Manager, Site Manager on the project.   S/he will make sure that there is an efficient and aligned execution of the project in Lagos in addition to generate consistent documentation for the project. S/he will collaborate with the Group Hygiene Voluntary assistants to carry out consistent hygiene awareness at the execution sites. She will ensure the collation of every month, every quarter documentation that feeds into CO and donors documentation. S/he will collaborate with CO ACCM Unit to formulate applicable materials, which includes but not limited to regulatory framework summaries/update messages, idea notes, standard procedures and perform actions to produce empowering environment and advance rising government and group dedication and action on children’s rights to safe water, sanitation and hygiene.

Position Dimensions:

Public involvement and Involvement, information exchange and synchronization with participants, Support and regulatory framework shape, IT assistance and skills development

Safeguarding Duties:

Ensure safe programming standard procedures are followed to reduce the risk of unsafe procedures, strengthen prevention measures and recognize and minimize risks in programme execution.

Aspiration:

• sets driven and difficult targets for themselves and their team, takes duty for their own personal development and promotes their team to do the same
• widely allocates their personal aspiration for Save the Children, engages and encourages others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a worldwide scale.

Partnership:

• builds and sustains efficient connections, with their team, teammates, Members and external associates and backers
• values diversity, sees it as a acquire of attractive power
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativeness:

conceptualizes and promotes new and creative strategies ready to take self-controlled risks.

Honesty and reliability:

truthful, promotes openness and transparency; displays highest levels of honesty and reliability

Credentials 

Academic qualification/ Postgraduate certification in Community health, Development Economics, Education, Public Regulatory framework, Human Rights Law, Development Studies or any relevant field. Wanted Number of Years’ expertise – 1 (A minimum of one year in a WASH intervention)

Expertise and Competencies:

• Level of IT Needed qualifications – Outstanding
• Profound expertise in Nigeria compliance and education operational structures and WASH space
• Expertise in designing and executing Community-related and Conduct Adjustment plans, ideally in WASH, Education or child rights programming.
• Deep knowledge of group dynamics, cultural norms, and the position of conduct adjustment in optimizing teaching results.
• Robust logical structure to transparently communicate effectively and convey our regulatory framework roles.
• Capability to be strategic and initiative-driven when necessary to be capable to keep support strategies agile and in sync to new regulatory framework and political progress updates.
• Capability to transparently convey and easily refer to state and local government governing bodies.
• Capable to show positive mindset, diplomatic, negotiator, and team player.
• Expertise of operating in a diverse workplace and respect for diversity
• Adhere with the qualifications of Save the Children’s dedication to protect children in accordance with the Child Safeguarding Regulatory framework
• Building external networks
• Strategic Organizing
• Upgraded voice responsibility
• Development and Facilitation

Additional work tasks:

The obligations and duties as set out above are not exhaustive and the position holder may be necessary to carry out additional obligations within reasonableness of their level of competencies and expertise.