Hygiene Promoter at ACTED

Main objective:

As part of the WASH intervention, to safeguard and improve the public health of the affected population by: promoting safe WASH practices, including appropriate use and maintenance of WASH facilities and services; ensuring appropriate community involvement in the design and delivery of essential WASH services and facilities.

Responsibilities for the Hygiene Promoter Job 

Information management

• Gather data during needs assessments, baseline studies, and periodic studies, and help feed back findings to stakeholders.
• Help plan activities to reduce WASH-related risks.
• Record data on routine activities and WASH conditions and forward it to the WASH PM
• Liaise with community leaders and other sectors and agencies working locally.

Project Implementation

• Help identify key hygiene practices to be addressed and carry out appropriate activities to promote safe practices. These activities may include the following:
  communication activities such as community meetings, drama, information campaigns, use of educational materials etc.;
• Support to water-point committees, hygiene committees, latrine attendants etc.
• Mobilize disaster-affected communities as appropriate and act as the link between the WASH response and the affected population at community level.
• Conduct Hygiene activities work according to templates, methodology and work-plans agreed with the WASH Manager
• Support in data collection for KAP surveys
• Provide hygiene promotion training to targeted groups according to methodology and training materials developed.
• Ensure that training attendance sheets are completed accurately
• Facilitate the distribution of Hygiene Kits as agreed in work-plans,
• Help identify needs for non-food items relevant to hygiene, participate in the choice of items, targeting strategy, promotion of effective use, and post-distribution monitoring.
• Ensure that beneficiary reception lists are completed accurately
• Complete materials follow up to monitor what materials are used and what requests are needed from the warehouse

Resources management

• Use programme resources effectively and with care.

Project Reporting/Documentation

• Ensure the beneficiary database is accurately filled out on a weekly basis
• Prepare weekly reports outlining activities and problems related to Hygiene promotion
• Maintain and update relevant ACTED project files and documentation.
• Ensure ACTED/donor visibility through photographs, work-vests etc.
• Perform other duties requested.

Qualifications for the Hygiene Promoter Job

• Some prior knowledge of health, hygiene, teaching, or community development.
• Strong communication skills.
• Good listening skills.
• Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of different sectors of the community.
• Trust and wide acceptance by the community; a resident of Mandera
• Diplomacy, tact, and negotiating skills.
• Literacy, numeracy, and record keeping skills are desirable but may not be essential.