Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist at SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

Summary of Primary Duties:

Under guidance of the Agriculture and Nutrition Advisor, the Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist will provide technical support in design, implementation and reporting for the KIWASH sanitation and hygiene component. S/he will work closely with the Department of Public Health in each of the targeted Counties, as well as support KIWASH County based WASH and Nutrition Specialists in implementation, monitoring and reporting of sanitation and hygiene activities, including the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) interventions.

Base of Operation:

This position will be based in KIWASH Western Region offices in Kisumu with frequent travel to all target counties implementing KIWASH project.

Reporting:

The Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist will report directly to the Agriculture and Nutrition Advisor based in Nairobi. The position will work in close consultation with the Western and Eastern Regions Nutrition and WASH Managers as well as the Western and Eastern Regions Service Provider Capacity Building Managers.

Key Responsibilities

Essential Duties

a) Technical support in implementation of sanitation and hygiene activities

• Provide technical assistance to County Public Health Departments in planning, design, implementation and reporting of sanitation and hygiene activities in all KIWASH counties

• Provide technical assistance in the implementation and roll-out of CLTS protocol, ODF Verification and certification guidelines and processes

• Provide technical input in design of county specific integrated WASH and nutrition training manuals, guides and job aids

• Act as the technical focal point for coordination and management of CLTS implementation in target counties

• Support the WASH and Nutrition specialists in creating demand for improved sanitation in KIWASH target counties

• Coordinate implementation of activities on sanitation marketing in all target counties

• Work closely with county government, private sector, community based organizations and other organized community groups such as youth and women in increasing uptake of sanitation products and services.

b) Capacity Building

• With support from regional Nutrition and WASH Manager and County Public Health Department, identify capacity gaps on CLTS among KIWASH County Based Nutrition and WASH staff and Sub-county Public Health Officers

• Conduct training and other capacity building activities related to CLTS, sanitation marketing, urban sanitation approaches and hygiene promotion initiatives within KIWASH target counties.

c) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

• With support from KIWASH capacity building specialists, support implementation of systems for efficiently monitoring and reporting of sanitation and hygiene activities.

• Undertake regular field monitoring of sanitation and hygiene activities to ascertain progress against benchmarks, utilization of resources and make timely recommendations for follow up by county KIWASH teams.

• Support establishment and/or strengthening of county CLTS learning forums and work with regional Nutrition and WASH managers to facilitate inter-county learning visits.

d) Reporting and Documentation

• Contribute to timely preparation and submission of projects (technical and financial) reports for management and donor decision making processes

• Support synthesis of lessons learnt, documentation and dissemination of best practices

e) Representation

• Participate in County stakeholders forums on hygiene and sanitation

• Represent KIWASH in Counties sanitation and hygiene inter-agency forums including Sanitation Technical Working Groups (TWG).

Any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Candidate Profile/ Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in either Environmental Health, Public Health or other related discipline such as Community Development
• 7 years of experience working in sanitation and hygiene programs in Kenyan context
• Knowledge of Kenyan environmental, Health and Sanitation legislation and regulatory framework required
• Familiarity in working with existing institutional sanitation and hygiene frameworks
• Knowledge and experience implementing CLTS in Kenya required
• Experience in implementing activities in sanitation marketing an added advantage 
• Experience in behavior change communication is an added advantage