Community Based Facilitator- WASH

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Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

Jobe Purpose

The Community based facilitator role is full-time field role with 90% expectation in the field. This position will ensure that the WASH components of the project are implemented fully in accordance with the community needs and standards, in a timely manner. Ensuring community engagement and consultation is critical at all stages of implementation. He/she will be primarily responsible for conducting hygiene promotion and sanitation practices in target communities, while embracing the contextual needs, behavior and practices. The role also underpins its great contribution in sustaining pf WASH activities in the project area while dealing with mindset change and acceptance in the community.

Major Responsibilities

Project Implementation

• In collaboration with other members of the WASH team, design and manage assessments and baseline studies to identify WASH-related health risks and priorities in the community
• Identify critical barriers to good hygiene practices within the community and design the response strategy and messages to fit the context
• Identify or develop culturally acceptable information education and communication (IEC) materials related to health education and hygiene promotion
• Adapt and develop training materials, Design appropriate training materials for use in local community development work and informal educational activities
• Provide behaviour change training in communities on hygiene practices such as hand washing with soap, water treatment, and latrine use.
• Conduct hygiene promotion for children through the approaches designed in the project
• Undertake the right hygiene promotion and sanitation marketing approaches as per the project design.

Capacity Building

• Establish and train volunteer WASH Groups and community mobilizers to conduct community hygiene promotion
• Conduct training to the WASH groups and community structures on key approaches including WASH UP! PHAST, CLTs program, etc
• Support WASH groups to conduct regular community-wide hygiene promotion sessions with different approaches as per the project and world vision requirement.
• Orient the WASH groups with all the data collection tools and reporting required

Coordination and Representation

• In consultation with local authorities and beneficiaries (particularly women and people with disabilities), assist WV project Engineers, distribution coordinators to identify sites and target households for water resources construction and any related response to disease outbreak
• Develop and maintain good relationships and lines of communication with relevant local communities, explaining World Vision Afghanistan’s role as an NGO and liaising with them during all phases of the project

Reporting and Monitoring

• Ensure baseline indicators for critical WASH component (Average lpd, Sanitation coverage, HW coverage and behavioural change are determined at the beginning of each project implementation.
• Report to the WASH Engineer the implementation of projects as planned according to developed technical standards, schedules and timelines.
• Update and prepare weekly reports on project progress. Work with Monitoring & Evaluation staff to regularly track and report on progress towards WV water, sanitation and hygiene targets.
• Ensure beneficiary data base for all activities are well documented – beneficiaries for household latrines support, hygiene promotion, water supply and WASH NFIs according to projects within the area.

(Adhere to WV accountability standards.)

Ensure full compliance with WVI’s Accountability Frameworks, Safeguarding Policies, Code of Conduct, and donor requirements by actively participating in AAP mandatory trainings and integrating accountability mechanisms into all project activities.

Conduct meaningful AAP community engagement and sensitization during field visits, including distribution of CFM cards to beneficiaries and facilitating awareness sessions on the feedback and complaints mechanism throughout project implementation.

Note:We thank all applicants for their interest in joining our organization. Due to the volume of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage of the recruitment process, we regret that we are unable to provide individual notifications or feedback to applicants on the outcomes of their interviews and tests and only the candidates at the final stage of interviews will be informed of the outcome.

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