job description on wash cluster

WASH cluster generic job description: Hygiene Promotion Community Mobiliser                    
Job title:                            Hygiene Promotion Community Mobiliser
Reports to:                              Hygiene Promoter

Purpose:                                                   
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.


Key tasks and responsibilities:
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 Hygiene Promoters.
•    Liaise with water supply and sanitation field staff.
•    Liaise with community leaders and other sectors and agencies working locally.

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.
•    Mobilise disaster-affected communities as appropriate.
•    Act as the link between the WASH response and the affected population at community level.
•    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.

Resources management
•    Use programme resources effectively and with care.

Programme approach
•    Carry out Hygiene Promotion activities in line with relevant standards, codes of conduct, and humanitarian principles.
•    Encourage the participation of community members throughout the programme.
•    Act in a way that is sensitive to gender, protection, HIV, the environment, and other important cross-cutting concerns.


Person specification:

1.    Some prior knowledge of health, hygiene, teaching, or community development.
   
2.    Strong communication skills.

3.    Good listening skills.

4.    Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of different sectors of the community.

5.    Trust and wide acceptance by the community.

6.    Diplomacy, tact, and negotiating skills.

    7.    Literacy, numeracy, and record keeping skills are desirable but may not be essential.