Hygiene & Sanitation Specialist at World Vision October, 2022

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Job Description

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Activity

Contribute to the design and planning of WASH technical program 15%

End Results

Identify and analyze relevant underlying WASH-related causes of poor child well-being outcomes to understand current risks and vulnerabilities, especially for most vulnerable children
Support the integration of WASH programming with other sectors for collaborative impact and coordination
Consult on the development of WASH technical program design and planning those feeds into the national WASH strategy/plan
Prepare detailed implementation plans for sanitation and hygiene
Develop budgets for sectoral initiative

Activity

Technical guidance, supervision & quality assurance 2

End Results

Oversee compliance with technical aspects of donor and grant requirements through appropriate tracking of detailed implementation plans, addressing issues in a timely manner
Lead in the selection of various approaches for sanitation and hygiene, appropriate to the local context
Monitor the WASH program performance, particularly sanitation and hygiene against budget and compliance to donor requirements and contractual obligations Conduct regular spot-checking of WASH intervention documentation and project sites to ensure implementation quality and compliance to established standards, addressing issues as appropriate

Activity

Research, evidence, and reporting 25%

End Results

Support WASH landscape analysis at the national level to inform the national strategy, and technical program development process
Utilize data from landscape analysis to describe trends in risk factors for poor WASH among key population groups and most vulnerable children
Track WASH (sanitation and hygiene) program progress toward targets through the ITT and other indicators, adjusting where necessary to attain programmatic goals
Utilize field data to write reports and contribute toward learning and quality improvement
Support the capture and sharing of lessons learned stories and good practice.
Support research projects to explore program quality and efficacy, and to test new approaches and innovations

Activity

Resource acquisition and accountability 10%

End Results

Support the Grant Acquisition Management (GAM) team in the development of high-quality program/project proposals to meet required fundraising efforts
Support accountability tracking of WASH specific grants
Track sector-specific expenditure
Support procurement and distribution of necessary materials

Activity

Advocacy, external engagement, and partnering 10%

End Results

Build and maintain positive relationships with national-level stakeholders involved in WASH in order to contribute effectively to national-level dialogue, policy development and action
Coordinate with national-level authorities to assess WASH intervention (sanitation and hygiene) options, in alignment with government and global standards
Work with government and national-level WASH partners to secure agreements for World Vision’s WASH interventions particularly sanitation and hygiene.
Participate actively in external networks to explore and learn about emerging technology and other WASH innovations, and adapt WASH programming accordingly
Represent WV in WASH cluster meetings and coordinate with other development agencies and national-level WASH implementing partners to increase effective collaboration, prevent duplication, and identify remaining gaps

Activity

Capacity building and staff development feedback to employees 5%

End Results

Provide ongoing, timely, and constructive coaching and mentoring support to cluster/AP level staff to support their effective performance, including on their relationships with government authorities
Training staff and partners in key sanitation and hygiene approaches

Activity

Safeguarding 15%

End Results

Ensuring alignment to safeguarding of program activities
Ensure safeguarding training and orientation for all sector partners including community level

Activity

Other activities 5%

End Results

Participate in the global WASH community of practice
Ensure multi-sectoral integration
Participating and supporting WV non-sector activities
Government and donor engagement

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in WASH Software implementation Experience:

• Preferred: 3 – 4 years WASH software experience in a large International NGO

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Behavior Change, Social Sciences or other related field or equivalent experience Registered and Licensed with Environmental Health Practitioner Council

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

Postgraduate or master’s degree in WASH-related field, Behavior Change, Social Sciences, or another related field is highly preferred

Another additional knowledge

Partnering Grant writing Certification or documented experience in various behavior change approaches
Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement
Work environment: Office-based some travel to WVT field offices
Travel: 20% Domestic/international travel is required.

Language Requirements

English and Swahili

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Contact (within WV or outside WV)
AP Offices, District DMO? DMO) office

Reason for contact

Day-to-day implementation of project activities, providing technical support to ensure donor requirements are met
Link AP office with DMO / DHO office for closer technical support
Ensure compliance with National sanitation and hygiene standards

Frequency of contact

Daily/Weekly