WASH Officer – Hygiene Promotion at Save the Children Nigeria – Borno

Save the Children Nigeria is recruiting a WASH Officer – Hygiene Promotion in Borno (job ID 18175) for an integrated humanitarian response. Reporting to the WASH Coordinator, the officer will guide community hygiene promotion, strengthen partners and monitor programme delivery.

Responsibilities

• Plan and supervise inclusive hygiene promotion sessions on safe water, sanitation, handwashing, food hygiene and menstrual health.
• Coordinate hygiene activities with nutrition, health, child protection, partners and community structures.
• Train and coach hygiene promoters and community representatives and support emergency hygiene campaigns.
• Assess hygiene needs at facilities and advise on suitable handwashing, sanitation and safe water practices.
• Monitor facility cleanliness and use, refer infrastructure problems to the WASH Officer – Infrastructure and follow up corrective actions.
• Develop monitoring tools with MEAL colleagues, analyse programme data and produce regular field and donor reports.
• Maintain safeguarding, PSEA, accountability, feedback and data-protection standards in all activities.
• Coordinate community engagement, distributions, post-distribution monitoring and relevant government and NGO stakeholders.

Requirements

• Degree or postgraduate certificate in Public Health, Environmental Health, Water or Sanitary Engineering, Social Sciences or a related discipline.
• At least three years of relevant experience, preferably in humanitarian or recovery WASH work.
• Experience in community hygiene promotion, mobilisation, behaviour change and field monitoring.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, report writing and data management.
• Commitment to humanitarian principles, child safeguarding, inclusion and accountability.
• Knowledge of Sphere, WHO and relevant WASH standards, community hygiene groups and hygiene distribution monitoring is an advantage.