Project Officer - Hygiene and Sanitation

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• Degree in public/Environmental health, community development or relevant WASH field
  

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Expertise in partnership and collaborations with community, county governments and other S&H related institutions under WASH market-based approaches.
  
• Cross-cultural sensitivity, flexible worldview, and ability to work with a wide range of people from different backgrounds.
  
• Proficiency in Ms Office
  
• Proposal/Concept writing skills for fund raisin
  

Required Professional Experience

• A minimum of 3 to 5 years proven experience for degree holder in working/programming in either relief or development including managing a large scale community based project with evidence of successful implementation of similar projects.
  
• Working experience in Sanitation and Hygiene Market Based approaches.
  
• Good commercial acumen - appreciation of budgeting and financial management.
  
• Good analytical and critical thinking skills, problem-solving, judgment and decision-making skills and the ability to monitor and explain trends and variances.
  
• Good negotiation and persuasion skills with the ability to influence people positively
  

Technical support

• Identify and implement viable Sanitation, Hygiene and Health promotion technological options within the project area of operations
  
• Develop detailed implementation plans and monitor implementation of Sanitation and hygiene project activities in the area of operation
  
• Provide support in implementation of Market-based Sanitation and Hygiene approach to ensure quality, effectiveness and timely implementation.
  
• Ensure that business processes, standards and guidelines related to WASH initiatives developed in coordination with Operations and NO-WASH are effectively implemented within the project area.
  
• Capacity building of staff and communities in programming and implementation of market-based Sanitation & Hygiene activities.
  
• Preparation of bills of quantities for projects e.g VIP latrines and pre - cast sanitation slabs
  
• Participate in development of timely and accurate funding proposals in line with donor requirements and WVK standards in collaboration with AP technical staff and other sector specialists in WVK.
  
• Participate in roll out of Market-based sanitation and hygiene programming including MHM management.
  
• Identify and implement viable sanitation and Hygiene promotion technological options within the project areas.
  
• Design innovative interventions/products that would facilitate change among targeted market actors and business centre
  
• Contribute to internal learning and knowledge management processes, including regular performance monitoring, programme reviews and evaluations of the WASH business centre.
  
• Collaborate with other programs within area of operation to achieve proposed child and community well-being outcomes through market- based, Menstrual hygiene management, sanitation and hygiene initiatives;
  
• Support integration of health interventions into WASH for greater impact.
  

Quality Assurance

• Develop monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and end of projects reports on sanitation, hygiene and health and ensure that the reports are prepared in a timely manner and in accordance with WV Kenya and Donor requirements.
  
• Document and disseminate best practices on sanitation, hygiene and health interventions and microfinance.
  
• Provide technical support during, Assessment, Planning, Designing, baselines, monitoring, reporting and evaluation
  
• Carry out monitoring of all sanitation, hygiene and health activities within the AP
  

Advocacy, Engagement with strategic partners, Linkages and networks & partnership development

• Collaborate with Ministry of Health and other relevant departments in implementing the Market-based Sanitation & Hygiene activities and aligning WASH business processes to existing national guidelines and policies.
  
• Liaise with consultants and government line ministries in providing relevant SHH technical advice to the WASH NO management
  
• Build strong relationships with businesses, , private sector and government partners across the county to accelerate WASH services through WASH Market based approaches.
  
• Promote advocacy on sanitation and Hygiene issues within the programme area.
  
• Participate in Sanitation, Hygiene & Health coordination and other meetings as may be required in the programme area
  
• Liaison with the County government in identification of areas of collaboration and scale in WASH access.
  
• Engage with key stakeholders, Community, government, church and other civil society representatives within the AP in order to maximize the impact of project efforts.
  
• Any other relevant responsibility as may be assigned by the Area Program leadership or other relating supervisors
  
• Representation of WV Kenya in key SHH stakeholder forums/meetings at the Ward, Sub-County levels, TWGs forums
  

Any Other

• Representation of WV Kenya in key SHH stakeholder forums/meetings at the Ward, Sub-County levels, TWGs forums