Project Officer – Sanitation and Hygiene
Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African-based international health development organisation; currently implementing more than 180 programs, reaching more than 40million people across 35 African countries; and a staff complement of over 2,000. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref Health Africa has offices in ten countries in Africa – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea (Conakry),Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. An additional eleven advocacy and fundraising offices are located in Europe and North America.
- Full Time
- Turkana County, Kenya
The Project Officer – Sanitation and Hygiene is expected to provide consistent and high-quality technical support in relation to sustained WASH access and behaviors. The position involves liaising with local authorities, communities, and other agencies regularly to ensure effective implementation of activities as well as participate in WASH-related forums. As part of the assignment the position holder is expected to identify, design and develop/adopt communication approaches, manuals and materials on appropriate water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, health promotion and disease prevention, and support in project surveys and need assessments. S/he is expected to coordinate training and monitoring of Community Health Workers, Community Health Extension Workers and hygiene promoters with frequent trips to the project sites to organize promotion activities, collect data and statistics concerning issues that relates with WASH BCC and provide periodic progress updates.
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