The Organization

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected. 

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

The Opportunity

The sanitation and hygiene promotion officer will support planning and implementation efforts s/he will provide management and technical support to project staff, monitor progress against plans, and report against agreed schedules. The post holder will ensure the project receives technical and operational support to ensure quality programming and intended impact. S/he will support documentation of learning for wider organizational use and will support partnerships and accountability measures at the implementation level.

Accountabilities

Project Implementation (65%)

• Ensure that the WASH promotion activities of the project are implemented according to the approved donor and government agreements.

• Planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and review of response activities as per the agreed document with donors and partners.

• Carrying out needs assessments and identifying activities to increase awareness and enhance hygiene behavior change.

• Report request of material needed for the Sanitation & Hygiene promotion activities and design IEC material according to the specific targeted group (adults, children, and persons living with disabilities).

• Design, monitor and implement WASH promotion activities according to the identified needs. These may include but are not limited to conducting sex and age-segregated consultations with the affected community, WASH kits distributions, WASH kits use demonstrations, water treatment, and water quality monitoring, training and follow-up of community health workers, and cleaning campaigns.

• Design, monitor and implement WASH promotion activities that protect the community and staff from the risk of WASH-related diseases.

• Design, monitor and implement to increase awareness about social protection services and appropriate practice about WASH, IYCF, MNCH, Education and protecting children from harmful practices and GBV

• Design, monitor and implement to aware of available WASH, health, nutrition, protection, GBV, PSEA and education services and how and where to access them

• Provide daily/weekly reports to the immediate supervisor. Provide monthly and quarterly reports for line managers and WaSH Project Managers

• Provide WASH promotion-related training for the Water Management Committee, governmental technicians, and concerned community members related to measures to remain protected from WASH-related disease and the importance of proper use and maintain WASH infrastructures for the community to remain safe and healthy.

• Be based in the targeted regions (depending on the needs) for several days per week to monitor the activities, including an overnight stay in rural areas.

• Work in close coordination with the community and all its representatives, including women, children, the elderly, and persons living with disabilities to ensure the specific needs and suggestions of all targeted beneficiaries are known. Work in close coordination with the WASH Coordinator and other sectors colleagues to ensure that the overall WASH response address the needs of the targeted population, in the respect of dignity, and local culture.

• Develop a checklist for WASH NFI distribution and monitor regular data collection in the field during needs assessments, post-distribution monitoring and, baseline, and end-line surveys.

• Undertakes any other relevant tasks assigned by the supervisor.

Related to Program Design (5%)

• Facilitate and collect baseline information and data from the community and submit it to PA for further analysis. Prepare the baseline report for his line manager.

Related to coordination, partnership, and networking (5%)

• In addition to the sanitation and hygiene promotion officer, he/she can serve as a principal representative to WASH thematic networks and clusters in the project areas that have relevance to the project implementation, to create collaborative and positive partnerships and alliances, and influence policy that maximizes the impact of the project.

• Establish links and good relationships with relevant government authorities, UN organizations, NGOs, academic and research institutions, and the media, in the area of water, sanitation, and hygiene to draw information and knowledge for project efficiency and effectiveness.

• Makes follow-up and proper documentation and share district government information, and strategies concerning water sanitation and hygiene.

Planning, strategy, and policy (5%)

• Ensure that planning and implementation of the project activities are by the program principles, approaches, and procedures of the organization

• Direct implementation of WASH project activities in the assigned project areas, including Water system rehabilitation and maintenance, hygiene promotion facilitation, and capacity-building for the development of  a detailed implementation plan (DIP) by the  project proposal

• Conduct frequent field trips, and undertake periodic reviews to follow up on the status of project implementation against the DIP

• Support communication with cooperating agencies and implementing partners on project progress, fund utilization, and challenges

• Support the implementation of audit recommendations related to crisis response projects

Partnership and resource mobilizations (5%)

• Ensure productive relationships are established and maintained with all IDPs  

• Closely work with government institutions, CBOs, and communities at the IDPs level to ensure adequate linkages are established

• Ensure active participation of relevant humanitarian actors and structures in designing, planning, implementation, and monitoring of projects (especially community members and government partners)

• Ensure all project events are well planned and known about by local stakeholders and concerned community members and beneficiaries

Quality improvement and standards (15%)

• Recommends appropriate mix of measures, evidence, and analytical methods, including methods to assess project progress, outcomes, and impact, working with other plan teams.

• Identifies quality gaps through ongoing assessment, including visits, and helps to implement improvements in practice, working closely with project managers and teams.

• Ensures adherence to agreed policies and standards about gender and inclusion

• Provide technical assistance and build the capacities of local partners in project management.

• Guide colleagues and partner staff on smooth partnership management for enhanced project implementation

• Ensure that appropriate partner assessment is done on time and communicated to relevant staff.

Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;

• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day to day work.

• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted

Job Requirements

Qualifications/Experience Essential:

• University degree in Environmental Health, water supply, public health, or a related subject. Adequate experience in the field will substitute for formal qualifications.

• 3 (Three) years of relevant professional experience

Qualifications/Experience Desirable:

• Experience in WASH facilities construction in a complex and demanding workload.

• Substantial experience in coordinating, mobilizing community, planning, implementation, supervision, monitoring, and reporting.

• Demonstrated work experience in designing, supervising, and implementing water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructural programs in the community Languages Required

Plan International’s Values in Practice

We are open and accountable

We create a climate of trust inside and outside the organization by being open, honest and transparent. We hold ourselves and others to account for the decisions we make and for our impact on others, while doing what we say we will do.

We strive for lasting impact

We strive to achieve significant and lasting impact on the lives of children and young people, and to secure equality for girls. We challenge ourselves to be bold, courageous, responsive, focused and innovative.

We work well together

We succeed by working effectively with others, inside and outside the organization, including our sponsors and donors. We actively support our colleagues, helping them to achieve their goals. We come together to create and implement solutions in our teams, across Plan International, with children, girls, young people, communities and our partners.

We are inclusive and empowering

We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge inequality in our programmes and our workplace. We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives. We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential.

How to Apply

• The closing date for the application is December 23, 2023. Qualified candidates should submit their application with the links provided below. CLIK HERE

• This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia.

Please note that: 

• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

• We are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated links.

• Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

• Female candidates are highly encouraged to Apply

More information about Plan International can be found on http://plan-international.org

References will be taken and background and anti-terrorism checks will be carried out in conformity with Plans Child Protection Policy. Plan operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all persons meeting the skills and experience required.

As an international child centered community development organization, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realization of children's rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organization, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.