Action Against Hunger WASH PHP & NFI Assistant - COVID-19 Jobs in Nigeria
Action Against Hunger WASH PHP & NFI Assistant - COVID-19 Jobs in Nigeria
Objective 1Participate in the implementation of COVID-19 Response Activities.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Conduct WASH needs assessment and identifies the communities and HF at high risk of COVID-19 for IPC and Risk Communication and Community Engagement
Conduct hygiene promotion and COVID 19 awareness and sensitization
Assist in conducting house to house visits to monitor hygiene practices
Contribute to response to the pandemic by actively participating in internal coordination forums and sub-groups to address specific needs
Provide advice, education, and support to frontline health workers in select health facilities
Ensure the gender mainstreaming during the implementation of activities
Objective 2
Participate in Risk Communication and Community Engagement
Tasks and Responsibilities
Support WASH officer in Identification and training of existing community volunteers or Community Nutrition Monitors and Surveillance officers on Surveillance and Risk communication on COVID 19
Support in disseminating key BCC program information related to COVID 19 Infection prévention through innovation and learning priorities in effective community mobilization approaches
Ensure all stakeholders: IDP camp leaders, community leaders, religious leaders, market women leaders, are engaged in COVID 19 responses in all the areas of intervention.
Ensures that the COVID-19 preparedness and response operation are properly communicated to all stakeholders and implemented according to WHO and NCDC guidelines.
Facilitate community awareness on the use of facemask in all the intervention areas.
Ensures feedback, community perceptions and insights are regularly analyzed and shared with key operation teams and decision-makers to inform action
Engages in dialogue with key stakeholders’ leadership to ensure community engagement issues and insights drive the health response
Leads and coordinates the setting up/strengthening of appropriate feedback systems in line with established feedback to gain a deeper understanding of the community perceptions, beliefs, rumors and complaints about COVID 19.
Support community volunteers and Surveillance Officer in identifying and sensitizing hot spot zones in communities
Support community volunteers and Surveillance Officer on sensitization in communities on COVID 19
Objective 3
Support Isolation centers, Health Facilities
Tasks and Responsibilities
Carry out IPC assessment on various health facilities and communities of areas of interventions.
Support health workers in waste management disposal training
Technically support the development of job aids, training materials, information sheets on COVID-19 related infection prevention and control
Support training of Health Workers on IPC, and Risk communication
Support and monitor the renovation of isolation points at the health facilities.
Support health facilities in developing infection prevention and control weekly plan
Activate IPC committees in communities and health facilities with training, tools, measurement packages, job aides
Ensure that isolation points staff maintain standard precaution with respect to Infection Prevention and Control at all times.
Ensure isolation points are functionally set up to
serve temporarily as an observation room of all suspected cases in the LGA before they are transported to the LGA.
Follow-up with all suspected cases to ensure that they receive the expected care until they are taking out of the LGA.
Engage the family of suspected cases on regular education on IPC, and debunked rumor on COVID-19 in the community
Objective 4
Support in the coordination of all COVID-19 related activities at the LGA level
Tasks and Responsibilities
Assist the WASH officer to coordinate with targeted LGA stakeholders to carry out all activities related to COVID-19.
Collaborate with community influencer to ensure that community members buy-in the project ideas on Infection Prevention and Control
Qualification
University Degree / Higher National Diploma Certificate or equivalent and professional experience in Environmental Health Sciences, Community Health, Nursing, Public Health, Health Education, Sociology and other Social Science discipline and experience in WASH, behavior change, Health, and Nutrition program.
Skills and Experience
Essential
Experience on behavioral change and communication (BCC) and Public Health Promotion
Community mobilization and sensitization models/approaches
Experience multisectoral programming like WASH, Health, and Nutrition Programming.
Experience in leading community engagement approaches and capacity building efforts of local organizations.
Experience in designing and implementing assessments, community consultations, research activities.
Experience in an international organization or NGO
Preferred
Good understanding of IPC and Risk Communication and Community Engagement issues in COVID-19 contexts.
Sensitivity to challenging political contexts and understanding of risk management processes.
Able to capture learning and use it to make improvements in programming and operations.
Good knowledge of gender and diversity issues in humanitarian programming
Team management and activity planning
Good knowledge of the intervention area
Ability to speak the local language is a must: Hausa, Kanuri
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Action Against Hunger WASH PHP & NFI Assistant - COVID-19 Jobs in Nigeria
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