Health and WASH Division Manager

Key performance Areas   

• Plans, organizes, directs, and controls health and WASH activities of the work unit; Formulates/reviews policies, procedures strategies, guidelines/handbooks, models, methodologies, and standard packages on health and WASH services that enable effective and efficient Health &WASH Program and project implementation in the Society in a standardized and consistent manner.
• Works closely with other relevant work units so as to initiate, develop and assure the implementation of internal & externally funded community-based development like water and environmental sanitation as well as health-related projects in consultation with concerned bodies and coordinates its implementation upon approval;
• Oversee the site selection, technical specification, and development of community-based water point sources and piping systems upon the request of branches and based on the national standard;
• In collaboration with other relevant work units, assigns specialists/technical staff in different health and WASH projects of the Society;
• Monitors and takes part in internal/joint evaluations of the implementation of internal & externally funded health and WASH projects including compliance with partners’ requirements;  Provides technical assistance to branches in project management related to health and WASH.
• Work with the responsible work units to design and administer Health and WASH training to staff & volunteers in a participatory hygiene and sanitation transformation (PHAST) and ELTS approach with the training cascading to the community level to raise awareness on the link between lack of proper hygiene and sanitation and the prevalence of preventable diseases.
• supports the promotion of disease prevention before, during, and after the advent of disaster through different mechanisms such as CBHFA including non-communicable diseases; Supports in Strengthening primary health care which will focus on strengthening health care at household, community, and primary health care facilities level by working in collaboration with the ministry of health and other relevant sector ministries;
• Collaborate and take part in nutritional education and promotion, promotion of fortified food items to address micro and macro nutrition deficiencies, kitchen garden; Work with relevant work units to strengthen the capacity of the health system to be able to provide quality care;
• In close collaboration with the concerned work units implement WASH and nutrition intervention focusing on promoting hygiene (focusing on the five hygiene domains) and sanitation following a PHAST and CLTSH + approaches in the community;
• Provide technical support & assistance to the concerned work units in efforts made to complement the government’s intervention in ensuring access to safe water in constructing and rehabilitating water facilities, strengthening water management committees as well as promoting household water treatment.
• Support identification and scaling up of community-based health and care interventions that are evidence-based and cost-effective using CBHFA, PHAST, BCC, Community Based Nutrition Interventions, and other approaches; Participates in coordination and task force meetings, and related forums on matters of health and WaSH sector
• Take part in designing and implementing of promotion of a culture of non-violence and peace activities integrating with health and WaSH project of the national society;
• Provides coaching and mentoring to subordinates and team members on program quality standards, management quality procedures, and health and WaSH projects/programs  best practices
• Supervise the development of water supply infrastructures to disaster victims, and rehabilitating damaged water structures (water points) in the aftermaths of disasters, training water committees in operating, maintaining, and managing water points sustainably;
• Ensures timely, efficient, and impactful implementation of health and WaSH projects  and closely follow up the deadlines of the same,
• In coordination with project design and proposal development work unit and partners/stakeholders during the project identification, planning, implementation, and monitoring of the project activities to ensure compliance and success of health and WaSH projects
• Accommodates Psychosocial supports (PSS) in emergency relief assistance to help individuals and communities to heal their psychological wounds and rebuild social structures after an emergency or a critical event;
• Monitor health and WaSH programs’/projects’ implementation progress and take corrective measures when there is a deviation from approved project plans;

Work Unit: Health and WASH Division.

Terms of employment: Permanent     

Job Requirements

Qualification Requirements:

• Second/First Degree in public health, environmental science, health service management, health promotion and behavior and
• 8/10 years relevant experience out of which 2/4 years in Senior Managerial position/s/.

How to Apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form with the indicated link https://ee.humanitarianresponse.info/x/IyUTlyf1 before the closing date of this announcement on Feb 18, 2022.