Sanitation and Hygiene Coordinator at Lifewater International (Lifewater) Tanzania

Sanitation and Hygiene Coordinator
LIFEWATER INTERNATIONAL – TANZANIA
JOB DESCRIPTION
Position Title: Sanitation and Hygiene Coordinator
Position Locations: Shinyanga Program Area
Managers Position: Area Program Manager
Supervises: Sanitation & Hygiene Officers
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Job Summary:
The
overall responsibility of the Sanitation and Hygiene Coordinator is to
measurably improve the quality of life for vulnerable children and
families in communities and schools. S/he does this by leading a team of
Sanitation and Hygiene Officers (SHOs) to ensure effective sanitation
and hygiene promotion and sustained behavioral change among the local
communities, schools and public health institutions using appropriate
sanitation approaches and innovations.

This position and the
SHOs will walk alongside villages, families, schools, and churches,
transforming the WASH situation through use of Lifewater International’s
Vision of a Healthy Village (VHV) strategy. S/he is responsible for
realization of sanitation and hygiene (SH) plans, changed SH behaviors,
and the associated health outcomes in communities. The position holder
will be working and living in the communities alongside the people we
serve.

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Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitoring, evaluation, and data collection (baseline, mWater submissions) of households, communities, schools, and institutions
• Supervise
  and support SHOs in reaching every household in every target community,
  mobilizing them to achieve Healthy Homes and Healthy Villages
• School WASH facilitation and leadership: Teacher training, WASH club support
• Oversee SHO WASH promotion activities in schools and support schools to achieve Healthy School status
• Supports
  baseline data collection processes such as mapping of new areas,
  collecting WASH data and registering villages in the Lifewater system
  using mWater Flow
• Working in collaboration with the Area
  Programme Manager (APM) in planning and budgeting at the Programme level
  following Lifewater planning process and baseline data.
• Prepares
  detailed implementation schedules with timelines covering all schools,
  communities, primary schools, health care facilities and submits for
  review by APM. Use appropriate mWater forms for all registrations and
  assessments of community health activities.
• Supports and ensure
  monitoring, evaluation, and data collection (baseline, monitoring mWater
  submissions) of households, communities and schools ensuring data is
  completed accurately and submitted on time.
• Community WASH
  facilitation and leadership: oversees the planning, training and
  mentoring of WASH Facilitators), scheduling and leading on Community Led
  Total Sanitation (CLTS) and Open Defecation Free (ODF) verification
  processes.
• Supports and guides SHOs to carry out community
  mobilization for WASH activities and water committee engagement (before
  the water points are constructed).
• Schedules and works with the SHOs and Engineering team to conduct training for Water Committees.
• Leads
  WASH promotion activities at health care facilities including health
  workers training in WASH and other capacity building efforts
• Engages
  and nurtures relationship with key stakeholders including the District
  Health and Education Offices, Sub- County leaders, Village and Ward
  level villages and schools to enlist their support for LI WASH
  activities in the programme area.
• Improvements to curricula and
  methodologies, and ensuring that SHOs are using correct manuals and
  following guidelines for program activities
• Sets targets and
  manages performance of SHOs including conducting end of probation
  performance appraisals, 90 days’ performance reviews and have 1:1 weekly
  meeting to measure target achievements.
• Prepares and shares with the APM regular reports on all community health activities
• Submit weekly reports and timesheet to supervisor.
• Participate in weekly one-on-one supervision meetings with supervisor.
• Participate in regular staff and skype meetings.
• Complete other duties as assigned by supervisors.

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• Stakeholder
  engagement and collaboration with Local Government Agencies (LGA) at
  all levels to ensure ownership and sustainability of the project
• Strengthen
  informal and formal communication, information sharing, among all LI
  staff members, LGAs and all relevant and key stakeholders.
• Ensure
  coordination with other program teams and support teams with the aim of
  achieving the program and organizational objectives.

Qualifications

• A
  University degree in Environment Health, public health, Social
  Sciences, Social Work and Social Administration, Development Studies,
  Community Health, Community Psychology and Education or other related
  field.

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Experience:

• Minimum
  of three (3) years’ development working experience preferably in an NGO
  setting, with at least two (2) years of field experience managing and
  coordinating rural health/water and sanitation activities.
• Previous experience in the design and delivery of capacity building trainings in rural communities
• Experience
  in project planning & management with a good understanding of
  project cycle management particularly in WASH service provision
• Demonstrated experience in managing a team including staff performance management, mentoring and coaching.
• Competence in writing high quality reports, exhibiting detailed and professional attributes.
• Analytical skills and decision-making abilities even in complex and sensitive situations.
• Strong ICT skills especially Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to ride a motorcycle and in possession of with a valid riding permit

Personal Attributes:

• Ability
  to support Lifewater’s mission, vision, and core values; able to cope
  with cross-cultural and denominational diversities.
• Energetic, flexible and proactive with the ability to work both independently and cooperatively within a team setting.
• Well organized and efficient in time management whenever there is task pressure.
• Have
  strong teamwork skills and ability to develop and maintain effective
  working relations at all levels both within and outside the team.
• Punctual, honest, dependable, servant leader, trustworthy, encourager, peacekeeper, multi-tasker, and self-starter.
• Zero
  tolerance of corruption (all forms of interest conflicts, bribes,
  fraud, all kinds of corruptions, etc. are not acceptable).
• Honest, encourages openness and transparency
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale

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MODE OF APPLICATION
All applications should be done through https://lifewater.bamboohr.com/careers/99 and not otherwise. Application via email or any other platform won’t be considered the deadline of the applications is 20th February 2023 5:00PM.