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Community Health and Hygiene Promoter

Date Posted: Nov 07, 2022
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Job Detail

  • Location:
    Ghazni
  • Type:
    Contract
  • Shift:
    First Shift (Morning)
  • Career Level:
    Experienced Professional
  • Positions:
    4
  • Vacancy number:
    PU-AMI/HR/GZN/001935
  • Experience:
    1 Year
  • Gender:
    Female
  • Salary:
    As per Company salary scale
  • Degree:
    Diploma
  • Apply Before:
    Nov 15, 2022

About PU-AMI

PU-AMI (known globally as Première Urgence Internationale, PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. PU-AMI’s teams are committed to support vulnerable communities and populations, those marginalized, hit by conflict, natural disaster or economic downturns. PU-AMI’s main objective is to contribute to reduction in morbidity and mortality, and provide emergency relief to those in immediate need in order to help them regain their dignity.

Afghan mission is the oldest of PUI missions, with the first medical intervention launched in 1979 just after the Soviet troops crossed the country’s borders. PU-AMI teams currently deliver the integrated health care, combined with nutrition, psychosocial support; water, sanitation and hygiene (wash), as well as trauma services. The organization implements projects mainly in eastern parts of the country, and increasingly in the South-East Region. Since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, PU-AMI has also positioned itself as one of the main actors in preparedness and response to the pandemic, implementing health and wash-cantered activities at health facilities and community level in Kabul and beyond.

Globally, PUI provides assistance to around 6 million people in 23 countries and across 5 continents: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America, and Europe.

Job Description

Responsibilities and particular assignmentsمسؤلیت ها و وظایف مشخص

General Responsibilitiesمسؤلیت های عمومی:

The Hygiene Promoter will work in the catchment area of SHCs and support its implementation through conducting session with community elders (male and female) as well as community mobilization and health education. The Hygiene promoters are responsible to carry out all Hygiene education trainings, WASH related KAP survey, sanitation facilities, Hygiene kit distribution, working on holding sessions of persona, environmental hygiene education.

Objective 1: Hygiene Promotion activities

Activities/main duties

•             Participate in the development and adaptation of IEC material, following MOPH standards and guidelines

•             Organize hygiene promotion session using the material available, and adapting his/her communication to the audience (adults, children,)

•             Holding session of personal and environmental hygiene education.

•             Organize demonstrations of best practices linked to hygiene behaviors

•             Record attendance of hygiene promotion sessions

•             Report any challenge and issue to the team leader (Medical Doctor) or WaSH DPM

•             Documentation of specific success stories link to the WASH activates

Objective 2: HKs distribution follow up

Activités/main duites

•             Monitor and support distribution of hygiene kits in the community.

•             Provided information on the proper use of hygiene kits

•             Provide support to the MEAL team during the PDM (Post distribution monitoring)

•             Participate in hygiene kit distribution process

•             Identification beneficiaries for hygiene kit distribution

Objective 3: Community outreach

Activities/main duties

•             Creates linkages between PU-AMI and host communities (elders, shuras, CDCs), identifies leaders of the refugee/displaced community and ensures proper communication by field visits and regular meetings

•             Informs community representatives about planned schedule of MHT visit Collaboration with the District Health Officer and/or community health workers to facilitate the outreach to communities

•             Organizes meetings with local leaders, beneficiaries, collects their feedback and reports complaints

•             training of community elders  on hygiene messages

•             Provide information on the hand washing in five critical times.

•             Passed environmental health and water sanitation message to the related community.

Objective 4:  Facilitator for SHCs activities

Activities/main duties

•             Supports SHC teams in setting up the intervention location, facilitated community meeting with SHCs staff.

•             Ensure the proper communication between SHCs and community.

•             Ensure the hygiene implementation work through meeting with community elders.

•             Facilitate WaSH related KAP survey.

•             Assist with the hygiene baseline and end line survey for each selected area.

 

Job Requirements

Qualification/ Requirements تحصیلات و شرایط لازمه

  • Graduated from at least 12th class, bachelor will be given priority
  • At least 1–2-year experience working with NGO particularly in the nutrition field.
  • Pashto and Dari skills are required; English is preferable
  • Sensitive to public health issues.
  • Priority will be given to those who has similar experience
  • Willing to go too repeatedly to field.
  • Good understanding of Ghazni will be an asset.
  • Good communication skills.

Submission Guideline:

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Note

You are allowed to apply only before closing date

Due to large number of applicants we are unable to provide individual feedback.

Only short listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted.

Qualified Female candidate are highly encourage to apply.

  • Academic certificates/diplomas. These will be requested if called for interview.

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