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Health and Hygiene Promotor

Date Posted: Mar 02, 2024
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Job Detail

  • Location:
    Kunar
  • Type:
    Contract
  • Shift:
    Rotating Days
  • Career Level:
    Entry Level Staff
  • Positions:
    1
  • Vacancy number:
    PU-AMI/HR/KUN/002292
  • Experience:
    1 Year
  • Gender:
    Female
  • Salary:
    As per Company salary scale
  • Degree:
    14th grade qualification
  • Apply Before:
    Mar 13, 2024

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  

The Hygiene Promoter will work in the catchment area of SHCs and support its implementation through conducting sessions with community elders (male and female) as well as community mobilization and health education. The Hygiene promoters are responsible for carrying out all Hygiene education training, WASH-related KAP surveys, sanitation facilities, Hygiene kit distribution, working on holding sessions of persona, and 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 sessions using the material available, and adapting his/her communication to the audience (adults, children,) 

  • Holding sessions 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

Qualifications/Requirements 

  • Graduated from 12th class 

  • Sensitivity to public health issues 

  • Willingness to carry out frequent field visits throughout Nangarhar/Kunar provinces 

  • Good knowledge of Kunar province is an asset 

  • Good communication skills

  • 1 year of NGO experience would be a significant asset 

Submission Guideline:

Dear candidates,  

To apply for this vacancy, please use the following link:   

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwrD677AzW8J_aAJl7bDmAuK_8LdbaZFMQ8BDWnNYYlfBYAg/viewform  

If the link above does not work by clicking on it, please copy and paste it in the browser address bar.  

Make sure to press submit at the end of the application.  

Please note:  

You are allowed to apply only before the closing date  

Only the candidates who meet the mandatory qualifications/requirements will be considered for the longlist  

A maximum of 15 best candidates from the ones who meet the mandatory qualifications/requirements (longlist) will be invited for a technical test (shortlist)  

If you are not invited for a technical test within a month’s period of time, please consider that your application was not considered for this vacancy  

Validated copies of academic certificates/diplomas will be requested only if called for an interview. 

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