PHP Assistant

Oxfam is responding in these areas: Gorkha, Nuwakot, Dhading, Sindhupalchowk, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur. We are urgently looking for dynamic team players in the following positions for our response programme.

PHP Assistant – Five months (extendable) fixed term contract Sindhupalchowk. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: This position will require to work collaboratively with PHP Officers to carry out  WASH assessments, baseline surveys and continuous gathering of information about community situations in areas covered by the programme, support PHPO to analyze needs and vulnerability data, Support the PHPO in managing the implementation of PHP activities in all phases of emergency WASH from design to monitoring of IEC strategy, Mobilize communities and promote engagement of community members in all stages of programme planning and delivery, Implement  hygiene promotion interventions for specific target groups  e.g. school children, women and men groups, Promote key messages based on high risk practices of communities and school children , Manage and accompany the work of community health volunteers/WASH  Committee or community outreach workers/volunteers. 

Implement the public health promotion activities in conjunction with PHEs as well facilitate distribution of hygiene another NFIs, Ensure effective two way communication between communities and programme staff, Support in developing  clear guidelines of community participation in WASH activities, Adapt SPHERE standards appropriate for the context, 

Support in developing PHP monitoring plan and in the effective monitoring and reporting of key WASH and health indicator including disease monitoring, With supervision, collect and record basic monitoring data from programme beneficiaries. 

Support in implementing PHP/WASH programme learning review, documenting lessons learned and clear recommendations for future intervention, Support in implementing the recovery/transition phase of the emergency WASH programme focusing on promoting the communities resilience to future emergencies, To ensure that the programme take gender, protection issues fully into account. Ensure safe programming approach is undertaken at all stages of programme implementation and always tak into consideration needs of vulnerable groups. And to provide contribution in designing and management and communication of a responsible exit strategy.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Suitable qualification in any discipline relating to Public Health Promotion is the necessary educational background. Experience could substitute for a formal qualification, but not vice versa. Most importantly, practical experience in appropriate water supplies, sanitation and hygiene promotion, working with communities and mobilizing them for action. It is desirable that some of this should have been in emergency relief programmes. 
• The post holder should have a good understanding of the public health needs of poor rural and urban communities and of appropriate ways of tackling them. The post holder must be aware of and sensitive to the particular needs of women in this context.
• Ability to present concise reports, sometimes at short notice, reflecting the problems and possible solutions for particular situations.
• Diplomacy, tact and administrative skills in order to work with people at managerial and, on occasions, senior government levels. The post holder should also be at ease in working with local people. 
• Well developed interpersonal and team skills and proven ability to be flexible in demanding situations.
• Good written and spoken English and Nepali language is essential. 
• Knowledge of Microsoft word.
• Sympathy with the aims and objectives of Oxfam.
• Commitment to humanitarian principles and action, and to Oxfam’s equal opportunity and gender policies.

Applications for the above positions can be sent by 15th July 2015 via mail to recruitment_nepal@oxfam.org.uk or G.P.O. Box 2500.                                                                    

“Oxfam encourages women, people of ethnic minorities and Dalits to apply.”

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.