PHP Officer

Oxfam is one of the world's leading International Humanitarian Agencies, assisting people affected by poverty, natural disasters and conflict throughout the world. With over 5,000 staff and dedicated volunteers in more than 90 countries, Oxfam is able to achieve the greatest impact to alleviate poverty and suffering through combining emergency response work, long-term development programmes, and campaigning for lasting change. Oxfam has been working in Nepal since the 1980s, addressing the poverty and injustice faced by women and other socially excluded groups. We are looking for dynamic team player in the following position for our programme. 

PHP Officer

Level: D2

Duration: Fixed term contract until March 2017

Location: Gorkha 

OXFAM PURPOSE: To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering

TEAM PURPOSE:  To implement Oxfam GB’s public health promotion humanitarian earthquake response in order to meet urgent public health needs for Oxfam’s beneficiaries. 

JOB PURPOSE:  To deliverthe public health promotion humanitarian response in  Nepal.

REPORTING LINES:

Post holder reports to:  WASH Team Leader

Staff reporting to this post: None

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: N/A 

DIMENSIONS: 

• Plan, implement and monitor the hygiene promotion intervention in conjunction  with the PHE 
• Support partners to manage health volunteers and WASH committees in a defined geographical area.
• Support partners to provide capacity-building support and accompaniment to the implementation of WASH committees and health volunteers on hygiene promotion, including training, provision of appropriate IEC materials, distribution of NFIs  and mentoring. 
• Work closely with other sectoral teams to ensure an integrated approach is applied  in addressing the  public health,  EFSVL, gender and protection  needs of the beneficiaries.
• Coordinate with camp, local authorities and IDP populations in close coordination with partners to ensure community participation and hygiene practices are improved.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• In collaboration with other members of the WASH team and partners, conduct assessments and baseline studies in order to identify WASH-related health risks and priorities.
• Support to partners to collect, record and interpret qualitative and quantitative data
• Use assessment data to design participatory PHP interventions appropriate for the local context and culture.
• Provide regular update reports in coordination with partners (including data collects, minutes from meetings, and key achievements for the week)  
• Support partners to identify, train and mobilise WASH committees and community health volunteers and enable them to effectively undertake the hygiene promotion outreach and mobilisation activities in the camps / community. 
• Support partners to carry out hygiene promotion sessions/activities  with volunteers and WASH committees to the wider community
• Ensure WASH committees and volunteers are able to  supervise, manage and monitor the WASH facilities and mobilize IDPs/affected communities  in taking action to  improve high risk hygiene practices. 
• Ensure the Implementation of  hygiene promotion interventions for specific target groups  e.g. school children, women and men groups
• Carry out regular feedback to the volunteers, WASH committees and local authorities in coordination with partners to ensure accountability and protection issues are taken action.
• Apply Oxfam’s minimum requirements on accountability to beneficiaries in the implementation of PHP activities
• Raise awareness and build capacity of community affected by disasters in adhering to Oxfam and international humanitarian standards
• To ensure that the programme take gender, protection issues fully into account. Ensure safe programming approach is undertaken at all stages of programme implementation. 
• Facilitate the  implementation of  the  recovery/transition phase of the emergency WASH programme focusing on promoting the communities resilience to future emergencies
• Provide regular and reliable narrative reports 
• To monitor and report to the management the community level key issues and security incidents  that impacts  to the staff and programme.
• Identify and request  appropriate health promotion materials and equipments required for the project
• Coordination with partners and other team members to ensure coherent and consistent programming.
• Maximise the value of integrated working with PHE, gender, EFSVL and logistics teams 
• Facilitate communication and cohesive working between PHEs and PHPs
• Coordination with local stakeholders to ensure collaboration with other stakeholders in district.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCE: 

• A suitable qualification in any discipline relating to Public Health Promotion or degree in social science with at least two years practical experience in community mobilization and organization and appropriate community health and sanitation programmes.  
• Good understanding of the health and hygiene risks of IDPs, poor rural and urban communities and of appropriate ways of tackling them. 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.
• Capacity building of partners as required.
• Flexibility and ease in working with local people have diplomacy, tact and administrative skills in order to work with people at managerial level, and occasionally government levels.
• Assessment, analytical and planning skills.
• Effective member of team and role model; demonstrates creativity in seeking better ways to do things and shares with team, and promotes high standards. 
• Capacity and desire to pass skills and information, confident communicator and willingness to work in collaboration with others and respectful to the community.
• Takes responsibility for own work and delegated project/processes (including some leadership). 
• Good written and spoken English is essential. 
• 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 30 June 2016 via mail to recruitment_nepal@oxfam.org.uk attaching the updated curriculum vitae along with cover letter.

Note: We are accepting applicants to include in our application pool for future vacancies in field locations(Nuwakot, Dhading, Sindhupalchok, Gorkha) and Kathmandu. Please submit the application letter indicating clearly the position applied.  Preference will be given to local candidates.