The Hygiene Promotion Specialist will lead hygiene behaviour change interventions in communities and institutions.

Summary of Key Responsibilities:

• Develop hygiene promotion strategy
• Develop a Sanitation Marketing Strategy
• Identify and propose interventions for hygiene promotion in communities, schools and HCFs
• Lead training of hygiene promoters, Community Champions, WASH Clubs and MHM Committees in participatory hygiene promotion approaches
• Coordinate with the MEAL Officer to conduct school WASH mapping activities
• Coordinate implementation of MHM and sanitation marketing activities
• Monitor and document adoption of positive hygiene behaviour

Required Skills and Competencies

• Good  communication skills especially interpersonal skills
• Excellent facilitation skills
• Exposure to participatory community engagement approaches
• Knowledge child protection policies and practices
• Excellent Reporting skills
• Good Engagement Skills

Primary Areas of Accountability:

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health with experience in applying participatory health and hygiene education approaches.
• Must have at least a minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in hygiene promotion and behaviour change interventions with an international NGO
• Must be conversant with existing synergies among Ministries of Health,  Education and Local Government to facilitate change 
• Must have proven experience in hygiene promotion for WASH projects
• Good understanding of national strategies and plans on WASH and public health and hygiene

• Develop hygiene promotion strategy
• Develop a Sanitation Marketing Strategy
• Identify and propose interventions for hygiene promotion in communities, schools and HCFs
• Lead training of hygiene promoters, Community Champions, WASH Clubs and MHM Committees in participatory hygiene promotion approaches
• Coordinate with the MEAL Officer to conduct school WASH mapping activities
• Coordinate implementation of MHM and sanitation marketing activities
• Monitor and document adoption of positive hygiene behaviour

• Good communication skills especially interpersonal skills
• Excellent facilitation skills
• Exposure to participatory community engagement approaches
• Knowledge child protection policies and practices
• Excellent Reporting skills
• Good Engagement Skills
• Communications & Media Studies

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health with experience in applying participatory health and hygiene education approaches.
• Must have at least a minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in hygiene promotion and behaviour change interventions with an international NGO
• Must be conversant with existing synergies among Ministries of Health, Education and Local Government to facilitate change
• Must have proven experience in hygiene promotion for WASH projects
• Good understanding of national strategies and plans on WASH and public health and hygiene