JOB TITLE     WASH Assistant 
LOCATION     Aden, with frequent visits to field locations (focusing on Health Facility rehabilitation)
REPORTING TO     WASH EP&R Manager

OVERALL PURPOSE     

Working as an important member of a diverse team who are committed to serve the world’s most vulnerable with practical and compassionate care. The WASH Assistant has a vital role to play in improving access to safe water and sanitation for the target populations, and improving hygiene behaviour. There is a specific focus on this role with rehabilitation of health facilities and hospitals.

This involves assisting the WASH Officer in implementing the assigned WASH project(s) in line with the objectives, budget and timeframe laid down in the proposal(s). Critically, the role focuses on ensuring coordination with the authorities/community leaders, beneficiary participation and feedback, selection of beneficiaries, and organising trainings and hygiene campaigns. 

PROJECT OVERVIEW     

Focusing on field hospitals and health facilities, the WASH Assistant will be responsible for implementing water, sanitation and hygiene activities in the targeted locations. To ensure activities are implemented to the highest standards, the WASH Assistant must be a good community mobiliser and ensure different beneficiary groups (elderly, disabled, women, and the youth) are included in the design, construction and rehabilitation of WASH projects. This includes community water systems; household toilets; hygiene activities; WASH in health facilities; water safety planning and emergency preparedness and response (EP&R). Where possible, the WASH Assistant needs to help ensure WASH projects are part of Integrated Famine Risk Reduction (IFRR) programming. Medair aims to work in forgotten or hard-to-reach places where other partners are not on the ground.      

Responsibilities

GENERAL TASKS      

• Uphold the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence
• Respect the Medair values at all times, both within and outside of working hours 
• Know, understand, and comply with Medair internal policies and procedures
• Adhere to Medair Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) Handbook and regulations
• Be prepared to be based and work in Al Dhale’e Governorate 
• Work closely with all members of the WASH team to provide the highest possible quality of WASH intervention
• Treat all beneficiaries and their relatives with respect and dignity
• SPECIFIC TASKS    Technical WASH Project Designs
• The WASH Assistant will be field-based in a hands-on role. S/he will focus primarily on beneficiary inclusion in the design and implementation of the WASH activities, supervision of contractors, casual labourers, hygiene promotion volunteers, water quality testing and survey teams. 
• Health Facility assessments for rehabilitation, including designs, BoQs, drawings, specifications and supervision of implementation works.
• Assessing health risks, water and sanitation needs, available resources and the capacity of existing systems for conflict affected people's settlements.
• Consulting with and involving different community representatives (including elderly, disabled, women and the youth) about access, design and management of water systems and sanitation facilities, as well as hygiene promotion needs.
• Setting up, implementing and monitoring water safety planning in targeted communities
• Water quality monitoring and reporting.
• Set up training facilities, maintenance systems, and training of the local community
• Support hygiene promotion teams with technical understanding in hygiene campaigns which improve community ownership and engagement.
• Facilitate the MEAL team to ensure that regular monitoring and evaluation assessments are conducted in the field in terms of the quality of Medair projects.
• Ensure beneficiary participation, feedback and accountability in all aspects of the project
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of activities to the WASH Manager

Staff Management

• Attend regular team meetings with WASH team ensuring team members are kept informed of issues relevant to their work and providing opportunity for feedback.
• Supervise volunteer hygiene promoters and water quality testers, contractors and enumerators in the field.
• Actively build capacity of the above groups.

Financial Management

• Ensure that any activities requiring the handling of Medair money are carried out in line with Medair procedures and all paperwork is completed accurately and in a timely manner.  
• Provide information for monthly Cash Needs Forecast to the WASH Project Manager (PM).
• Payment of WASH casual workers.

Communication and Coordination

• Represent Medair at relevant local level coordination meetings involving local authorities, UN agencies and other NGOs 
• Coordinate and liaise with members of the Medair WASH team to ensure all objectives of the WASH program are met. 
• Provide monitoring data to input to weekly and monthly reports to the WASH Manager

Staff Safety and Security

• Ensure personal understanding of Medair Standard Operating Procedures and Contingency Plans as documented in the Medair Yemen Security Plan.
• Comply with Medair security procedures at all times, remaining aware of the security situation in office and clinic locations at all times.
• Report any security incidents or concerns to the Security Focal Point
• Report any issues regarding workplace practices to appropriate HR Manager.

Logistics

• Local procurement of construction materials in co-ordination with the Logistics Officer and WASH Officer
• Keeping records of consumable items and equipment used.
• Support the WASH Manager with procurement planning.

Quality Management

• Use the Medair e-library and other operating procedures, ensuring that all standardised formats are used and guidelines are followed
• Implement, as far as is possible within operational constraints, relevant policies and standards relating to WASH service delivery including national, and international (e.g. Sphere and HAP) standards, donor guidelines and other good practice

OTHERS    

• Any other reasonable duties related to the above areas

Role Qualifications

Role Competencies

WORK CONDITIONS     

For the time being, this position will be based in the Medair Al Dhale’e Office, with frequent field trips and travel. However, given the emergency nature of this response and the unpredictability of geographic locations of services, the base location for this project can change.
Working hours will be 08:00 to 16:30 with 30 minutes for lunch
SALARY: According to Medair standard salary scale
    

JOB COMMITMENT 

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Fixed Term Contract
PLANNED START DATE: June 2021
TRAINING: As required
DURATION OF COMMITMENT: 4 months