Woldia Town: Wash Assistant Hp at FHI 360

Position Title: Woldia Town: Wash Assistant Hp

Employer: FHI 360

Employment: Full-Time | Contract

Place of Work: Woldiya - Ethiopia

Posted date: 5 hours ago

Deadline: November, 06/2025 (14 days left)

POSITION OVERVIEW

Under supervision of the WASH Officer, the WASH Assistant is responsible for supporting implementation, achievement of targets and regular monitoring and reporting of progresses. They will be responsible for providing technical guidance to ensure that program implementation adheres to appropriate international and national technical standards and guidelines are technically sound. The WASH Assistant will particularly support sanitation and environmental health interventions planned under the project.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DELIVERABLES

• Work closely with WASH Officer to ensure achievement of project objectives.

• Support program team including monitoring and evaluation officer in collecting primary information from operational locations making use of appropriate data collection instruments for the purpose of rapid assessments, baseline surveys, etc.
• Represent FHI 360 at the community level; liaise relationships with key community figures, activities and other local stakeholders.
• Follow up routine implementation of activities under the guidance of WASH Officer.
• Ensure regular monitoring of indicators and targets using standard developed monitoring checklists
• Provide specific field progress reports on any other programmatic matter.

• Work closely with FHI 360 target health facilities and communities in collecting facility level information that will be routinely required by the WASH Coordinator and WASH Officer.
• Handle any other responsibilities assigned by supervisor.

REQUIRED AND DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 2-3 years of national work experience in NGO setting, working on primary health care, nutrition, WASH or any other humanitarian project is strongly required.
• Hands on experience designing, implementing, and managing WASH programs with focus on public health promotion in humanitarian settings.
• Experience conducting rapid needs assessments; baseline assessments, etc. a plus.
• Sound understanding of the socio-economic and political situation in Oromia.
• Experience representing employer at relevant platforms and liaising with key stakeholders.
• Willing to travel frequently and for extended period of time to FHI 360 operational locations.
• Good understanding of the UN Cluster System; international and national minimum standards of services in humanitarian settings.
• Fluent in local language and excellent in English.
• Knowledge and practical experience on different public health promotion approaches and national strategies for the sector utilizations is highly desirable
• Knowledge of Afan Oromo language and excellent in English.

This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.