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Public Health Promotions Assistants (3)

at Nsamizi Training Institute for Social Development ( NTISD)
Location Kampala, Uganda
Date Posted January 31, 2024
Category Health Care / Medical
Management
Job Type Full-time
Currency UGX

Description

JOB DETAILS:
Job Summary:
The Public Hean Promotion Assistant will provide support to the refugee operation in relation to ensuring that public health promotion activities rolled out in line with UNHCR WASH implementation guidelines and principles

Key Duties and Respons
• Manage mobilization of the refugee and host communities to promote hygiene practices, public sanitation, with more emphasis on monitoring latineuse, water collection storage, environmental sanitation and hand washing practices.
• Co-facilitate community problem identification including planning & formulation of action plans, development of MOUs and hand over of WASH facilities, implementation of community activities, participatory monitoring and evaluation-using community mobilization, sensitization techniques. Work closely with community-based institutions, community health volunteers, and local level government officials, undertake community mobilization and their capacity building to achieve quality WASH services.

• Work with the community and local administration, to ensure that the public health promotion needs of the population are met Rovising on Sanitation and hygiene promotion programming in broad coordination with other sectors

• Implement and supervise Public Health Promotion activities in the project area in an interactive and participatory manner
• Be involved in designing and training of refugee and host community operation and maintenance technicians and/or supervise trainingsorganized by district pers

• Undertake field visits to supervise and assist in implementation of the activities and take appropriate measures to tackle operational challenges affecting implementation processes and quality of interventions

Qualifications, Skill and Experience
• The ideal candidate for the Nsamizi Public Health Promotion Assistant job should preferably hold a Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Community development, Development studies or another relevant field
• At least 2 years practical experience in in community health and environmental health programs, preferably in emergency refugee programs

• At least two years practical experience in community mobilization and organization and appropriate community health and sanitation programs
• in humanitarian cont
• Practical experience of hygiene promotion
• Good understanding of the health and hygiene risks of those affected or at risk of contracting Cholera and urban communities and of appropriate ways of tacking them. Must be aware of and sensitive to the needs of women in this context
• Ability to present concise reports, sometimes at short notice, reflecting the problems and possible solutions for situations

• Flexibility and ease in working with local people have diplomacy, tact and administrative skils to work with people at managerial level, and occasionally governant
• Developed interpersonal and team skills and proven ability to be flexible in demanding situation

Applying Instructions

All qualified Candidates should HAND DELIVER an updated cover letter and CV and all academic documents to The Principal, Nsamizi Training Institute for Social Development
PO Box 149, Mpigi
Andress Mpigi campus

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