With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children's life stories!Key Responsibilities:Back groundWorld Vision Uganda (WVU) is a Christian relief, development and advocacy non-government organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in 53 districts and have 48 Area Programmes implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with these beneficiaries. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.Due to expansion in scope of our programmes, we are now seeking for a qualified and passionate individual willing to share in our vision and join the team in the following role.Position: Project Officer WASHReport to: Area Programme CoordinatorLocation: Yumbe DistrictAdvert Start Date: 25th January 2024Advert End Date: 1st February 2024Purpose of the position:Implement field level WASH interventions in the Refugees and host community in line with project targets, national and partnership standards using effective and efficient promotion tools/approaches recommended for Uganda/Field context. The position requires passion and commitment to spend more time with the community to understand culture and value system of the community and facilitate them in the required behavioral change.Facilitate sustainable inclusive and innovative WASH initiatives in target communitiesKey Outputs/Responsibilities.- Support WASH Engineer in the designing molds for Urine Diversion produced by a local entrepreneur with reduced costs for future implementation at household level.- Supervise construction 4 inclusive VIP latrines separated by gender for both boys and girls in school facilities.- Mobilized community members and Persons of Concern (POCs) on six critical requirements to ensure ownership, operation and maintenance of the water source.- Conduct field level monitoring of construction, usage and maintenance of existing WASH facilities ensure that every facility has a trained and functional management to sustain its service.- Carry out Hygiene & Sanitation promotion in target communities- Lead counterparts (Sub County, district Officials, OPM and WASH partners) in identification, mobilization and sensitization of target communities to participate in WASH activities.- Lead counterparts and partners (Health Assistant/CDO, church leaders, community and cultural leaders, RWCs), in the hygiene and Sanitation promotion activities in target communities.- Implement hygiene promotion activities in schools to ensure adoption of hand washing practice among pupils.- Roll out 3- star approach in primary schools to strengthen school-based WASH management.- Conduct WASH promotion in health facilities in the respective settlement, schools.- Develop behaviors specific hygiene messages that are inclusive for promotion of good hygiene practices and empower school structures to manage and maintain WASH facilities.- Carry out documentation and reporting of project activities- Timely develop weekly, monthly and Quarterly implementation plans and reports on WASH project activities in the settlement and share with the, HSO and the Manager.- Support in providing necessary data for the development of the proposals, annual budgets and activity plans of all the software activities and ensure they're implemented timely and are of high quality.- Identify and document significant change stories that arise for WV WASH interventions.- Promote partnership and integration with the Sub County and other WV projects- Conduct basic trainings and refresher trainings as well as extend guidance and technical support to the Community based Hygiene and sanitation Promotion structures e.g. Schools, S/C staff,- Ensure that sponsored children and Children with disabilities benefit and participate in WASH behavior practices programme interventions.- Integration of programming with other WV projects/activities- Collaborate, Network and represent the project at Sub County level, OPM, UNHCR, and with WASH Implementing partners.- Participate in the district level, Inter-Agency and zonal coordination meetings as advised by the project managerQualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience.- Degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water and Sanitation, Public Health, Environme
