Sanitation Assistant(American Refugee Committee-ARC)-Job vacancies in Uganda

Job Title: Sanitation Assistant
Organisation: The American Refugee Committee (ARC)
Job Location:  Nakivale, Uganda
Deadline:  24th January, 2014
Funding Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

About ARC:
The American Refugee Committee (ARC) International is an International nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that provides humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries around the world. The ARC seeks to promote peaceful and safe communities where men and women have equal rights and communities can access locally owned, high-quality services. ARC is an equal opportunity employer and is currently looking for competent persons to fill the positions above in Nakivale Refugee Settlement with UNHCR Funding.

Job Summary: 
The Sanitation Assistant will endeavour to work with the refugees to ensure efficient delivery of safe water, sanitation and hygiene practices in the assigned zones.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

•     Offer technical support in the coordination of Hygiene Education & promotional activities in schools
•     Oversee and monitor the roles of women structures associated with water, hygiene, Sanitation and environmental programme.
•     Conduct meetings with school leadership for sanitation mobilization Sensitization
•     Assist school communities resolving
•     Challenges regarding maintenance of latrines and hand washing facilities.
•     Lend a hand to the Monitoring & Evaluation team to cover effects of the Water & environmental Sanitation program
•     Consultation & discussion with beneficiaries, RWC leaders, school health clubs, sanitation committees & any other established structures in the settlement on hygiene and sanitation issues

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

•     The job holder must possess a good university degree in Sanitation Engineering/ Health Education & Promotion/ Public health/ Disaster risk reduction or Social sciences.
•     At least three (3) years’ experience in a similar field
•     Possession of TOT training in either PHAST, CHAST, CLTS or DRR methodologies would be a an added advantage
•     Fluency in Kiswahili and Kinyarwanda

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants should send an application letter together with curriculum vitae, copies of academic documents/transcripts, names and contact details of three referees to:
The Human Resources Manager,
American Refugee Committee International,
Plot 4920, Block 244, Muyenga, Kampala
P.O. Box 7868, Kampala, Uganda

Email:  jobs@arc.co.ug

Note: Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted.