Position Title: Hygiene Promotion Team Leader
Activation Date: 19 June, 2025 Announced Date: 19 June, 2025 Expire Date: 03 July, 2025
- Job Location: Farah
- Nationality: Afghan
- Category: Program
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Salary: According to the SI Salary Scale
- Vacancy Number: AFG-FRH-PRO-61-2025
- No. Of Jobs: 1
- City: Farah
- Organization: Solidarités International
- Years of Experience: At least 2 years of relevant work experience with an NGO/INGO
- Contract Duration: 30/11/2025 (Possibility of Extension)
- Gender: Male/Female
- Education: Diploma or Degree in Public Health, Community or environmental Health, Nursing, Medical Sciences, Social Sciences or WASH and Humanitarian Studies
- Close date: 2025-07-03
About Solidarités International:
About Solidarités International:
SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian NGO which, for more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their vital needs for food, water and shelter. Particularly involved in the fight against diseases linked to unsafe water, the first cause of death in the world, SI's interventions provide expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion, but also in the essential area of food security and livelihoods. Present in around twenty-five countries, SI's teams – more than 2400 people in total made up of expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at headquarters, and a few volunteers - work with professionalism and commitment while respecting culture.
Solidarités International (SI) is determined to prevent and fight all type of abuse – all act of exploitation, abuse and/or sexual harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or collaborators, fraud, corruption, violation of persons and/or property, funding of activities harmful to human rights – that could be perpetrated in the frame of its interventions. SI implements a zero-tolerance policy regarding acts of SEAH.
Solidarités International is an equitable employer committed to finding all forms of discrimination. SI will never ask for any remuneration to take part in a recruitment process.
Job Description:
MISSION
Goal / Purpose:
The Hygiene Team Leader will coordinate a team of HP officers in order to set up the Hygiene Promotion activities, ensuring that Solidarités International technical recommendations and procedures are followed.
Rule purpose:
The HP team leader is responsible for management of HP components of the WASH projects. S/he will be responsible for implementation and monitoring of the activities in close coordination with project deputy manager and project manager. The HP team leader must ensure the quality and effective implementation of the activities by means of weekly and monthly budget and indicator tracking; collation of data from field activities and monitoring the progress of the field staff; writing and editing project reports (weekly, monthly, quarterly). In addition, the team leader will support the capacity building of project staff at provincial level. A proven leader of a unit, s/he will also ensure that all unit staff have objectives, performance feedback and weekly / monthly work plans to follow.
List of main tasks:
Setting up the activities /control and supervision
- Plan the weekly activities for his/her team and have them approved by his/her deputy PM:
- Plan human resources needs (daily workers, workers...)
- plan tool and material needs (request from stock)
- anticipate administrative issues (requests in advance)
- Anticipate logistics issues (transport, communication means.
- Organize and carry out, with his/her team, tasks assigned by his/her line manager.
- Facilitate creative workshops and the creation of new HP tools adapted to the context (in consultation with his/her line manager).
- Supervise and monitor each stage of activity. Ensure that standards and instructions given by his/her Project Manager, as well as Solidarités procedures, are followed.
- Respect schedules and deadlines agreed upon with his/her line Manager.
- Report back any problems and constraints encountered during the activities and suggest operational solutions.
- On an ongoing basis, support and coach project staff to strengthen capacities.
- Work closely with the WASH Program Manager to implement the project objectives within the budget.
- Work with the provincial based project team for the implementation of monthly targets; weekly work plans; database management; regular reviews of target indicators; and the processing of status updates from field staff.
Logistics and Administration
- Train his/her team members to use and maintain the available tools correctly.
- Track usage with monitoring tools provided.
- Enforce safety procedures.
- Ensure that safety procedures are followed by members of his/her team.
- Monitor the quality and quantity of material and items delivered for his/her activities.
- Ensure the receipt and proper storage of material, items and equipment necessary for his/her work to be carried out in the field.
Reporting / communication
- Take part in weekly program meetings and cluster meetings on request.
- Keep his/her monitoring tools and files archived in Solidarités office, accessible to his/her DPM and/or project manager.
- Draw up and submit a weekly task report (which should include progress made by the team) to his/her project manager.
- Take part in the drafting of the monthly program pack.
- Establish and maintain good relations with local population and communities in the operational fields.
- Listen to the populations and local participants in the field and report to his/her line manager any non-technical or safety-related issues which could affect the activities or safety of Solidarités International teams.
- Weekly tracking/monitoring of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) trends in areas of intervention; analysing and reporting data.
Job Requirements:
Education & Experience Requirement:
1. Diploma or Degree in Public Health, Community or environmental Health, Nursing, Medical Sciences, Social Sciences or WASH and Humanitarian Studies
2. At least 2 years of relevant work experience with an NGO/INGO.
3. Minimum of 1 year experience leading a team.
4. Demonstrated experience in implementing hygiene promotion and community mobilization activities. 5. Demonstrated capacity to train and transfer knowledge to others.
6. Good communication and interpersonal skills.
7. Knowledge of the context of Farah/experience working in Farah Province.
8. Fluency in English, Dari and Pashto is required.
Submission Guideline:
Dear Applicant,
Solidarites International never asks job applicants for a fee, payment, or other monetary transaction. If you are asked for money in connection with this recruitment, please report to Solidarites International at stop@solidarites.org
Please note that:
- SI is committed to a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.
- Only the HR department will contact you during the recruitment process.
- Only short-listed candidates whose application meets the criteria will be contacted & local applicants from the same province are encouraged to apply and will be given priority.
- SI has the right to contact and verify each candidate's educational credentials and employment history described in his/her CV with the concerned organization. Any information received from your concerned organization will be dealt with due diligence and according to the SI Confidentiality Policy.
- Do not attach other documents like work certificates, educational and other documents at this stage. These will be requested if you are called for an interview.
To apply for this vacancy, please submit your CV and Cover Letter in single PDF or MS Word Format in the given email address (recruitment@solidarites-afghanistan.org) and also submit your application form by using the following link.
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Submission Email:
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