Public Health Promotion Assistant

Job Purpose

will ensure that consistent high quality, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) activities are implemented within the project. The incumbent will work closely with the public health engineers and Officer implement an integrated PH programme to achieve the project objectives. The jobholder will also ensure that the
promotion of women’s rights is at the heart of all Oxfam in Uganda’s program. The Public Health Engineering Assistant will support coordinate and lead in the implementation of Oxfam’s Public Health engineering programme focusing on community participation in the overall refugee assistance, community engagement for action and capacity building of Oxfam, District & partner staff and community volunteers to better manage public health risks. To support start-up / implementation of Public Health promotion components of Oxfam humanitarian interventions in the West Nile. The work that will be undertaken will involve assessment, planning and implementation of public health activities in line with the Oxfam’s strategy in Uganda.

Job Responsibilities

• Assist the PHP Officers to coordinate, liaise with and support field teams to ensure coherent and consistent programming and Provide day to day support to volunteers and community focal points
• Attend regular planning and coordination meetings with the PHE, MEAL, and Livelihoods teams and implementing partners/ contractors and support coordination with key stakeholders including contractors, ministry focal points etc. Assessment and Programme Design
• Evaluate PHP needs through field visits, interviews and focus group discussions and collecting and analysing secondary data and help identify key hygiene risks and the barriers and motivations to practicing good hygiene
• Joint assessment planning and preparation with PHE and MEAL teams  and design and plan PHP activities integrated with PHE, livelihoods, gender, protection and advocacy.
• Mobilise displaced communities and community leaders to coordinate and manage the Oxfam WASH interventions; Support communities to elect WASH committees and WASH focal points from the collective shelters, schools, and targeted communities, (responsible for monitoring the implementation, disease prevalence and evaluation of the planned activities).
• Assist in the planning and facilitation of training community-based volunteers and support community hygiene volunteers to conduct trainings to form and strengthen committees/ school health clubs/ community child health clubs and to monitor progress of WASH Committees and follow up on problems

• Suggest new methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities and design, plan and carry out hygiene promotion activities to promote safe PHP practices based on need with the committees and the trained community volunteers.
• These activities may include drama, information campaigns etc. in schools and communities as part of emergency response and resilience building and  contribute to the development and pre-testing of PHP interactive learning tools and IEC materials •
•  Involve schools, health centres and community volunteers in the planning and roll out of PHP campaigns. Assist PHP Officers in ensuring timely distribution of Hygiene kits.
•  Support volunteers to carry out post-distribution monitoring Reporting, administration and information management. Contribute to the weekly PHP team review and planning meetings
• Obtain feedback from communities on the Oxfam WASH intervention where feasible and administrate payment requests, distribution lists and attendance lists and prepare, upload and file relevant documents according to agreed Oxfam procedures
• Provide weekly progress reports detailing progress to objectives i.e.. number of men and women trained, number of men, women, boy and girl beneficiaries, impact, challenges etc. and support the PHP Officer to prepare monthly monitoring reports – PDM, status of project locations etc. Assuring Programme Quality, Monitoring, Evaluation, Observation, and Learning.
• Apply Oxfam’s minimum requirements on accountability to beneficiaries in the implementation of PHP activities and raise awareness and build capacity of Oxfam field staff in adhering to Oxfam and international humanitarian standards.
• Carry out data collection as required; PDM, Monitor PHP activities • Reflect on programme experience and contribute to PHP /WASH evaluations and learning review
•  Support and coordinate on service mapping and report any incidents or suspicious activities including field incidents to the PHP Officer and PHP Officer and follow Oxfam’s Code of Conduct

Job Requirements

• Minimum University degree and experience in either: public health, health or hygiene promotion, community development, education, community water supply and sanitation.
• Academic or professional qualifications are essential.
• Experience in either Development or Humanitarian sector is preferable.
• Very good knowledge of humanitarian PHP is preferable

Experience:

• At least 3 years consistent experience in emergency and humanitarian policy advocacy and relevant disaster Management work at regional or National level with substantial working experience in International NGOs at management level both national and regional
• Experience in humanitarian Capacity strengthening and  experience in coordinating a technically diverse team.

Key Attributes:

• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.
• Good contact with Govt, private sector, academia and media are essential.
• Sound understanding of the national political economy and global context with theoretical understanding on social change process is desirable.
• Strong knowledge  National and International humanitarian laws,  polices, strategies, principle , standards.

Organisational Values:

• Equality: We believe everyone has the rights to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.
• Empowerment: We acknowledge and seek to expand people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.
• Solidarity: We join hands, support and collaborate across boundaries in working towards a just and sustainable world.
• Inclusiveness: We embrace diversity and difference and value the perspectives and contributions of all people and communities in their fight against poverty and injustice.
• Accountability: We take responsibility for our action and inaction and hold ourselves accountable to the people we work with and for.
• Courage: We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes.

Key Behavioral Competencies (based on Oxfam’s Leadership Model)

Competencies	Description
Decisiveness	We are comfortable to make transparent decisions and to adapt decision making modes to the context and needs.
Influencing	We have the ability to engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization We spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities we have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
Humility	We put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of each individual. We are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.
Relationship Building	We understand the importance of building relationship, within and outside the organization. We have the ability to engage with traditional and non-traditional stakeholders in ways that lead to increased impact for the organization.
Listening	We are good listeners who can see where deeper levels of thoughts and tacit assumptions differ. Our messages to others are clear and consider different preferences.
Mutual Accountability	We can explain our decisions and how we have taken them based on our organizational values.  We are ready to be held to account for what we do and how we behave, as we are also holding others to account in a consistent manner.
Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity	We scan the environment, anticipate changes, are comfortable with lack of clarity and deal with a large number of elements interacting in diverse and unpredictable ways.
Systems Thinking	We view problems as parts of an overall system and in their relation to the whole system, rather than reacting to a specific part, outcome or event in isolation. We focus on cyclical rather than linear cause and effect. By consistently practicing systems thinking we are aware of and manage well unintended consequences of organizational decisions and actions.
Strategic Thinking and Judgment	We use judgment, weighing risk against the imperative to act. We make decisions consistent with organizational strategies and values.
Vision Setting	We have the ability to identify and lead visionary initiatives that are beneficial for our organization and we set high-level direction through a visioning process that engages the organization and diverse external stakeholders.
Self-Awareness	We are able to develop a high degree of self-awareness around our own strengths and weaknesses and our impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
Enabling	We all work to effectively empower and enable others to deliver the organizations goals through creating conditions of success. We passionately invest in others by developing their careers, not only their skills for the job.  We provide freedom; demonstrate belief and trust provide appropriate support.

Interested candidates should apply using the links provided against the positions and  the closing date for receiving applications is August 15 2023.

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