The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
The IRC opened the country program in Afghanistan in 1988. Our programs span the range from humanitarian relief to early recovery and development activities, focusing on child protection, education, economic wellbeing, health, and power. The IRC works in 10 provinces throughout Afghanistan, among which some of the most security volatile, and employs over 1000 staff.

Compliance with Policies:

• Compliance with the IRC WAY (our standards for professional conduct) is a responsibility shared by all involved in delivering on the IRC’s mission. We must abide by the IRC Way and Safeguarding Policies all the time. 
• The IRC has zero tolerance approach to the IRC Code of Conduct including safeguarding violations being committed by its staff, consultants, contractors, volunteers, interns, suppliers, vendors, sub-grantees/partners, implementing partners or any other associate.

Program:

• Support assessments that are geared towards identifying existing hygiene and sanitation practices, WASH-related health risks, barriers to safe hygiene practices and priorities in target communities, schools and health facilities.
• Working closely with the Hygiene Promotion Officer, support analysis of data/assessment findings to inform on design of Hygiene Promotion approaches.  
• Under the guidance of the Hygiene Promotion Officer, plan day-to-day activities geared towards reducing risky hygiene practices at targeted communities and local institutions.
• Under the guidance of the Hygiene Promotion Officer conduct identification and recruitment of Community Hygiene Promotion Volunteers (CHPVs) based on the laid down IRC approaches and procedures.
• Directly oversee implementation of hygiene promotion activities that include supervision of CHPVs, and CHPs activities in the IRC program intervention areas.
• Under the guidance of the Hygiene Promotion Officers, directly supervise distribution of WASH related NFI kits activities.  
• Support activities for engagement of women and girls at the communities, schools, health facilities and other institutions to ensure that crucial feedback barriers to access of WASH services and inclusion are addressed during implementation of the WASH activities.

Capacity Building:

• Support hygiene promotion trainings to communities and community volunteers using approved MoPH modules and approaches.
• Support formation and training of Community groups established for managing operation, repair and maintenance of WASH infrastructure in coordination with the EH sub-sectors (water supply and sanitation).
• Support formation and training of groups established in schools for managing operation, repair and maintenance of WASH infrastructure in coordination with the EH sub-sectors (water supply and sanitation).
• Carry out continued mentoring of Community Hygiene Promotion Volunteers and/or Community Health Promoters on hygiene promotion approaches.

Monitoring and Reporting:

• Maintain an update list of all CHPVs and/or CHPs and your supervision and the different locations they are based in.
• Supervise and monitor implementation of all CHPV and/or CHP hygiene promotion activities against set work plans on a day-to-day basis including performance of CHPVs and/or CHPs in their routine activities.
• Daily activity progress reporting of all hygiene promotion activities through the daily data collection sheets/tools to the Hygiene Promotion Officer.
• Participate in regular program monitoring activities that include household surveys, FGDs and PDMs upon completion of kit distributions.
• Directly supervise water quality monitoring activities at household level to assess the effectiveness of point of use water treatment approaches.
• Directly carry out monitoring utilisation and appropriate use of the various WASH facilities, provide feedback to the Hygiene Promotion Officer and communities on actions that ensure safe and hygienic use of such facilities.

Coordination:

• Liaise directly with communities (CDCs), elders, Mullahs, and Shura acting as a link between IRC and the beneficiaries through mobilisation and encouraging the targeted beneficiaries and all other stakeholders to participate in the IRC activities.
• Support strengthening of integration of the EH and Health sectors on all aspects related to community health and hygiene promotion. 

• Degree in Public Health or   Environmental Health or related field (Community Health, Community development, Social sciences, Nutrition) with a bias in Public Health and Sanitation or Diploma on the above with at least one year proven field experience.
• Minimum field experience of 2 years in Public Health Promotion through social mobilization and community engagements.
• Knowledge of Community hygiene promotion, and other BCC approaches that include Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST), Child Sanitation and Hygiene Transformation (CHAST), Community Lead Total Sanitation (CLTS), School Lead Total Sanitation (SLTS) or in any other relevant approach.
• Strong communication, listening skills and sensitive to the needs and priorities of different groups within the community.
• Ability and willingness to travel, and work in hard to reach rural areas for implementing hygiene promotion activities.
• Experience and knowledge in understanding social-cultural dynamics of the intervention area, and community engagement and negotiation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with a team.
• Able to communicate in English, and should be able to fluently communicate and write Dari and Pashto languages.
• A working experience with migrant populations is an asset.
• Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage

For IRC- Afghanistan Internal Candidates:

(“ The IRC encourages employees to remain in a position for at least one year and be in good standing before applying for another position within the organization. if an employee is interested in a vacant position within the organization, he/she must inform his/her supervisor in advance before applying for a new position”)

(However, 1 year is a must to complete but to encourage IRCA employees somehow we are flexible who work in the current IRC position for at least 6 months or above and are given chance to compete for an opportunity in the organization)

All qualified candidates are requested to open the given link and follow the instructions:

https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/46392?c=rescue

applications received without a given link and/or online system will be disqualified and removed from the entire process. 

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and after that for interviews. If you are not contacted TWO or FOUR WEEKS after the closing date .please know that your application has not been successful for the post. IRC Afghanistan Country Office, Qala-e-Fathullah, Street # 3, District 10, Old UNOCHA Office, Beside Fatemia Mosque.