Hygiene Promoter

The Afghan Women Skills Development Center (AWSDC) is a national non-governmental organization (NGO) that has been relentlessly working towards the promotion and protection of women's rights in Afghanistan since its inception in 1999. With its key thematic focus areas of livelihoods, WASH, child/women protection, social cohesion, and humanitarian response, AWSDC has made a remarkable impact across several provinces of the country. The organization has provided humanitarian assistance to almost 65,000 COVID-19-affected individuals within its geographical areas since the onset of the pandemic. AWSDC is also a crucial humanitarian actor in Afghanistan, providing child/women protection, WASH and emergency shelter, and non-food items to vulnerable Afghan communities across the country.

In response to the current humanitarian crisis, AWSDC is scaled up its interventions in serving more people by providing life-saving assistance, protection, Livelihoods, WASH, and food/non-food items. The aligned strategic priorities will enable our target groups in addressing their acute deficits of humanitarian response, early recovery through the provision of Emergency Response (Protection, WASH, Food/NFIs) and early recovery and development interventions (Protection Services, WASH, Livelihoods and health).  

AWSDC is in the process to recruit Hygiene Promoters for its Projects based in Kunduz.

The position holder (Hygiene Promoter) will be responsible for planning, implementation and reporting of hygiene component of the project. The staff member will be placed in the FRC and will be able to conduct the awareness sessions in Kunduz city.

AREA(S) OF RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Organize sessions in the communities to identify the deficiencies in terms of hygiene, sanitation and the use of water.
2. Organize/facilitate group awareness sessions on hygiene practices for women, girls and children in the target communities

Main Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the project activities with community elders in particularly with women leaders
• Conduct community mapping and select specific target areas for the implementation of hygiene promotions sessions.
• In joint coordination and support of the project manager and access focal point conduct community assessment to understand the pre-interventions situation of hygiene of the target communities
• Prepare Hygiene promotion materials such as IEC for the project participants
• Develop/prepare a weekly, monthly project implementation plan for conducting Hygiene promotions sessions
• Conduct hygiene promotions sessions with target communities in the light of approved IEC materials and guidelines
• Prepare proper record of the project participants including all source of verifications
• Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly report to capture plan vs target and impact of the project activities
• Prepare data for HubReport and to make sure all monthly reports are uploaded into WASH Sector
• Participate and represent AWSDC in the regional WASH coordination meetings and working groups.
• Any other task as assigned by the project manager/supervisor

Qualifications:

• A relevant academic qualification, in nursing, medicine, hygiene promotion (Bachelor Degree)
• At least 2 years of professional experience in WASH /environmental health or it related subject.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience
• Strong practice of workplace diversity and inclusiveness
• Strong communications skills. Fluency in written and spoken English; spoken Dari and Pashto is an advantage.
• Previous experience in similar role
• Certificates from WASH or Hygiene Promotion courses
• Good computer skills both Word and Excel necessary
• Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills

Interested applicants should send their CVs to the below email address no later than 05 April 2026, with the subject line Hygiene Promoter AWSDC/VA/2026/005 to hr@awsdc.org.af   

 Note 1: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants not following submission guideline their application will be rejected