SWEDO is a Swedish non-profit, non-political, non-religious development aid organization that was founded in 1991 in Stockholm, Sweden. Having continuously operated in the Kurdistan Region ever since, SWEDO’s main priorities of work are construction and infrastructure activities, refugee and IDP initiatives, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, and capacity building. 

Summary of Job:

The Hygiene Promoter is responsible for Promote, monitor, survey, and assess the target school in the assigned area group level through daily field and school visits, and conduct surveys and visit in order to identify new participants to the Hygiene Promotion sessions, and Conduct hygiene promotion sessions in the field and school; Specific duties include, but are not limited to, the following: 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Promote, monitor, survey, and assess the target school in the assigned area and group level through daily field and school visits;
• Conduct surveys and visit in order to identify new participants to the Hygiene Promotion sessions, and Conduct hygiene promotion sessions in the field and school;
• Arrange thematic focus group discussions, awareness, and hygiene promotion sessions.
• Conduct hygiene promotion sessions within communities, schools, health center, households, distribution points;
• Conduct school visiting to inform and motivate pupil to improve their hygiene living conditions.
• Animate focus group, giving clear message on good hygiene practice;
• Identify the most appropriate message regarding the target population, and working on it;
• Evaluate the necessary material needed for a session/activity;
• Participate in the identification of beneficiaries for the WASH activities (solid waste management, water supply rehabilitation, distribution of hygiene kits etc.) if requested;
• Promote Hygiene to children to help them acquire safer hygiene behaviors;
• Participate in hygiene campaign, doing shows in schools and at community level;
• Act as a link between the organization and the beneficiaries;
• Ensure all work is carried out as per the community needs and project standards;
• Forging relationships with key people in the community, stakeholders and community leaders to ensure proper implementation;
• Regular meetings with advisor and other team member to communicate new technical topics;
• Develop trust, tolerance and co-operation among community members;
• Provide regular updates from the field to the Project Manager;
• Report any incidences related to protection of IDPs, host-communities and other vulnerable groups to the management;
• Report security incidences in the field in a timely manner to the management;
• Perform other relevant tasks as assigned by Project Manager.

• Bachelor Degree in Statistics or Project management;
• Fresh graduate students or one-year experience in the same position or field, previous experience in reporting is preferred;
• Fluency in Arabic & English languages;
• Experience of collecting data at community level;
• Computer literacy for entering data into database;
• Reporting skills and Solid Excel skills;
• Good level of proficiency in Windows Excel and quantitative analysis.

Interested applicants must send their most recent CV to recruitment@swedoaid.org, Subject line must read: S-IR-VA-20117, Hygiene Promoter, Diyala

Note: Applications not meeting the specified minimum requirements o received after closing date may not be considered. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview that may include a written test of communication and writing skills.

Women are strongly encouraged to apply