Hygiene Officer

2026-06-02
Remote, Nigeria
Not specified
Information Technology

Action Against Hunger is the world’s hunger specialist and leader in a global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. For 40 years, the humanitarian and development organization has been on the front lines, treating and preventing hunger across nearly 50 countries. It served more than 21 million people in 2018 alone.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Hygiene Officer

Location: Yobe

Key Responsibilities
Objective 1: Overall supervision of Public health promotion and Non-food items distribution activities following ACF’s local strategy and International Guidelines

Ensure that all monitoring mechanisms are in line with the agreed monitoring format.
Assist the WASH Program Manager with, and where required, participate in, community mobilization;
Work closely with the MEAL team to ensure post distribution monitoring (PDM) is conducted for all non-food items (NFIs) distributed
Promote the implementation of the Baby-Wash approach and collect the relevant data to improve context-specific Baby-Wash hygiene promotion interventions
Ensure the implementation of the WASH EM approach and collect the relevant data for context-specific hygiene promotion interventions
Ensure that work meets SPHERE minimum standards.
Continually assessing emergency needs, as requested, especially taking into account the broader perspective of public health;
Plan beneficiary selection and registration, and lead the distribution of NFI kits with the Field Assistant team;
In coordination with the WASH Program Manager, revising and adapting hygiene promotion training and IEC materials in line with the local context (should be drawn up as a communication plan) and in line with target groups to be trained;
Ensure that all technical work reflects the needs and preferences of different target groups and are devoid of public health hazards.
Ensure that a joint multi-sectoral rapid needs assessment is carried out, analysis is done and hygiene promotion strategy is designed on the basis of the findings;

Objective 2: Train and build the capacity of staffs and partners:

Assess areas for improvement and recording lessons learnt for future activities
Prepare training tools on relevant technical topics and conduct trainings for both internal staff and external stakeholders
Ensure that the PHP team members (both Volunteers and staff) and partners are fully aware of the hygiene promotion Strategy and all activities are in line with strategy activities.
Assist the WASH Program Manager in the development of technical guidelines and tools

Objective 3.Coordinate with internal staffs, and local stakeholders to ensure smooth project implementation

Work closely with the Nutrition and health team in integrating activities towards improving service delivery to the target population.
Representing the organization at local level WASH meetings and technical working groups relating to Public health promotion and NFI distribution as required by your line manager.
Working closely with the WASH Program Manager throughout the planning, design and implementation stages of WASH public health promotion activities.

Objective 4: Supervise and manage staffs under your responsibility :

Providing day-to-day management of staff directly under your responsibility;
Participating in staff’s recruitment in line with agreed organogram structure;
Setting performance missions with staff under your direct management conducting performance appraisal in line with ACTION AGAINST HUNGER performance management policies as well as identifying areas where support and capacity building is required;
Ensure team coordination and integration with other WASH technical team members.

Position Requirements

Microsoft Office software Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word);
Must be willing to travel any location within Northern Nigeria
Fluency in English and Hausa language;
Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
Two to three years of relevant work experience ;
Experience working in an emergency program(RRM) will be an added advantage.
Capacity to be adaptable and flexible;
B.Sc in public and environmental health, hygiene, and sanitation-related field;
Previous experience in supervising hygiene promotion activities;

Employee Benefits Include (but are not limited to)