Amref Health Africa Development of hygiene and sanitation promotional Toolkit Jobs in Ethiopia

Amref Health Africa Development of hygiene and sanitation promotional Toolkit Jobs in Ethiopia

Job Id: 202915

Category: Consultancy and Training
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Career Level: Senior Level (5+ years experience)
Employment Type: Contract
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Job Description

Amref Health Africa, the largest African led international organization on the continent, provides training and health services to over 30 countries in Africa.

Founded in 1957 as the Flying Doctors of East Africa to bring critical health services to remote communities, Amref Health Africa now delivers preventative, community-based health care. With a focus on women and children, Amref Health Africa manages a full range of medical and public health programs tackling the most critical health challenges facing country focusing on three key programmatic areas:

Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (RMNCH); Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases. Gender and human resources for health are crosscutting, reflected throughout the organization’s health portfolio.

Our organization also engages in clinical outreach interventions and emergency programs including nutrition and resilience building of affected the continent: maternal and child care, HIV & TB, malaria, clean water and sanitation and surgical and clinical outreach.

Amref Health Africa partners with the Government of Ethiopia and local stakeholders to implement a diversified health project portfolios throughout the communities.

In 2019, our programs supported 174 districts, 390 health facilities and 27 health science institutions, reaching 1.6 million beneficiaries, 29,654 health professionals and 17,792 health extension workers and health development agents.

Amref Health Africa has projects in Addis Ababa, Afar, Amhara, Gambella, Benishangul-Gumuz, Oromia, SNNP, Ethiopia Somali regions and nationwide health systems strengthening interventions focusing the capacity building of the National Health Extension Program.

1. Background Information

Sanitation Marketing, Agriculture, Rural Development and Transformation (SMART) is a three years project (June 2018-May 2021) that works to enhance better living conditions and resilience of hosting communities and villages in Gambella Region using community-led approach.

By increasing access to basic sanitation, better knowledge of agriculture, awareness on hygiene and sanitation practices, SMART project contributes to the improvement of health and general wellbeing of communities in six kebeles of Gambella Zuria woreda in Bonga, Karmi, Opagna, Abolecare, Bure Mikel, Abol Kebeles.

In this regard, we intend to support our work with effective Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) activities for better hygiene, safe water and sanitation. We would like to develop SBCC tools that considers the local culture, social norms, language, community and while being participatory and inclusive.

This hygiene and sanitation promotion (SBCC) job aid will serve as a resource materials for hygiene and sanitation promotion by Health extension workers, community health workers, and health workers prominent peoples and community sanitation and hygiene promoters

2. Objectives of the development of hygiene and sanitation promotion Toolkit

The main purpose of this consultancy is to design and develop one comprehensive practical toolkit for community health workers and the issues to be addresses include