For OXFAM KEDV’s emergency earthquake response, we are looking for Public Health Promotion Officer in Gaziantep.

Team Purpose

To work with Programme team and Oxfam KEDV’s partners to design and oversee Oxfam KEDV WaSH program in Gaziantep.

Job Purpose

The PHP Officer will lead the PHP Assistants at field level in planning and managing the day-to-day quality, gender-sensitive community-centred public health, hygiene and water, sanitation activities in the field and ensuring the activities are implemented as per plans and guidelines for the programme in Gaziantep provinces. They will monitor progress and ensure quality of PHP activities as well as integration with PHE and other teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and engage with target stakeholders at a community level.
• Coordinate and engage with other stakeholders such as local leadership, district authorities, etc.
• Lead and or participate in rapid needs assessment in Oxfam KEDV’s targeted and potential new areas of emergency intervention as directed by the line manager.
• Implement public health promotion activities in WaSH emergencies e.g. baseline data collection, formation and training of WaSH committees and volunteers.
• To liaise closely with the Public Health Engineering Team throughout the planning, design and implementation stages of the Public Health Promotion Programme.
• To promote the inclusion of cross-cutting issues within programming, including gender & protection and community engagement. 
• Provide technical coordination of field teams to ensure coherent and consistent programming.
• Convene regular coordination meetings with WASH actors at community level to discuss key issues, record key progress and report upwards.
• To assist in the selection, design and implementation of the most appropriate form of sanitation approach, in consultation with the beneficiaries, which includes excreta and refuse disposal, vector control and drainage. Methods may apply materials support in conjunction with social mobilisation and community participation.  
• Supervise public health promotion assistants and volunteers (CHPs) needed.
• Contribute to donor reporting, budgeting and new proposals when required.

 Skills and Competence

• University Degree in a relevant field (sociology, anthropology, public health science, nutrition or other relevant) 
• 3 years of NGO experience.
• Preferebly a health or related background. 
• Experience in leading the implementation of community-based public health promotion interventions in emergencies.
• Knowledge of WASH (Wash, Sanitation and Hygiene) Programme.
• Ability to engage proactively with project communities to ensure their full participation, with an emphasis on ensuring the participation of women in the design, implementation, and management of WaSH activities.
• Quality in programme reporting.
• Demonstrated experience of managing a team.
• Experience in supporting partner-based projects.
• Demonstrated experience of integrating gender and protection into emergency WaSH response programs and longer-term strategies. 
• Ability to work well under pressure and in responding to changing needs.
• Diplomacy, tact and negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication and cross-cultural management skills 
• Excellent command of Turkish 
• Good written and spoken English.

Interested candidates can send their CVs to ik@kedv.org.tr with PHPO2023 code in the title.

**Please note that it's a rapid recruitment and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.