Job Details

Knowledge and Rehabilitation Organization (KRO) is a national level, non-political, non-profitable, non-governmental organization working for humanitarian and rehabilitation roots in Afghanistan. KRO is an Afghan organization that is committed to the development of the local economy and building local capacity for sustainable development.

The UNICEF-supported rural sanitation programme is implemented through the Health Promotion Department of the MoPH and through several NGOs. Since 2015, the Afghan Context Community-Led-Total-Sanitation was endorsed as the approach of choice to end open defecation in Afghanistan by 2025. This approach works towards making communities open defecation free and includes a hygiene behavioral change component which involves CDCs and Family Health Action Groups. To achieve an ODF Afghanistan by 2025, the CLTS outreach capacity has increased consistently since 2016 as more NGOs joined the movement, to cover the high-open defecation prevalence-provinces and districts. After starting in 2016, UNICEF continued to work with MRRD, MoPH and the six NGOs, to implement CLTS in rural communities.

To provide technical assistance to the Public Health Department (DoPH) and Provincial Rural Rehabilitation and Development (PRRD) of southern Region provinces on CLTS+ implementing with MoPH and MRRD to ensure the change in community behavior and making communities of Kandahar open defecation free (ODF).

The CLTS supervisor is expected to facilitate implementation of CLTS and hygiene education in his/her related district and declare target communities as Open Defecation Free (ODF) in the given time frame.

Key Responsibilities:

• Attend a full course of CLTS training at the central or/and provincial level
• Supervise and manage the team of CLTS facilitators (both male and female) in his/her related communities of the province
• Implement the CLTS using the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools with the villagers of target communities
• Facilitate sessions with communities in realizing the negative hygienic and sanitary behaviors replaced with positive ones
• Walk throughout the village and interact with all villagers facilitating a rapid change in the attitude of villagers
• Vigorous follow up from the communities they are triggered
• Effective use of IEC materials in the target villages and their follow up
• Conduct hygiene education sessions for the villagers inside the village or at the district or provincial level
• Assist the female CLTS facilitators liaising the female CHWs and establishing and training the Family Health Action Groups (FHAGs) from the mothers having children less than five years of age
• Conduct community hygiene awareness and sanitary campaigns
• Provide technical advice to the villagers in building sanitary latrine
• Facilitate visits to the target communities for the provincial and central level officials
• Establish mutual and good relationship with the Community Development Councils (CDCs) and other influential leaders of the target villages
• Arrange and facilitate ODF verification, certification and declaration ceremonies at the district and village level
• Provide the provincial sanitation coordinator with success stories and photos from the field
• Reporting on regular bases

 Other:

• Participate in training workshops meetings project events held in any provinces.
• Visit project sites and monitor all activities
• Respect and adore all policies of KRO including but not limited to; code of conduct, PSEA, Child Protection and Anti-Fraud and Conflict of Interest Policies
• Maintain 100% transparency and accountability
• Any other task assigned by management

NOTE: Selected candidate will be subjected to background checks with regards to Child Protection and PSEA policy breaches during their past employments.

The CLTS supervisor should be at least a high school graduate

Minimum of two years of experience working with communities

Experience in hygiene and sanitation is preferred

Experience in working with community and community mobilization will be given the priority

Familiarity with cultures of different Afghan communities

Very good interpersonal communication skills

Ability to supervise personnel

Ability to speak in big gatherings and interact very smoothly and politely

The candidate should be very polite and patient

Skills to convince others

Must be able to communicate well in local language/s

The candidate must have the ability to work with people of different villages

Good team interaction and positive attitude

Qualified persons with the required skills are invited to submit their applications (most updated CV and cover letter) to Vaccancies@kro.org.af with the subject line clearly indicating the position and vacancy number you are applying for.