Project Assistants — WASH (3 Positions) job at Youth Social Advocacy Team (YSAT)

About the Role

YSAT is recruiting three Project Assistants – WASH to support implementation of WASH activities under its OCHA-funded Refugee Response Programme — including sanitation facility construction support, hygiene promotion, community mobilisation, household WASH awareness, and distribution of hygiene and sanitation supplies.

Recruitment is contingent upon confirmation of funding by UNOCHA's Uganda Humanitarian Fund.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement assigned sanitation and hygiene activities including support to construction of dome-shaped PSN latrines, installation of tippy taps, and distribution of hygiene supplies
• Conduct household visits and assessments to identify and verify vulnerable households, including persons with disabilities, older persons, and child-headed households
• Support and work alongside Community Hygiene Promoters (CHPs) to conduct household visits, hygiene sensitisation, and behaviour change activities
• Engage households, RWCs, and community leaders to promote inclusive participation, ownership, and sustained use of sanitation facilities
• Collect, verify, and maintain accurate field information on households reached, facilities constructed, and hygiene promotion activities
• Prepare and submit timely field updates, activity reports, monitoring checklists, and photographs

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Public Health, Environmental Health, Water and Sanitation, Environmental Science, Community Development, or a related field
• At least 2 years of experience supporting WASH, public health, hygiene promotion, sanitation, or community-based programmes
• Practical experience working with Community Hygiene Promoters, VHTs, RWCs, or other community structures is desirable
• Valid motorcycle riding permit is mandatory
• Prior experience working with Refugee-Led Organizations is a requirement

• Implement assigned sanitation and hygiene activities including support to construction of dome-shaped PSN latrines, installation of tippy taps, and distribution of hygiene supplies
• Conduct household visits and assessments to identify and verify vulnerable households, including persons with disabilities, older persons, and child-headed households
• Support and work alongside Community Hygiene Promoters (CHPs) to conduct household visits, hygiene sensitisation, and behaviour change activities
• Engage households, RWCs, and community leaders to promote inclusive participation, ownership, and sustained use of sanitation facilities
• Collect, verify, and maintain accurate field information on households reached, facilities constructed, and hygiene promotion activities
• Prepare and submit timely field updates, activity reports, monitoring checklists, and photographs

• Practical experience working with Community Hygiene Promoters, VHTs, RWCs, or other community structures is desirable
• Valid motorcycle riding permit is mandatory
• Prior experience working with Refugee-Led Organizations is a requirement

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Public Health, Environmental Health, Water and Sanitation, Environmental Science, Community Development, or a related field
• At least 2 years of experience supporting WASH, public health, hygiene promotion, sanitation, or community-based programmes