Action Against Hunger (Action contre la Faim) has been operating in Uganda since 1980, providing critical humanitarian aid and sustainable development programs. Under the leadership of Country Director Ritah Kabanyoro, the organization addresses both immediate nutritional emergencies and long-term food security across 16 vulnerable districts and multiple refugee settlements.

Position: Graduate Trainee/Volunteer – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Locations: Kasese, Ntoroko, Bundibugyo, Isingiro, Kisoro

Job Summary

Under the supervision of WASH Officer, The WASH Graduate Trainee will support the community engagement & participation to support the implementation of the WASH project interventions including both hardware and software spanning Hygiene campaigns, sensitizations, household visits, and water supply construction, water source repairs, latrine construction including emergency HH and Community latrines, community and institutions. The involves participation in beneficiary/stakeholder identification, registration and follow-up and data collection from community structures including village health teams (VHTs), Water source committees, solid committees, care groups and others.

Engagement:

• WASH Officer: Direct line management
• WASH Management structures: Village heath teams (VHTs). Water user committees (WUCs), etc.
• Community leadership structures: RWCs, LCIs, etc.

Essential Job Duties

1. Programme Implementation (70%)

• Participate in the implementation of the WASH project interventions based on the project deliverables.
• Coordinate and supervise community structures involved in the implementation of the WASH program.
• Conduct onsite demonstrations (handwashing, tippy tap, safe water handling, treatment) at targeted households and communities.
• Support the entire process of emergency works, ensuring beneficiary participation and conformity with the Action Against Hunger and cluster WASH standards.
• Participate in the formation and capacity building of WASH management committees to ensure sustainable utilization of knowledge acquired.
• Contribute to documenting experiences, giving inputs to project reports, Success stories and articles for publication/success stories.
• Liaise and coordinate all the activities with the other NGOs, the community representatives, the beneficiaries and other agencies representatives engaged in the WASH sector in the project sites.
• Actively participate in coordination and feedback sessions in collaboration with UNHCR, OPM/DLG and other partners.

Effective Monitoring and Evaluation (25%)

• Participate in surveys, assessments to continually identify WASH gaps and needs in the project areas/sites.
• Conduct regular field visits to project sites and update the WASH Officer with the progress of project activities in the field, including participation in joint monitoring visits.
• Prepare regular and comprehensive project progressive weekly or monthly reports.
• Ensure that all the partners/Service Providers contracted by ACF, render quality service to the clienteles/beneficiaries as per the terms spelt out in the contractual agreements and give feed back to the WASH Officer.

Other duties as required (5%)

• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor

III. Supervisory Responsibilities

N/A

IV. Fiscal Responsibility

N/A

V. Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods and to concentrate on work, including typing, and turn out heavy volumes of work accurately, within short time frames under stressful situations in the context of a moderately noisy office with interruptions.

To travel to the field, the employee must attest to a level of physical fitness capable of enduring physically difficult, highly stressful situations which may include the necessity to walk long distances, to eat a limited diet and/or to reside in potentially uncomfortable housing or tents.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

VI. Working Conditions, Travel and Environment

Must be willing to reside within the project implementation area/district.

The duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as required by contact with the missions, mission security, or other obligations.

Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business travel as well as to the missions if appropriate. While visiting the field, the employee may be exposed to precarious settings under high security risks and/or very basic living conditions and outside weather conditions, as well is to infectious diseases.

VII. Gender Equality Commitments & Zero Tolerance to Abuse

• Foster an environment that reinforces values of people of all genders equal access to information.
• Provide a work environment where people of all genders must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance.
• Promote a safe, secure, and respectful environment for all stakeholders, particularly for children, beneficiaries, and members of staff.
• Help to prevent any type of abuse including workplace harassment and sexual abuse and exploitation.
• Respect beneficiaries’ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sex orientation, disability, religion, race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status.
• Value and respect all cultures.

VIII. Required Qualifications

A minimum of Diploma in Engineering (Water resources, Civil, environmental, etc.) or Public health, Environment science, Water Resources management, social sciences, and any other WASH relevant discipline.

IX. Required Skills & Experience

• Candidate should possess 1-2 years’ relevant work experience in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Disaster management, and Refugee programming.
• The candidate must have graduated from School starting from 2024 to date.
• Previous experience in the fields in water supply, water treatment, sanitation and behavior change.
• Good knowledge of computer skills with proficiency in AutoCAD, Google earth, and MS office.
• High willingness to learn and adapt
• Excellent communication & representation skills.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently
• Extremely flexible with the ability to cope with stressful situations.
• Culturally sensitive and adaptive.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, and Local languages in selected districts/regions.
• Ability and willingness to ride a motorcycle and possess a valid riding permit including learners permit is added advantage

• Participate in the implementation of the WASH project interventions based on the project deliverables.
• Coordinate and supervise community structures involved in the implementation of the WASH program.
• Conduct onsite demonstrations (handwashing, tippy tap, safe water handling, treatment) at targeted households and communities.
• Support the entire process of emergency works, ensuring beneficiary participation and conformity with the Action Against Hunger and cluster WASH standards.
• Participate in the formation and capacity building of WASH management committees to ensure sustainable utilization of knowledge acquired.
• Contribute to documenting experiences, giving inputs to project reports, Success stories and articles for publication/success stories.
• Liaise and coordinate all the activities with the other NGOs, the community representatives, the beneficiaries and other agencies representatives engaged in the WASH sector in the project sites.
• Actively participate in coordination and feedback sessions in collaboration with UNHCR, OPM/DLG and other partners.
• Participate in surveys, assessments to continually identify WASH gaps and needs in the project areas/sites.
• Conduct regular field visits to project sites and update the WASH Officer with the progress of project activities in the field, including participation in joint monitoring visits.
• Prepare regular and comprehensive project progressive weekly or monthly reports.
• Ensure that all the partners/Service Providers contracted by ACF, render quality service to the clienteles/beneficiaries as per the terms spelt out in the contractual agreements and give feed back to the WASH Officer.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor

• Diploma in Engineering (Water resources, Civil, environmental, etc.) or Public health, Environment science, Water Resources management, social sciences, and any other WASH relevant discipline.
• 1-2 years’ relevant work experience in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Disaster management, and Refugee programming.
• Graduated from School starting from 2024 to date.
• Previous experience in the fields in water supply, water treatment, sanitation and behavior change.
• Good knowledge of computer skills with proficiency in AutoCAD, Google earth, and MS office.
• High willingness to learn and adapt
• Excellent communication & representation skills.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently
• Extremely flexible with the ability to cope with stressful situations.
• Culturally sensitive and adaptive.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, and Local languages in selected districts/regions.
• Ability and willingness to ride a motorcycle and possess a valid riding permit including learners permit is added advantage

• A minimum of Diploma in Engineering (Water resources, Civil, environmental, etc.) or Public health, Environment science, Water Resources management, social sciences, and any other WASH relevant discipline.