Details of Nutrition, Sanitation & Hygiene Officer

Job description

Job Details

1. Department Programmes

2. Country/Location Buroa with travel of other project areas of

Somaliland

3. Job name Expert Level

Focusing: NHS

4. Title Nutrition, Sanitation & Hygiene Officer

5. Salary Group SG6_1

6. Immediate Supervisor Head of Project

7. Subordinate position(s) None

8. Representation N/A

9. Contract period Six Months

10.Contract type Definite

II. Organization and Position Overview

Welthungerhilfe is a German-based international non-profit humanitarian and

development organization. The ultimate vision of Welthungerhilfe is to see a world without

hunger and poverty. WHH has been working in four regions of Somaliland (Awdal,

Maroodi-jex, Sahil and Toghdeer and Sanaag) since 2001 with multisector interventions.

It secures funding mainly from German Government cooperation (BMZ, AA and WFP)

and private donors of Germany for its interventions in Somaliland.

Duties and Areas of Responsibility

1. Take planning, designing and implementation roles for nutrition, sanitation &

hygiene component of the project.

2. Participate design appropriate nutrition, hygiene and sanitation promotion

tools and approaches for the project.

3. Participate technical implementation of relevant promotion methods and tools

in the project areas.

4. Work for behavior changes and practical achievements at household level

5. Partake technical input in designing integrated WASH and nutrition training

manuals and guidance.

6. Provide technical support and guidance to community promoters working at

community level.

7. Develop standard training manuals on nutrition, hygiene and sanitation sector

8. Conduct training and other capacity building activities related to NHS.

9. Coordinate the provision of relevant trainings to target households.

10. Establish WASH and nutrition demonstration sites at selected sites in the

project area

11. Manage the functionality of nutrition and WASH demonstration sites as per

anticipated project objective.

12. Ensure to have all project activities been made nutrition and gender sensitive.

13. Participate and sufficiently contributes during design of planning, monitoring

and evaluation systems + other assessments are developed properly in terms

of inclusion of soft components.

14. Participate in stakeholders’ forums related to nutrition hygiene and sanitation.

15. Provide evidence based and innovative approaches to help improve project

implementation and achieve enhanced food and nutrition security at

household level.

16. Representing Welthungerhilfe in nutrition hygiene and sanitation Cluster

sector meetings

17. Perform any other duties assigned.

Skills and qualifications

III. Requirement

Education and Experience

1. Minimum graduate degree in Nutrition, Public health or a relevant field.

2. Five years’ practical experience in planning and implementation of practicing

nutrition hygiene and sanitation interventions

3. Experience in disaster management system

4. Practical knowledge in participatory watershed planning and implementation

5. Demonstrated experience in implementation of Nutrition hygiene and

sanitation development activities

6. Good experience in community mobilization

7. Report writing and data management skills.

IV. Language Requirement

Proficiency in both oral and written communication in English and Somali is a

requirement.

How to apply

Internal candidates are encouraged to apply. Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply

In order to achieve gender balance strategy, WHH prioritizes females and people with disabilities.

WHH does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

Application deadline is 27 February 2026; However, the applications will be reviewed on

rolling basis and the recruitment process can be finalised before the deadline.

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Career Opportunities: Nutrition Hygiene and Sanitation (NHS) Officer (14110)