Water and Sanitary Health Co-Chair

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries, the IRC aims to restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure.

In response to the influx of refugees in Greece, the IRC Hellas has been working in Greece since June 2015 and is currently present in Athens, Lesvos, Chios and Samos islands with programs on the sectors of Environments Health, Protection, Child Protection, Women Protection, and Mental Health.

SCOPE OF WORK

The position holder will support the coordination of the WASH Working Group (WG) in Mytiline, Lesvos Island in coordination with UNICEF who chairs the WG. S/He reports is based on Lesvos island and reports to the Environmental Health Manager.

Coordination and Promoting Joint Action:

• Fully participate in coordination forums in Lesvos to represent WASH, these may include at Protection, PSEA and MHPSS sector coordination meetings, inter sector coordinating group meetings, government forums etc. to promote engagement of relevant humanitarian actors including government actors and make sure that WASH is mainstreamed in all sectors.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders on Lesvos to ensure that WASH is part of joint assessments and responses
• Identify focal points to engage with other relevant sectors for WASH risk mitigation
• Reinforce and or re-establish WASH working groups or focal points in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders related to WASH to ensure that WASH interventions and information covers all areas where PoC are located on the island

Technical Leadership and Capacity Building:

• Contribute to development of WASH Strategy for Lesvos, support development of Action plans for the strategy including dissemination of the strategy to all WASH partners and all relevant stakeholders
• Support IRC WASH Manager develop tailored Action Plans in line with Lesvos WASH strategy
• Develop and or update Standard Operational Procedures for WASH interventions in Lesvos
• Promote shared knowledge and understanding of WASH guiding principles and globally endorsed tools for effective WASH program management including SPHERE minimum standards
• Assist in the assessment of WASH actors capacity gaps that hinder quality and or coverage of WASH interventions
• Develop/adapt as well as facilitate trainings to address capacity gaps of WASH partners in Lesvos
• If required, facilitate WASH mainstreaming training for other sector response
• Contribute to development of training materials related to coordination mechanism in Lesvos

Information Management and Reporting:

• Contribute to assessment and situational analysis, ensure WASH concerns are included in multi-sector assessments
• Map actors who are supporting/could support WASH interventions and identify gaps and produce a profile of all WASH actors in Lesvos
• Ensure and establish a system for data gathering and reporting through a common tool and prepare standard reports and progress updates for ongoing WASH working groups for inclusion in IRC and UNICEF routine reporting mechanisms

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Monitoring WASH Programming in Lesvos, develop and regularly update and interagency M&E framework to guide work of WASH coordination and support accountability.