Water Sanitation and Hygiene Educator - Volunteer Position - Onsite in Vanuatu • Pacific Islands - 2 years, plus 3 months training

About The Project

Vanuatu communities are looking to strengthen nutrition and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices. The country faces a complex double burden of malnutrition: many children suffer from chronic undernutrition while adults experience rising rates of diet-related noncommunicable diseases, including diabetes and hypertension. Limited access to safe water and adequate sanitation across dispersed island communities drives preventable waterborne illness and further undermines nutrition and wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Assess household nutrition and WASH needs, using participatory community mapping and data collection tools.
• Conduct home visits and facilitate small group education sessions with parents and caregivers.
• Facilitate workshops on breastfeeding, dietary diversity, handwashing with soap, and safe water storage practices.
• Train families to construct, use, and maintain improved sanitation facilities and handwashing stations.
• Strengthen the capacity of health workers in adult-learning principles and behavior change communication techniques.
• Support community health committees in participatory project planning and resource management.
• Collaborate with community members to design and implement small-scale WASH infrastructure improvements.
• Work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such as supporting disaster risk reduction (DRR) committees or women's groups with income-generation activities.

Requirements

Qualified candidates will have one or more of the following criteria:

• Associate degree in any field and at least two years of full-time, post-high school work experience (from any combination of roles).
• Bachelor's degree in any field.
• High school diploma or GED and four years of full-time, post-high school work (from any combination of roles).

Skills

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Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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