Job ID
43736
Job Title
PHP Assistant - Male
To work for
Oxfam Syria
Country
Syria
City
Damascus
Field of Work
Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Finished or Exempted
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
Coordination
•Assist the PHP Officers to coordinate, liaise with and support field teams to ensure coherent and consistent programming.
•Provide day to day support to volunteers and community focal points
•Attend regular planning and coordination meetings with the PHE, MEAL, and Livelihoods teams and implementing partners/ contractors
•Support coordination with key stakeholders including contractors, ministry focal points etc.
Assessment and Programme Design
•Evaluate PHP needs through field visits, interviews and focus group discussions and collecting and analysing secondary data
•Help identify key hygiene risks and the barriers and motivations to practicing good hygiene
•Joint assessment planning and preparation with PHE and MEAL teams
•Design and plan PHP activities integrated with PHE, livelihoods, gender, protection and advocacy.
•Ensure beneficiary and field teams involvement in assessment, planning and monitoring of WASH activities.
Programme Implementation
• Mobilise displaced communities and community leaders to coordinate and manage the Oxfam WASH interventions; Support communities to elect WASH committees and WASH focal points from the collective shelters, schools, and targeted communities, (responsible for monitoring the implementation, disease prevalence and evaluation of the planned activities).
• Assist in the planning and facilitation of training community-based volunteers
• Support community hygiene volunteers to conduct trainings to form and strengthen committees/ school health clubs/ community child health clubs and to monitor progress of WASH Committees and follow up on problems
• Suggest new methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities
• Design, plan and carry out hygiene promotion activities to promote safe PHP practices based on need with the committees and the trained community volunteers. These activities may include drama, information campaigns etc. in schools and communities as part of emergency response and resilience building
• Contribute to the development and pre-testing of PHP interactive learning tools and IEC materials
• Involve schools, health centres and community volunteers in the planning and roll out of PHP campaigns
• Assist PHP Officers in ensuring timely distribution of Hygiene kits.
• Support volunteers to carry out post-distribution monitoring
Reporting, administration and information management:
• Contribute to the weekly PHP team review and planning meetings
• Obtain feedback from communities on the Oxfam WASH intervention where feasible
• Administrate payment requests, distribution lists and attendance lists
• Prepare, upload and file relevant documents according to agreed Oxfam procedures
• Provide weekly progress reports detailing progress to objectives ie. number of men and women trained, number of men, women, boy and girl beneficiaries, impact, challenges etc.
• Support the PHP TL to prepare monthly monitoring reports – PDM, status of project locations etc.
Assuring Programme Quality, Monitoring, Evaluation, Observation, and Learning
• Apply Oxfam’s minimum requirements on accountability to beneficiaries in the implementation of PHP activities
• Raise awareness and build capacity of Oxfam field staff in adhering to Oxfam and international humanitarian standards
• Carry out data collection as required; PDM, Monitor PHP activities
• Reflect on programme experience and contribute to PHP /WASH evaluations and learning review
• Support and coordinate on service mapping
• Report any incidents or suspicious activities including field incidents to the PHP Officer and PHP TL
• Follow Oxfam’s Code of Conduct
• Act in a way that is sensitive to gender and protection issues
• Other tasks agreed with line manager
•Assist the PHP Officers to coordinate, liaise with and support field teams to ensure coherent and consistent programming.
•Provide day to day support to volunteers and community focal points
•Attend regular planning and coordination meetings with the PHE, MEAL, and Livelihoods teams and implementing partners/ contractors
•Support coordination with key stakeholders including contractors, ministry focal points etc.
Assessment and Programme Design
•Evaluate PHP needs through field visits, interviews and focus group discussions and collecting and analysing secondary data
•Help identify key hygiene risks and the barriers and motivations to practicing good hygiene
•Joint assessment planning and preparation with PHE and MEAL teams
•Design and plan PHP activities integrated with PHE, livelihoods, gender, protection and advocacy.
•Ensure beneficiary and field teams involvement in assessment, planning and monitoring of WASH activities.
Programme Implementation
• Mobilise displaced communities and community leaders to coordinate and manage the Oxfam WASH interventions; Support communities to elect WASH committees and WASH focal points from the collective shelters, schools, and targeted communities, (responsible for monitoring the implementation, disease prevalence and evaluation of the planned activities).
• Assist in the planning and facilitation of training community-based volunteers
• Support community hygiene volunteers to conduct trainings to form and strengthen committees/ school health clubs/ community child health clubs and to monitor progress of WASH Committees and follow up on problems
• Suggest new methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities
• Design, plan and carry out hygiene promotion activities to promote safe PHP practices based on need with the committees and the trained community volunteers. These activities may include drama, information campaigns etc. in schools and communities as part of emergency response and resilience building
• Contribute to the development and pre-testing of PHP interactive learning tools and IEC materials
• Involve schools, health centres and community volunteers in the planning and roll out of PHP campaigns
• Assist PHP Officers in ensuring timely distribution of Hygiene kits.
• Support volunteers to carry out post-distribution monitoring
Reporting, administration and information management:
• Contribute to the weekly PHP team review and planning meetings
• Obtain feedback from communities on the Oxfam WASH intervention where feasible
• Administrate payment requests, distribution lists and attendance lists
• Prepare, upload and file relevant documents according to agreed Oxfam procedures
• Provide weekly progress reports detailing progress to objectives ie. number of men and women trained, number of men, women, boy and girl beneficiaries, impact, challenges etc.
• Support the PHP TL to prepare monthly monitoring reports – PDM, status of project locations etc.
Assuring Programme Quality, Monitoring, Evaluation, Observation, and Learning
• Apply Oxfam’s minimum requirements on accountability to beneficiaries in the implementation of PHP activities
• Raise awareness and build capacity of Oxfam field staff in adhering to Oxfam and international humanitarian standards
• Carry out data collection as required; PDM, Monitor PHP activities
• Reflect on programme experience and contribute to PHP /WASH evaluations and learning review
• Support and coordinate on service mapping
• Report any incidents or suspicious activities including field incidents to the PHP Officer and PHP TL
• Follow Oxfam’s Code of Conduct
• Act in a way that is sensitive to gender and protection issues
• Other tasks agreed with line manager
Qualifications
• Minimum University/ institute degree and experience in either: public health, medical, pharmacy community development, education, engineering or other relevant domains.
• At least 2 years’ experience in either Development or Humanitarian sector in hygiene promotion or distribution program is essential
• Sound understanding of a community development approach to WASH
• Experience in designing IEC (Information, Education and Communication) materials and interactive learning tools
• Strong communication and coordination skills.
• Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of different groups of the community.
• Good, solid report writing skills
• Good competency in Microsoft Office applications
• Good competency in Photoshop, illustrator, or other design softwares
• Good written and spoken English and Arabic is essential
• Take responsibility for own work and make decisions on routine matters without close supervision
• Good organizational and work planning skills
• Able to set priorities and multi-task in dealing with job requirements.
• Detail oriented and good record keeper
• Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a team
• Proactively assume more responsibility and/or more difficult areas of work in agreement with line manager.
• Demonstrate adaptability and flexibility in all aspects of working
• Ability to quickly understand local cultural and customary norms
• Capacity to travel if needed
• At least 2 years’ experience in either Development or Humanitarian sector in hygiene promotion or distribution program is essential
• Sound understanding of a community development approach to WASH
• Experience in designing IEC (Information, Education and Communication) materials and interactive learning tools
• Strong communication and coordination skills.
• Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of different groups of the community.
• Good, solid report writing skills
• Good competency in Microsoft Office applications
• Good competency in Photoshop, illustrator, or other design softwares
• Good written and spoken English and Arabic is essential
• Take responsibility for own work and make decisions on routine matters without close supervision
• Good organizational and work planning skills
• Able to set priorities and multi-task in dealing with job requirements.
• Detail oriented and good record keeper
• Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a team
• Proactively assume more responsibility and/or more difficult areas of work in agreement with line manager.
• Demonstrate adaptability and flexibility in all aspects of working
• Ability to quickly understand local cultural and customary norms
• Capacity to travel if needed
Specific Vacancy Requirements
Maternity cover, This vacancy will close on 12 August 2025
Salary and Benefits
As per oxfam salary scale
About us
Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam's WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 governorates, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam's WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 governorates, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Jul 29, 2025
Expiry Date
Aug 13, 2025
CV Language
English