Sr. Community Mobilizer

Job Description

About ChildFund

ChildFund is a child-focused international development organization that works in 23 countries to connect children with the people, resources and institutions they need to grow up healthy, educated, skilled and safe, no matter where they are.

ChildFund’s Values

ChildFund values a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible environment where everyone is welcomed and celebrated equally. In our culture of connection, you will have ample opportunity to grow, learn, and lead while contributing your talents and innovations to our inspiring mission.

ChildFund’s Commitment

ChildFund International has a zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) and all other forms of harm by its staff, partners, and other representatives in the delivery of its mission and services for children. ChildFund is committed to creating a safe environment in the workplace as well as in the communities where it delivers programs and services. ChildFund expects every staff member, partner, and representative to adhere to this commitment and to ensure all organizational policies and standards are followed. This position is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal records check and/or disclosure to ensure program participants are safeguarded.

About This Role

The Senior Community Mobilizer is the front-line for implementation of the project. He/she works on-site with the local community, target IDP sites, Health facilities, and stakeholders. Responsible for Enrolment, registration, and arrangement of project participants.  She/he records and keeps all the necessary documents on the operations executed. The Community Mobilizer will build relationships between ChildFund Ethiopia and the community. He/she will be responsible to monitor Nutrition, Child Friendly Spaces, Protection and Gender programmes including psychosocial activities, and support the establishment of Community based Child Protection Mechanisms, build their capacity on child protection, identification and referral of child protection concern through the existing referral pathway including ongoing support.

Primary Responsibilities

• Facilitate establishment of participant targeting and verification committee, monitors the procedures involved in the selection, verification and registration of the project participants and develop systems jointly with relevant program partners and staff to ensure accurate, accountable and consistent targeting process of the program participants,
• Prepare Master List of participants who are targeted for all project activities,
• Ensure quality management of child friendly spaces and appropriate services are given,
• Regularly facilitate community conversation sessions on topics of child protection, food security, nutrition, gender, hygiene and sanitation,
• Mobilize the target community participating in the different project activities,
• Ensure that the target children have access to and benefit from project interventions
• Ensure children and community feedback is regularly collected, analysed, and timely and appropriate measures are taken
• Educate the target communities on child protection risks, child friendly learning spaces, food security, nutrition, gender, child participation, hygiene and sanitation, and follow up the implementation of same.
• Remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills which will enable you to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct yourself in a manner consistent with the Child Safeguarding Policy.
• Promotes active child safeguarding activities in the project target sites.
• Regularly mentor, couch, lead, and conduct performance appraisals of Community Volunteers and ensure regular feedback
• Ensure proper distribution practices in line with the donor and organizational standards and in line with the program requirements
• Give technical support to families of children in IDP sites and host communities
• Mobilize the community of the catchments area for any required activities.
• Collect required data/information for monitoring and evaluation and prepare periodic reports on all activities implemented in the IDP sites and kebeles.
• Give orientations and training to children and their parents on the type of services provided by the project and their obligations.
• Establish and maintain proper record of project targeted children and communities
• Conduct daily visits of the IDP sites, communities, fill in information and collect other monitoring data on the standard formats.
• Prepare periodic reports on all project activities.
• Facilitate the implementation of the Food Security, child protection and Health and nutrition activities in IDP sites and target communities.
• Work closely with woreda based project officers, the community and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate appropriate legal, medical and psycho-social services for SGBV survivors
• Identify lessons learned from the day-to-day activities and prepare them for communication, dissemination and documentation purpose
• Support Baseline, endline assessments and child protection monitoring
• Conduct field monitoring visits to monitoring project activities / interventions against Quality Benchmarks/Quality Checklists and produce & share weekly reports to concerned program team as well as management team based on quality and accountability findings and incorporate inputs from project team in an agreed action plan.

Required Experience and Education

Education: BA/BSC degree in Gender, Social Work, Food Security, Sociology, Psychology, Social Anthropology, Community Development, Development Studies and related fields.

• At least two-year relevant project implementation experience in child protection, food security and gender programme with emergency cash distributions within NGOs or similar
• Knowledge of the local language and communication skills.
• Substantial experience in coordinating, mobilizing community, planning, implementation, supervision, monitoring and reporting
• Cultural and gender sensitivity
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to mentor staff
• Proven ability to manage a complex and demanding workload
• Knowledge of the area, socio-culture and local language where the post is located as an added advantage
• Practical experiences in the use of specific child protection, food/cash distribution and monitoring tools
• Trained on child protection

Required Competencies

ChildFund’s Core Competencies

• Teamwork: the ability to work effectively and collaborate with others; values and respects individual differences.
• Communication: demonstrates empathy and tact when communicating with others and uses a storytelling approach when appropriate.
• Results orientation gets things done; takes proactive steps to achieve organizational goals and quality standards.
• Decision making uses good judgement, critical thinking, and non-traditional ways to evaluate problems and opportunities; reflects and innovates to improve decisions and outcomes.
• Resilience: thrives and grows in rapidly changing, demanding, and complex environments.

Other Required Competencies

Outstanding written and oral communication skills in English; fluency in a local language is an advantage

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.