Community Mobilization assistant- ECHO- two positions
Job Description
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The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Save the Children International seeks to always be a child safe organization through fulfilling its obligations to the community and through programme implementation carried out by the organization for safeguarding children and to improve the living standards of the child.
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Position: Community Mobilizer Assistant
Location: Taiz
Grade: 5
Contract Length: 12
The Opportunity:
Assist in implementation the community mobilisation of CPCs, FMCs and students councils activities in SC child protection project.
Key Areas of Responsibilities:
• In collaboration with the community mobilization officer develop community mapping tools (to identify CP Risks mechanisms/services in communities)
• Support the development of a referral system for children in need of specialized psychosocial services and link with the service providers.
• Oversee the community mapping exercise in the communities where we work
• Prepare plans for all community mobilization Provide training to staff and partner staff and Save the Children volunteers on community mobilization and sensitization methodologies.
• Support the development of the child protection campaigns and dissemination of advocacy messages
• Work closely with the community in formation of CPCs, FMCs and student councils (activation, capacity building, follow up)
• Prepare reports with statistical and narrative information on the progress of the community mobilization and the child protection programming in the target communities for the supervisor.
• Support the outreach child protection activities and implement sessions to increase community participation.
• Support the inclusion of the children with disabilities and minorities in the different activities of the child protection program.
• Supports the rest of the child protection team to implement the required activities
• Coordinate with relevant local authorities community leaders, and other relevant key stakeholders such as local NGOs, community based organizations in the implementation of the protection project in Taiz
• Ensure that communities are regularly involved in all phases of the programming
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop SCI child protection programme.
• Support the community mobilization officer to prepare logistics of all trainings and workshops (stationary, conference room, lunch, breaks, transport costs etc.)
• Support the inclusion of the children with disabilities and minorities in the different activities of the child protection program.
General
Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
Qualifications and Experience:
• Bachelor degree in Social Sciences, business administration or any other related field.
• One to three years’ experience.
• Child Protection / community development experience.
• Training skills, ability to conduct trainings
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to represent Save the Children at meetings with government officials
• Capacity to work with a team.
• Capacity to work under pressure.
• Computer skills in word, excel, PowerPoint.
• Coordination skills.
The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
· No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
· All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
· Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information:
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
