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Job Title	Community Facilitator
Code	SCI/HFO/019/19
Place of Work	West Guji Zone
Program/Unit	Humanitarian
Monthly Salary in ETB	As per the scale of the organization
No. of Positions	02
Length of Contract	Six months

 

JOBPURPOSE: 
The purpose of the community facilitator position is to Improve food security and livelihoods of the vulnerable IDP/returnees households, through the provision of emergency early maturing crops, animal health services, and conditional cash transfer support. She/he provides overall technical, organisational support and plays facilitation role in communities she/he is assigned, including technology and best practices, awareness creation and linkages and behavioural change through education, information and communication. She/he supports people’s empowerment, collective action and solidarity. Facilitates and encourages active participation of and networking between individuals and communities in recognizing problems, identifying solutions, and implementing project activities related to the identified solutions. Establishes and maintains close working relationship with communities and community organizations in her/his working area in order to ensure that the messages are disseminated and understood at all levels. Build capacities of the community and institutions. She/he will be the link between the project and the community to ensure implementation of – food security & livelihood matters intervention. In general, community facilitator will provide technical support to emergency Programme teams in the implementation of Emergency Food Security and livelihood activities across Save the Children Implementation areas.

 JOB SPECIFIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES  

Planning and leadership

• Community Empowerment and Training
• Facilitate implementation of project activities and monitoring
• Technical Support and Facilitation
• Facilitate the establishment of steering committees for beneficiary targeting and verification
• Ensure the intended beneficiary will receive the required entitlement or services to improve household’s resiliency
• Ensure the Cash and Voucher are appropriately delivered to the intended beneficiaries, in collaboration with the programme team, will support the, assessment, development and implementation of CTP
• Collaborate with the program and support teams as well as Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEAL) team to conduct relevant cash feasibility assessments to further the expansion of cash-based programming.
• Follow appropriate agronomic practices will be exercised by the beneficiaries
• Monitor households as per the standard of Save the Children operational procedures
• Emergency responses to make programs more responsive to local markets and more beneficial to general coping capacities;
• Lead in Rapid Market Assessments with the support of the project officer

Ensure Programme quality and standards are met

• Ensure sound methodological approaches using Save the Children Standard Operational Procedures and international standards and protocols for cash-based programming adapted to local, national policies / laws and other agents.
• Work closely with MEAL teams to adapt and institute post-distribution monitoring for cash modalities and to evaluate/study the impact of the use of cash in Save the Children.
• With the MEAL team employ or modify existing systems for accountability to beneficiaries, donors and Save the Children in relation to CTP

Programme development and resource mobilization

• Support the development of innovative solutions to complex challenges in CTP
• Provide input on cash and vouchers proposals, reports, sector strategies and other planning and fundraising documents.
• Support the technical teams in designating the vulnerability targeting criteria and dissemination to communities, and local authorities.
• Assess capacity and feasibility of local partnership for cash programming

 Support to programme implementation

• Assist development of and support set-up of CTP programme and work alongside Technical teams to provide mentoring and supervision of cash based programme
• Working closely with field office level operations departments to ensure Standard of Procedures for cash and voucher programming are used for implementation and adapted as required to each context
• Oversee information and shared learning across teams and ensure that monitoring and evaluation results are documented and understood as the basis for improved programming.

 

 

Advocacy and Support

• Develop networks and maintain relationships with other INGOs, local NGOs, donors and government working on cash-based interventions
• Ensure meeting agendas, participation and minutes are recorded and circulated in a timely fashion.
• Represent Save the Children, where necessary, in all relevant external meetings and to advocate CTP approaches as appropriate.
• Effectively manage all data and Information Management needs and tools.

Perform other duties as he/she will be assigned

Job Requirements

Essential

• First degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (preferably, community development, social/livelihoods development, Sociology, humanitarian assistance, Agriculture, Veterinary) or substantial community development experience.
• A minimum of two years of experience in working in related project
• Experience in Cash Transfer Programming implementation and market analysis; appropriate community mobilization, food security & livelihoods, in emergency and early recovery setting with national or International organizations highly desirable
• Good communication skills, ability to convey complex information in a straightforward manner
• Strong interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relations with multicultural and multi ethnic teams, including working with partner organizations
• Experience of training and capacity building and ability to carry out training needs analysis and develop capacity building, Mentoring and coaching skills
• Ability to synthesize and analyses data
• Proven experience in networking, influencing and negotiation skills
• Strong commitment and sympathy to Save the Children
• Fluency in spoken and written English; Oromifa and/or Gedeofa desirable.
• Willingness and ability to pick up new concepts, skills and approaches quickly

Desirable

• Training in CTP, climate change adaptation mechanisms or systems
• Experience with coordination (cluster-level and informal) and leading technical working groups
• Proven experience in development and use of CTP and market tools
• Experience in identifying and implementing innovative
• Experience in post-distribution monitoring (assessments and reporting).

Proven experience in multi-sector market-based interventions, in emergency and recovery contexts

How to Apply

HOW TO APPLY

 

Interested applicants who met the MINIMUM requirements should send the following through [email protected]  before or on March 11, 2019.

 

1. A CV (not more than 3 pages)
2. A cover letter (not more than one page)
3. A one-page table summarizing your educational background, work experience, technical skills and competencies to facilitate the screening process. Refer the vacancy announcement while doing this.

Please DO NOT SUBMIT copies of transcripts, academic degrees or recommendation letters with the application. You should provide them upon request otherwise your application will reject.

 

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU STATE THE CODE OF THE VACANCY ON THE SUBJECT OF YOUR EMAIL ensuring that the job title is clearly stated in the cover letter. All applications should be received within 10 days of this advertisement.

We need to keep children safe and as such, our selection process reflects our commitment to ensuring that only those who are suitable to work with children are considered for these posts. All successful applicants will, therefore, be required to complete a Police Check and must sign onto our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.

In the selection of its staff, Save the Children is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities.

Note: All travel costs should be covered by the applicants, if invited for written exam or interview.