Job Title: Community Mobilization Officer
Organisation: Transformation and Restoration Initiative (TRI)
Duty Station: Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda
Reports to: Education Officer
About US:
Transformation and Restoration Initiative (TRI) is a Ugandan-based non-profit public charity with a certificate of registration and certificate to operate by the NGO Bureau; TRI provides humanitarian support and development to people living in disaster and poverty-stricken areas, refugee settlements, e.t.c focusing on the person as a whole by providing Education, medical/physical, emotional, economic, and social support and doing sustainable development.
About Project:
TRI has received funding from Education Can Not Wait through the Localization Unit Managed by Street Child Uganda to Implement a Project Titled ‘EDUCATION RESPONSE MULTI – YEAR RESILIENCE PROJECT.
Job Summary: Under the supervision of Education officer and technical support from the Education Coordinator, the Community Mobilization Officer works closely with the project team to organize community entry engagements and meetings, through engaging with relevant stakeholders and leaders to ensure that community members and stakeholders have a clear understanding of the project goals and objectives and gain acceptance and support from them. The post holder will build relationships between TRI and the community. He/she will be responsible to monitor project activities, and support the establishment of community mobilization teams and awareness raising activities. The Community Mobilization Officer will closely engage community members to actively participate and embrace the project activities including mobilizing parents and guardians to send their children to school, engage in community dialogues and in line with the Community Action Cycle work with community mobilization teams to identify priority issues/ barriers to access to education and child protection and safeguarding issues that need to be addressed through steering the community to develop community action plans, collectively work together to implement the action plans, monitor and evaluate the implementation of the action plan.
He/she will have a collaborative relationship with the community leaders in matters related to mobilizing of community members to address education barriers, protection issues and identify out of school children and children with disabilities who need to be supported to access education. He/she will participate in back to
school/ learning campaigns and key advocacy. The caseworker also works with the Community mobilizers in relation to identification and referral of cases identified from the community.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, community mobilizers will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for mobilizing the communities to play an effective role in protecting the rights of the children
- Liaise with community leaders and parents to introduce program activities and encourage community involvement in program implementation and monitoring.
- Establish and strengthen Community engagement including working towards a relationship that fosters acceptance, ownership that is required for longer term sustainability of the program interventions.
- In line with the Community Action Cycle, closely engage and guide community mobilization teams in planning, implementing and evaluation of implementation of key community action plans, i.e., conducting / attending meetings and recording minutes of the meetings and follow up on action plans.
- Ensure Community Based Child Protection Networks (CBCPN) are supported to conduct community-based awareness raising activities on CP issues.
- Support CBCPN members to promote the inclusion of marginalized and minority groups and ensure meaningful child participation in activities.
- Establish and strengthen Child and Youth clubs and provide on-going mentoring and support.
- Support in establishing activities in CFS or Community Centers, and provide ongoing monitoring, support and capacity building to facilitators.
- Responsible to ensure that all community-based networks are coordinating with each other, as well as with CFSs, Child and Youth clubs and other committees.
- Support in conducting needs assessment in the target and surrounding communities, especially the children, with an aim to implement programme activities.
- Responsible to monitor, identify and refer child protection issues as per the agreed interagency protocols and procedures.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a University degree preferably in Social work or other relevant social sciences (OR Diploma in these fields if person has worked in a similar position and has the required skills and experience)
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar position
- Experience working and communicating with Children
- Excellent technical understanding of child protection and community-based approaches
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to prioritize tasks
- Flexibility and ability to work independently and in a team
- Able to work to tight deadlines and under pressure
- Able to operate in extremely harsh living and working environment
- Gender awareness and sensitivity
- Awareness of using TRI positive discipline; an officer should never shout at, humiliate or hit children
All applicants should be in alignment with Transformation and Restoration Initiative’s values of Respect and Dignity, its slogan of ‘Transforming Lives. Restoring Dreams’, and its mission of providing humanitarian support to people living in disaster and poverty stricken areas, focusing on the person as a whole by providing medical/physical, emotional, social, and economic support.
How to Apply:
Please e-mail CVs and cover letters to apply@jobsportal-career.com or mail sealed to:
TRI; Ssemawata Road plot 44 Ntinda, Kampala opposite Fiona Medical Services LTD or call: 0772633494 or0755633494.
NB:
- 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.
- TRI is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best-qualified talent.
- Female Candidates are encouraged to apply.
Disclaimer: TRI does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 11th May 2023 at Noon