Position Title: Community Mobilization Assistant

Activation Date: 21 Feb, 2019   Announced Date: 21 Feb, 2019   Expire Date: 28 Feb, 2019
Job Location:      Kunduz
Nationality:         National

Category:            Other
Employment Type:          Full Time
Salary:  
Vacancy Number:            19-053
No. Of Jobs:       2
Organization:     Save the Children
Years of Experience:       3 Years related Experiance
Contract Duration:           30 November 2020
Gender:               Male/Female
Education:           12 Grade Graduate or University Degree
Close date:         28 Feb, 2019

About Save the Children:

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 realize 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.

SCI - Afghanistan

 Save the Children has worked in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.
We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers

Job Description:

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
§  Community Mobilization assistant is responsible for organizing, motivating and mobilizing target beneficiaries in support of all activities planned under Save the Children’s DANIDA project for improvement of returnees’ reintegration through livelihood and child protection interventions.
§  Collaborate with Project Coordinator, Livelihood officers, Livelihood Assistants, and MEAL staff to design successful community mobilization strategy.
§  In support from other project staff, support project location and project beneficiaries targeting strategy and criteria.
§  Lead community-based mobilization and sensitization meetings and with support from other project staff introduce the project activities to respective community members and project beneficiaries.
§  Take part in the process of beneficiary identification and registration.
§  Conduct training needs assessment with beneficiaries and support in finalizing the training courses (mainly entreprenurship) based on the result of needs assessment, and support implementation of training courses for livelihood beneficiaries.
§  Support in implementation of capacity building training courses that will take place with participation of livelihoods and child protection beneficiaries.
§  Support in establishment of child friendly spaces.
§  Support the child protection staff and community based committees in case management under the child protection component of the project.
§  Support implementation of project baseline, mid-term, and final evaluation.
§  Develop project weekly narrative reports and submit them to Livelihood Project Coordinator timely.
§  Assist joint monitoring visits with the government officials (Provincial/district relevant authorities) to the project sites.
§  Support Save the Children’s MEAL staff in establishing quality project documentation and filing system.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning
§  Prepare and implement action plan for quality monitoring
§  Mobilizing and Making communities aware on project objectives, outputs and activities and MEAL systems and SCI Child Safeguarding Policies.
§  Facilitate project and activities information at all events such as training and workshops
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

§  holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
§  holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
§  sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
§  widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
§  future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
§  builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
§  values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
§  approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
§  develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
§  willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
§  honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
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.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Job Requirements:

QUALIFICATIONS
University degree in development studies, social science, or any other relevant technical credential
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
§  Previous community mobilization experience and knowledge
§  Familiarity with livelihood programming for returnees and IDPs
§  Maturity and confidence in dealing with the staff of government institutions, and communities.
§  Excellent communication (both oral and written) in local languages, people skill for conflict resolution and negotiation;
Submission Guideline:
Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position by sending the below documents mentioning the position title and vacancy number (19-053) in the subject of their email before closing date 28 February 2019
   * Letter of Interest and Update CV as a single document
   * SCI application form:  http://www.acbar.org/upload/1504680139535.docx
Save the Children International provides an equal employment opportunity and does not ask for money at any stage of recruitment.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Submission Email:

afg.recruitment@savethechildren.org