Vacancy Announcement<\/p>\n
Community Mobilizers (6 positions)<\/p>\n
Organization\tGREDO\u2013 Gargaar Relief and Development Organization
\nPosition Title\t Community Mobilizers
\nLocation\/Duty Station\tElberde 1 Positions
\nBerdale 1 Positions<\/p>\n
Diinsoor 2 Positions<\/p>\n
Yeed 2 Positions<\/p>\n
Announcing Date\t05 April 2022
\nClosing Date\t14 April 2022
\nProject Name\tGAVI Project
\nCommitment to Diversity\tGREDO is an equal opportunities employer.
\nSubmission Email:\trecruitment@gredosom.org
\nOrganizational Background<\/p>\n
GREDO is an indigenous local NGO. Non-profit non-partial, non- political and voluntary organization based in Baidoa. To reach the most affected grass-root communities in Bay and Bakool regions and lower Shebelle effectively and efficiently, the necessity of local partnership in relief program appeared. Responding to the partnership need, a group of Somali intellectuals and well-wishers initiated in December 1992 a local non-governmental organization called Gargaar Relief and Development Organization (GREDO) the organization has implemented during these period different projects including relief and emergency programs and later improved into rehabilitation and developmental programs.<\/p>\n
Specific duties and responsibilities <\/p>\n
Job Purpose:
\nTo manage SFP and OTP community outreach activities and guarantee the efficient and effective sensitisation, mobilisation and participation of the communities targeted, thereby maximising programme performance
\nActivities:<\/p>\n
Key OTP\/SFP community activities:
\nCommunity mobilisation & sensitisation
\nActive case finding (screening) within communities
\nFollow up of OTP\/SFP cases and absentees\/defaulters if required
\nHealth and nutrition education
\nPlan, implement and monitor\/evaluate OTP\/SFP Community Outreach activities
\nSelect, train and supervise a number of outreach volunteers at each OTP\/SFP site; planning from the outset with the OTP\/SFP supervisor incentives for volunteers (not monetary). Involve community leaders in the selection process and promote the identification of an outreach volunteers for each village\/ group of villages
\nReport to the OTP\/SFP Nurse and liaise closely with nutrition programme staff and other relevant partners (community leaders, other agency staff etc.) regarding community outreach activities.
\nSeek and provide feedback and suggest alteration to the programme as appropriate to maximise impact
\nParticipate in OTP\/SFP general programme management duties as requested by OTP\/SFP Programmes (e.g. distribution planning, monitoring and reporting) and perform other tasks as negotiated (e.g. training of staff\/volunteers)
\nMobilisation and sensitisation
\nIn liaison with the OTP\/SFP nurse \/ nutrition assistants for the area devise performance indicators to monitor effectiveness and impact of community mobilisation; set objectives\/indictors and record progress against these
\nExplore all links with individual members of the community (eg. village chiefs, traditional midwives, local health workers) and develop their engagement and ownership of the community based activities
\nProvide regular feedback to communities
\nIn liaison with the OTP\/SFP nurse\/nutrition assistants for the area establish a procedure allowing beneficiaries to comment or complain about aspects of the programme and then address any relevant concerns
\nRecord examples of best practice<\/p>\n
Active case finding
\nIn liaison with the OTP\/SFP nurse\/nutrition assistants for the area devise and implement a strategy for active case finding (screening) within identified the catchment areas using nutrition staff\/outreach volunteers
\nIn liaison with the OTP\/SFP nurse \/ nutrition assistants for the area create systems\/tools for screening follow-up and feedback statistics to programme supervisors and adapt case finding strategy appropriately
\nFollow up of cases
\nIn liaison with the OTP\/SFP nurse \/ nutrition assistants for the area coordinate the activities of outreach volunteers and ensure active participation of outreach volunteers in OTP? SFP distributions.
\nIn liaison with the OTP\/SFP nurse \/ nutrition assistants for the area ensure that a fully-operational system is in place for the follow-up of children not returning to the programme (including absentees, defaulters, deaths) and children \u201cat risk\u201d (long stay\/not gaining weight \/ social or physically disabling problems) and that post-visit feedback is given to the SFP nurse \/ nutrition assistants for the area.
\nMonitor and ensure the programme\u2019s engagement with disadvantaged or excluded groups
\nSeek and exploit opportunities for capacity-building of health employees at OTP\/SFP sites.
\nHealth and nutrition education
\nIn liaison with the OTP\/SFP nurse \/ nutrition for the area guarantee that, whenever possible, all team members deliver health and nutrition education of appropriate content and manner to mothers and other carers
\nIn liaison with the SFP nurse \/ nutrition assistants for the area converse with mothers at sites and regularly conduct surveys evaluating the mothers\u2019 understanding of the messages and the programme in general
\nPerson specification<\/p>\n
Essential<\/p>\n
Experience of community health work \/ community mobilization
\nExperience of emergency nutrition work and implementation of feeding programmers, including monitoring and evaluation
\nProven capacity of management, leadership and teamwork
\nExcellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathize with all beneficiaries and their careers.
\nWillingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult working conditions
\nDemonstrable ability at report writing
\nAbility to frequently travel and be part pf the community mobilization at the field.
\nFluency in written and spoken English
\nComputer literate
\nDesirable<\/p>\n
Health \/ Public Health \/ Nutrition \/ Diploma or equivalent
\nExperience in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating community health \/ community mobilization \/ Nutrition activities\/programs.
\nChild Protection
\nThe responsibilities of the post will require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people<\/p>\n
Integrity: Honest, encourages openness, transparency and sincere. All applicants should drop a letter of application and updated CV (including 3 referees) to recruitment@gredosom.org and indicate the position applied for in the subject. The deadline for application deadline is 14 April 2022
\nLocal candidates are encouraged to apply<\/p>\n
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vacancy Announcement Community Mobilizers (6 positions) Organization GREDO\u2013 Gargaar Relief and Development Organization Position Title Community Mobilizers Location\/Duty Station Elberde 1 Positions Berdale 1 Positions Diinsoor 2 Positions Yeed 2 Positions Announcing Date 05 April 2022 Closing Date 14 April 2022 Project Name GAVI Project Commitment to Diversity GREDO is an equal opportunities employer. Submission …<\/p>\n