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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.

Position: Community Mobilization Assistant

Location: Aden/Lahj Office

Grade: 5

Contract Length: till Dec 2024 (with a possibility of renewal)

The Opportunity:

Under supervision of community mobilization officer the community mobilization assistant will be a crucial part of a team responsible and accountable for ensuring the implementation of SCI community based activities related to health and nutrition program, Strengthen and accompany Community Health volunteers in carrying out detection and referral as well as sensitization/awareness among the targeted communities.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

•   Sensitize the communities within all the villages under Catchment areas; ensure activities understanding and support from communities.
•   Ensure the proper identification by communities of their related Community Health Volunteers.
• Support communities in identifying Community Health Volunteers if not available.
• Participate in elaborating training   modules   and       suitable   teaching materials.
• Support CHV in organising their activities.
• Ensure regular active screening sessions in relation with Health and nutrition unit schedule and support CHVs in conducting them.
• Ensure regular awareness sessions are conducted and support CHVs in providing them to communities.
• Support CHVs in following up cases at home (new admissions, defaulters, etc…)
• Provide CHVs with adequate work material (CHV kit) and reporting/referral formats.
• With coordination with supervisors develop clear work plan for community health and nutrition activities, and share it with community volunteers.
• Support CHV in organising their activities.
• Keep close coordination and liaison with field team, community, and partners and assist them in developing high quality and diversity health education masseges .
• Reinforce the link between community volunteers, team member and community (through regular monitoring).
• Document and share lesson learnt achievements and successes from the field.
• Produce regularly accurate reporting weekly and monthly list of the mobilized villages, and the reports of the CV referrals as correct and wrong referrals to direct supervisor.
• To conduct monthly meeting with community health volunteers to discuss all related issues and to put plan for the coming period.

To take any other relevant task given by the supervisor.    

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

•  3–4-year work experience in Social work with focus on community development and mobilization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including patience, Diplomacy, Capability to create strong relationship between among all teams’ members and community.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills
• Self-motivated.
• Strong training facilitation skills.
• Protection/community development experience.
• Ability to represent Save the Children at meetings with government officials
• Capacity to work under pressure.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply.

  “Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer. Women are strongly encouraged to apply”