Vacancy Announcement

Community Mobilize (2 positions)

Organization

GREDO- Gargaar Relief and Development Organization

Position Title
Location/Duty Station
Project Duration
Donor
Announcing Date
Closing Date

Community Mobiliser
Baidoa-Bay
12 Month
SCI/SHF
31/8/2016
05/9/2016

Starting Date

ASAP

Commitment to Diversity

GREDO is an equal opportunities employer.

Submission Email:

hr.gredo@yahoo.com

Organizational Background
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.

Specific duties and responsibilities

Job Purpose:
To 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
Activities:

Key OTP/SFP community activities:

o Community mobilisation & sensitisation
o Active case finding (screening) within communities
o Follow up of OTP/SFP cases and absentees/defaulters if required
o Health and nutrition education
Plan, implement and monitor/evaluate OTP/SFP Community Outreach activities
Select, 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 a outreach
volunteers for each village/ group of villages
Report 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.
Seek and provide feedback and suggest alteration to the programme as appropriate to maximise
impact
Participate 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)

Mobilisation and sensitisation

In 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
Explore 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
Provide regular feedback to communities
In 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
Record examples of best practice
Active case finding
In 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

In 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

Follow up of cases
In 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
In liaison with the OTP/SFP nurse / nutrition assistants for the area ensure that a fullyoperational system is in place for the follow-up of children not returning to the programme
(including absentees, defaulters, deaths) and children at risk (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.
Monitor and ensure the programmes engagement with disadvantaged or excluded groups
Seek and exploit opportunities for capacity-building of health employees at OTP/SFP sites
Health and nutrition education
In 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
In liaison with the SFP nurse / nutrition assistants for the area converse with mothers at sites
and regularly conduct surveys evaluating the mothers understanding of the messages and the
programme in general
Person specification
Essential

Experience of community health work / community mobilization

Experience of emergency nutrition work and implementation of feeding programmes, including
monitoring and evaluation
Proven capacity of management, leadership and teamwork
Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with
all beneficiaries and their carers
Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult working
conditions
Demonstrable ability at report writing
Ability to frequently travel and be part pf the community mobilization at the field.
Fluency in written and spoken English
Computer literate

Desirable

Health / Public Health / Nutrition / Diploma or equivalent

Experience in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating community health / community

mobilization / Nutrition activities/programmes
Child Protection
The responsibilities of the post will require the post holder to have regular contact with children
or young people

Integrity: Honest, encourages openness, transparency and sincere.

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hr.gredo@yahoo.com and indicate the position applied for in the subject. The deadline for
application deadline is 05/9/2016.
Local candidates are encouraged to apply
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
GREDO is an equal opportunities employer