Position: Community Mobilizer

Department: Project Implementation

Direct Hierarchy: Project Officer

Location: Bardere Jubaland

Duration: 6 Months

Starting date: November 2023

Background on DACTE

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Their interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context.

Acted is committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity while co-creating longer-term opportunities for sustainable growth and fulfilling people’s potential. Acted endeavors to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience; promote inclusive and sustainable growth; co-construct effective governance; and support the building of civil society worldwide by investing in people and their potential.

ACTED is looking for professionally confident, self-motivated, experienced, and committed team player to fill the Community Mobilizers Two (2) positions in Bardere Jubaland.

Position Profile:

Under the direct supervision of the Project Officer, the Community Mobilizer is primarily responsible for community mobilization and support to community governance activities within a food security and livelihoods project, specifically linked to flood response.

This includes but not limited to supporting the rollout of food assistance through cash transfers to flood-affected households; conducting outreach mobilization; facilitating the set-up of a two-way community alert-based system; ensuring that vulnerable groups and people with specific needs are represented and participating in the project activities; build the capacity of community governance structures, including flood committees; passing information to the camp population, advocating for the needs of the their own community and influencing humanitarian assistance delivery.

The Community Mobilizer will be based in Bardere, where Acted operates with the full project team in coordination with the area-based office in Kismayo.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serves as the community organizer and mobilizer in assigned areas and shall be responsible for facilitating advocacy activities in the communities including detailed planning, implementation, monitoring, and learning of the project-related interventions.
• Conduct outreach community mobilization, VRC/CMC and flood response committee meetings in the target locations; lead the outreach community mobilization on flood risk, early response and community resilience among the target flood-affected communities.
• Facilitating appropriate community involvement in the design and delivery of food security and livelihood activities (local leaders, local authorities, and local communities), as well as flood preparedness, response and mitigation actions as outlined in the project proposal.
• Supporting and promoting the participation of women, youth, and people with specific needs and marginalized groups in FSL and flood-related activities at site or village level
• Organize community public meetings and facilitate the formation of project committees (VRC/CMC/Flood Committees) at the community level.
• In collaboration with the project team, inform the committee’s members and the target community at large on beneficiary selection criteria and facilitate the committees to identify project beneficiaries in the targeted communities.
• Support the beneficiary selection process, registration, and verifications.
• Support the conduction of Post distribution monitoring, market surveys, case studies, and most significant success stories.
• Provide the necessary information on the location, date, and cash payment procedures to targeted beneficiaries.
• Conduct periodic context and needs assessments related to the livelihood and food security of the target groups in targeted locations as well as flood-related assessments for alert activation.
• Support the set-up of a two-way community-based alert system with the flood communities.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with the community leaders and the local authorities in the project area.
• Support the assessment of capacity-building needs and the organization of capacity-building sessions with the target community according to the identified needs.
• In liaison with the project and MEAL team, ensure that the CRM mechanism integrates different ways of collecting complaints and feedback, not only through desk but also through formal and informal meetings with the community leaders, outreach activities, etc.
• Lead transparent and accountable participatory targeting of project target groups and beneficiaries.
• Considering gender, protection, and GBV concerns in all aspects of activities.
• Promoting and adhering to Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse policy and guidelines (for site residents, Acted staff, partner agencies, casual labors)
• Support the Project Officer in the preparation and compilation of internal activity reports on a weekly basis as well as monthly or ad-hoc reports to be shared with the Project Officer
• Perform other duties as required by the relevant supervisor.

Job Requirement (Qualification and Experience)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Community Development, Development studies, DRR or any other related fields.
• Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in direct implementation of FSL / Emergency projects through close engagement with affected communities
• Proficiency in English and local language, both oral and written.
• Proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Experience and knowledge of working with INGOs in Livelihood and Cash transfer, CCCM or Emergency programs.
• Prior experience in community engagements and mobilizations, training, coaching and mentoring, proven problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience, including leading/supervising subordinate staff, organizing activities, and report writing.
• Knowledge and experience working in conflict and climate-affected areas.
• Experience in training and capacity building of community members
• Knowledge of logistics and procurement processes
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and high proactivity.
• Good facilitation, analytical, planning, and report-writing skills
• Willing to extensively travel throughout the project areas.

Technical Skills

• Extensive knowledge the operating context in Somalia Regions.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and team-playing skills.
• Highly flexible, with the ability to use initiative.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Commitment to humanitarian principles and values.
• Understanding of gender, protection, and human rights.
• Commitment to promoting gender equality.