POSITION TITLE: Community Mobilizer (4)

JOB LOCATION:

• Aden Governorate
• Taiz Governorate
• Hadhramout Governorate, Mukalla District
• Hadhramout Governorate, Sayoun District

REPORT TO: Project Officer

ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSING DATE: 20/07/2024

ABOUT FMF:

Field Medical Foundation (FMF) was established in 2012 as an independent entity, with an official declaration by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL), and with a vision to empower communities for a better life and sustainable development. FMF’s message looks to contribute to alleviating the suffering of vulnerable people in society and enabling them to access comprehensive health, education, and developmental services through building effective partnerships, mobilizing and investing resources and volunteer efforts, and directing them toward implementing sustainable development and initiatives programs in accordance with best practices and policies of humanitarian action.

*FMF provides work environment which is free of sexual exploitation and abuse, discrimination, and all forms of harassment and abuse of the foundation.

*We undertake rigorous procedures to ensure that only people suitable to work with children and adults’ beneficiaries are allowed to join our organization so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults’ beneficiaries from abuse.

JOB DESCRIPTION: 

FMF is implementing a Increased availability, access, and demand of Reproductive Health Supplies for Women, Youth and Girls Affected by the Crisis in Yemen Project in four governorates (Aden, Taiz, Al Mukala, and Sayon) to Under the supervision of the Direct manager, the Community Mobiliser is responsible for engaging closely with Youth inside the Universities , Society , camp, as well as providing direct support to the implementation of Youth activities with the rest of the project staff members.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Community Mobilizer will support program officer in all project related to the Youth project:

This position will be responsible for following up the implementation and day to day operations related to the activities.

•   Mobilize communities (leaders, parents, etc.) and disseminate information about the Youth to promote community support.
• Work with affected communities and establish close relationships with them to better respond to their needs.
•  Support contextualization of tools for Youth beneficiary identification.
• Mobilize communities for Youth Project activities and awareness raising activities/campaigns.
•  Coordinate with the community stakeholders to sure that the needs are covered in timely and in line with world Vision quality benchmark.
•  Conduct focus group discussion with community members to ensure strong community engagement.
•  Ensure that relevant target groups are identified and sensitized of the Youth project activities. Contribute to contextualizing community interventions using community-based approaches and DO NO harm principle.
• Work closely with communities’ leaders influential figures and youth people.
•  Run awareness sessions for Youth and parents, and support Facilitator colleagues to facilitate awareness sessions, as required.
•  Flag Youth protection issues which need to be addressed through awareness raising activities and support the development of key message and materials.
• Support family visits in the field with mentoring.
•  Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong understanding of the situation of the Youth (Male and Female)
• The ability to think critically and to recommend good solutions to problems.
• Excellent sense of judgment, humor and patience.
• Knowledge of the local language; English language skill is an advantage.
• Basic education or adequate equivalent work/life experience;
• Experience with community development, working with Youth and Universities, Schools.
• Very good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong Organizational skills.
• Advocacy and coordination skills.
• Ability to conduct outreach at the community level
• Good computer skills (MS Office, including familiarity with internet).
• Personal Competencies: Collaborative spirit and ability to work independently as well as in a team; commitment to knowledge sharing and teamwork; positive attitude and ability to see through challenges to find solutions; and strong interpersonal skills and an ability to clearly communicate, including complex concepts into layperson language.

NOTE: Applicants are requested to apply as soon as possible; the interviews will be done in a rolling basis.

HOW TO APPLY: 

• The deadline for receiving applications is Saturday, June 20^th, 2024 
• Interested candidates are requested to submit their application by (CLICKING HERE) 
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.