Community Facilitator / HEKS EPER Moldova

Job title

Community Facilitator (CF)

Duty station

Chisinau, Moldova

Starting date

^ASAP

Contract duration

8 months (with a possibility of extension)

Contract type

Full time

Reports to

Program Officer (PO)

Coordinates with

Emergency Response Coordinator (ERC), Finance & Admin Manager, HEKS/EPER Partners.

Direct line manager of

N/A for the time being

Submit the Application by

May 9, 2023 (end of the day)

Main responsibilities

Tasks

Project Implementation

·        Working closely with the PO (ERC and Country Director (CD) occasionally) for contributing to the project implementation

·        Developing and maintaining strong, functional relationships with all parties across the project portfolio

·        Facilitate and support activities for community engagement

·        Community Facilitator’s presence in the field provides means for program monitoring to ensure maintenance of the quality of implementation according to national & international protocols as well as an independent layer of accountability.

·        S / He/ will be responsible for supervising the day-to-day implementation of activities across the implementation sites.

·        S / He will also supervise and facilitate regular roundtable, sessions, and meetings with UKR refugees and Moldovan communities.

·        Liaising with key partners to ensure activities and initiatives are progressed as planned

·        Engaging with project beneficiaries (UKR refugees and host communities) to build strong community support for the proposed activities

·        Establishing a practitioner network on site to promote communication

·        Establishing / facilitating a Community Advisory Group - input to community needs

·        Undertaking Community Data Analysis and baseline site implementation planning

·        Developing work plans and project plans to deliver the core elements of the project

·        Contributing to regular reports on site progress

·         S/ He will be responsible to ensuring quality data collection and reporting with regular travel to implementation sites.

Skills and Abilities

·        Exceptional people skills, ability to work alongside vulnerable community members and beneficiaries, as well as partners, in a collaborative and constructive manner.

·        Well-developed stakeholder management and engagement skills

·        Exceptional communication skills – verbal and written, able to tailor communication methods and styles to suit the audience

·        Genuine concern and passion for the improving the well-being and opportunities available to families (Moldovan and refugees) and communities

·        Ability to assemble training modules, learning materials and roundtable curricula to be used for the training, roundtables, sessions, and meetings.

·        Ability to come up with a clear training plan, methodology, expectations & outcomes to demonstrate what beneficiaries will be trained on & how they will be trained & what can be achieved at the end of the program.

·        Ability to prioritise competing interests and deliver outcomes in a fluid and changing environment

·        Project management skills, with a “can do” approach

·        Continuous improvement mindset, always seeking to find better ways to achieve better outcomes

Experience/Qualifications

·        Experience working in the education sector (early childhood / schools / adult learning) health, or community sector

·        Experience working in diverse settings, engaging with multiple service providers

·        Qualifications in community development / education or other relevant qualification

Safety and Security

·        Together with ERC and PO, asses and consult other partners to ensure security situation of planned locations is ensured; Ensure risk assessment and share security information.

·        Assist in putting in place appropriate security and prevention measured during any distribution and implementation of project activities.

·        Assist team members to produce timely incident report to the line manager and advice on taking corrective measures, if needed.