Community Facilitator - HEKS/EPER Moldova

Job title

Community Facilitator (CF) 

Duty station

Chisinau, Moldova

Starting date

April 15^th, 2024 / ASAP

Contract type

Full time

Contract duration

9 months

Reports to

Project Officer (PO)

Coordinates with

Reporting and Grants Acquisition Manager (RGA), Finance & Admin Manager, HEKS/EPER Partners.

Direct line manager of

n/a

Main responsibilities

Tasks

Project Implementation

·       Supporting Project officer in identifying students for the desired courses.

·       Prepare orientation sessions, keeping track of all applications and related material / data for the interested students.

·       Working closely with the PO (RGA) and Finance & Admin Coordinator (FAC) occasionally for contributing to the project implementation.

·       Facilitate and support activities for the promotion of education and access to livelihoods (focus on the IT sector), as well as community engagement.

·       Coordinate with Project Officer to organise various events at universities, and other educational institutions for the information regarding IT courses.

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

·       She/He will supervise and facilitate training sessions on IT-related subjects and economic inclusion, as well as meetings with refugees from Ukraine and Moldovan communities.

·       Engaging with project beneficiaries (Ukrainian refugees and host communities) to promote proposed activities. Monitor learners’ progress on the Study Platform.

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

·       She/He will be responsible to ensuring quality data collection and reporting.

·       Contributing to work plans and project plans to deliver the core elements of the project. Contributing to regular reports on project progress.

·       Organising workshops and events related to the courses.

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 refugees from and vulnerable Moldovans. Is dedicated to gender equality and the specific challenges faced by women refugees.

·       Exceptional sense of pedagogy and IT skills.

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

·       Project management skills, with a “can do” approach. Continuous improvement mindset, always seeking to find better ways to achieve better outcomes.

·       Ability to work in a team and interest to work in an NGO environment.

·       Aware of GDPR regulations for data protection.

Experience/Qualifications

·       Experience working in the IT, education sector (schools, University, Adult learning), 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 RGA and PO, assesses and consults other partners/educational institutes to ensure security situation of planned locations is ensured.

·       Keep record of students and harmonise the list and needs/expectation of students in line with project plan.

·       Assists team members to produce timely incident report to the line manager.

·       Keep all relevant records of students and the courses conducted.