Community mobilizer-Anbar/ Fallujah Center

Job Description

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, IRC offers life-saving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in more than 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted by conflict or disaster. IRC leads the way from harm to home.

CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND

IRC working in coordination with the humanitarian community, the IRC currently addresses the needs of conflict-affected populations from several operational bases across Iraq. IRC’s activities focus primarily on the protection and legal assistance, cash assistance and livelihood, distribution of non-food items, education and women and children’s protection, and form part of an over-arching humanitarian response in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Iraq and the region that seeks to assist refugees, IDPs and war-affected people survive conflict and displacement.

JOB OVERVIEW/SUMMARY:

Community mobilizer under the supervision of PRoL team, the mobilizer is responsible for helping the PRoL team in their activities such as receiving beneficiaries, inform people in the areas nearby the center about the activities of the center and sort of assistance provided at the center, attend at the center to receive beneficiaries, then refer them to the PRoL team, do outreach activities at the center and out of it.

Responsibilities:

- To help PRoL team to do their activities and meet targets. - They should be available in the center to receive beneficiaries and identify their needs and refer them to the PRoL team. - They have to pay field visit to the areas nearby the center to do outreach activities; inform beneficiaries to attend at the center to receive assistance and to inform them about the sort of activities provided at the center. - Help PRoL activities, including awareness raising campaigns, meetings, home to home visit and cases referral and support for refugee/host community. - Assist the supervisions of the access to services provided by protection team in the centers and field. - Proffer and process referral to enhance access to justice for refugee/ host community

· Collaborate with other legal team aid providers to promote and enhance the protective environment for the IDPs/returnees.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Protection Officer

Technical Support: Protection Manager / Protection Officer

Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal: PROL Staff, Beneficiaries

External: Visitors, Local Authorities

Qualifications

- Certificate, craft certificate or license and approximately 2-years’ experience. - High communication skills. - Good time management. - Ability to read and write in Arabic, the English language is asset. - Background of the community cultures. - Good computer skills.

Standards of Professional Conduct:

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Gender Equality

IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including maternity leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Attention Returning National Candidates:

IRC strives to attract, motivate and retain qualified national staff in our programs. We strongly encourage national or returning national candidates to apply for this position. If you are a national of the country in which this position is based and are currently located outside of your home country and possess over two years of international work experience, IRC has introduced an attractive remuneration package. The package includes competitive compensation, return flight to post, shipping allowance, temporary housing and a relocation allowance. Certain restrictions may apply.

Notice to all Job Seekers IRC implements an equal employment opportunity policy and our recruitment process is based on merit.

Applicants and/or successful interview candidates (both internal and external) are not required to pay any fees at any stage of the recruitment process.

If anyone asks you for any financial or non-financial favors to help you secure a job at IRC, kindly report to Iraqhr@rescue.org

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