Roster Community Mobilizer (Abudwak, Herale & Balanbal)

Overview

Support implementation of emergency livelihoods and food security projects.

You have:

• University graduate in Social Science
• Minimum of one year of previous experience in Community engagement Mobilizer
• Experience working in Abudwak, Herale & Balanbal Somalia
• Fluency in English & Somali both written and verbal
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to build trust and confidently navigate internally and externally

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.

Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world's most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people.

At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Together, we save lives and rebuild futures.

Safeguarding is central to NRC’s work. We expect all employees to:

• treat everyone with respect and dignity

• contribute to building a safe environment for all

• never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)

• always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH

NRC Livelihoods and food security department in Central Somalia is implementing emergency lifesaving and sustaining livelihoods through provision of MPCA, UCT and Market based livelihoods included on farm and none-farm based livelihoods for the displacement-affected communities. Hence, NRC will be hiring a qualified casual staff/enumerator to support us in implementation of emergency livelihoods and food security projects in Galgaduud, with travelling to remote Villages in the District to conduct beneficiaries’ registrations, monitoring, data cleaning, verifications, and community mobilizations. The causal staff (enumerator) is expected to represent Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in a respectful and professional manner and always act in accordance with the NRC Code of Conduct.

The Community mobilizer is responsible for the community engagement, community mobilization, organizing the processes of beneficiary’s registration in the assigned target locations in Abudwak/Balanbal and Herale Districts of Galgaduud Region.

Qualifications

Our Ideal Candidate:

We are looking for a university graduate in Social Science with a minimum of One year of previous experience in Community engagement Mobilizer.

Experience working in Abudwak , Herale & Balanbal Somalia. Previous work experience on social work, community mobilization, and community engagement & Fluency in English & Somali both written and verbal.

We are particularly looking for a positive individual with strong communication skills who can build trust and confidently navigate both internally and externally at different levels.

In this position, you will join highly motivated and expert staff who are making a difference to the most vulnerable people.

What We Offer:

Contract period: Initial contract 2 months and will call on need based.

Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions

Travel: Frequent travel to surrounding project areas

Duty station: Abudwak, Balanbal & Herale (Candidate should indicate the specific job location interested in the cover letter)

NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and to check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activities. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.

NB: All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable.

Additional Information:

Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline

Email and paper applications will not be considered

Qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply

THE NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities:

1. Conduct beneficiary mobilization in all target villages.
2. Demonstrate a strong commitment to being accountable to beneficiaries as it is a key to the Norwegian Refugee Council’s commitment to beneficiaries.
3. Sensitize beneficiaries on the cash value entitlement to be received monthly, duration, and how/where the cash assistance will be received.
4. Collate data, contribute to the preparation of reports, and provide information for better decision-making by stakeholders including selection process, identification and selection criteria.
5. Assist Protection risks survivors and advises via existing referral bath ways.
6. Disseminate project visibilities, establish appropriate and accessible Complaint & Responses Mechanisms in the target sites, and introduce beneficiaries to address their concerns to the available CRMs hotlines.
7. Support community awareness raising activities.
8. Prepare and submit monthly reports and regular/activity/site visit reports on regular basis.
9. Undertake Beneficiaries data record in excel sheets and manuals.
10. Perform other functions as requested by the immediate supervisor.

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