Community Development Facilitator

Overview

Team
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Programmes
Job Title
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Community Development Facilitator
Organisation
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Self Help Africa
Contract Type
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Fixed-term contract
Hours
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Full time 37.5 hours per week Monday – Friday
Location
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Raya and Bati (for Bati) Fluency in Afaan Oromo (Oromiffa) is mandatory spoken and written.
Reports to
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Project officer

About Self Help Africa
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Established in 1984, Self Help Africa is an international development organisation that works through agriculture and agri-enterprise development to address hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impacts of climate change. We believe that equitable economic development is key to lifting communities out of long-term poverty, empowering them to take control of their futures and improving their quality of life.

In early 2023 we launched a new five-year organisation strategy, which defines shared mission as the alleviation of hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impact of climate change through community-led, market-based and enterprise-focused approaches, so that people can have access to nutritious food, clean water, decent employment and incomes, while sustaining natural resources.

Our wider organisation also includes social enterprise subsidiaries Partner Africa, which provides ethical auditing and consultancy services, and CUMO, Malawi’s largest micro-finance provider.

Our three core values are:

• Impact
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  We are accountable, ambitious and committed to systemic change.
• Innovation
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  We are agile, creative and enterprising in an ever-changing World.
• Community
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  We are inclusive, honest and have integrity in our relationships.

Job Purpose
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The Community Development Facilitator is responsible for the overall implementation of the project activities at community level. The project aims to provide an integrated package of climate-adaptive livelihood support, anticipatory action and climate services for at-risk communities, particularly small-scale producers, other value chain actors, women and young people in Amhara region. The facilitator forms the link between the project field team and the communities and local government representatives and engages in community/institutional capacity building activities.

The incumbent provides overall technical, organizational support and plays a facilitation role in communities. She/he supports people’s empowerment, collective action, social cohesion and inclusion as well as gender equity.

Establishes/strengthens VESAs; demonstration sites/fields at farmer and/or FTC level; ensures cascading of training; supports disaster risk reduction, saving and IGA activities; and maintains close working relationship with communities and community organizations. The Community Development Facilitator is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of project activities in her/his assigned area. S/he will provide technical support to VESA facilitators and the community; mobilize and sensitize communities;

and liaise with all relevant stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities
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Specific duties include, but are not limited to
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• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly activity work plans for assigned implementation areas and ensure that VFs follow similar operational-level planning.
• In close coordination with the project officer, facilitate the implementation of all project activities, mentor and supervise VESA Facilitators (VF): provide technical support for VF, and monitor the project field-level activities under his/her assigned woreda. (Plan, implement, monitor and evaluate project activities at community level).
• Liaise with local/kebele level organisations and community-based organizations (CBOs) such as VESA and RuSACCOs.
• Facilitate and support the establishment/strengthening of local-level CBOs (Primary RuSACCOs).
• Manage the day-to-day activities in the assigned woreda and kebeles.
• Ensure all the all-project components and cross-cutting activities are effectively undertaken in close collaboration with major project partners and stakeholders in the assigned project woreda.
• Organise, participate in and support trainings, community-based dialogue sessions, resource and beneficiary assessments, and other capacity-building activities, as and when required in the…