KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Community Empowerment and Engagement
Organize and support community mobilization and awareness activities in targeted communities
· Engage parents, caregivers, elders, religious leaders, SMSs, and other community stakeholders on preventing risk of harm to children.
· Promote child participation in CBS, ECCD, Remedial Classes, and GLLITA interventions.
· Conduct Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with community members (including women, men, and youth) to gather qualitative feedback and community perspectives and empower community how to protect children from intentional and unintentional risk of harm.
· Facilitate community feedback sessions to ensure two-way communication between communities and local partners.
· Conduct child-friendly participatory well-being exercises, role play, group discussion to strengthen understanding of education, safeguarding, and child protection messages
· Support inclusive engagement of vulnerable groups, including girls, children with disabilities, and out-of-school children.
Safeguarding & Child Protection
· Raise and promote awareness of safeguarding, child protection, and PSEAH principles in communities.
· Ensure harmonized reporting channels are fully functional, accessible to children, community, parents and they understand how to share feedback and report any concern.
· Collect and document community feedback, concerns, and suggestions, and share feedback with relevant teams and follow up where required.
· Conduct regular visits to CBS, ECCD, Catch-Up & Remedial Classes, and GLLITA sites.
· Identify barriers affecting access, participation, and retention of learners.
· Work closely with Safeguarding, Programme, Education, MEAL teams, and local partners.
· Prepare weekly and monthly activity reports, and share with SCI & IPs
· Maintain regular coordination with designated local partner focal points in line with agreed SCI–partner communication procedures.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice) Accountability:
· Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving, and role modelling Save the Children values
· Holds the team performance accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
· Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development, and encourages their team to do the same
· Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
· Future-oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
· Builds and maintains effective relationships with their team, colleagues, members, and external partners and supporters
· Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
· Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
· Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
· Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
· Honest encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS
§ Minimum High School graduate (bachelor’s degree preferred but not required).
§ Must be a resident of the assigned province, preferably from the target community or district, with a good understanding of the local context, culture, language(s), and community dynamics.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS Essential
§ Previous experience in community mobilization or community-based work, education programming
§ Ability to engage effectively with communities and stakeholders.
§ Basic reporting and documentation skills.
§ Understanding of local context and cultural sensitivity.
§ Strong communication skills in local languages (both oral and written) in local languages, people skills for conflict resolution and negotiation.
Desirable:
§ Experience in education, child protection, or humanitarian programmes.
§ Familiarity with safeguarding or accountability mechanisms.
Additional job responsibilities
§ The duties and responsibilities outlined are not exhaustive and may be adjusted according to programme needs and operational context.
Child Safeguarding:
§ Save the Children is committed to keeping children safe. All staff are required to comply with the Child Safeguarding, PSEAH & Anti-Harassment Policy, and Code of Conduct. Any safeguarding concern must be reported immediately through established SCI reporting channels.
Health and Safety
§ The role holder must comply with Save the Children Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times.
