Assistant Community Development Facilitator

The Opportunity

The Assistant Community Facilitator will be responsible for the overall management of PIE day-to-day outreach service in the management of Community-based Acute Malnutrition and Protection in the field site (host community and Refugee Camp) through community mobilization, sensitization, and education.

The position holder is responsible for supporting all integrated health, nutrition, and protection activities implemented Gambella Program Area office. In addition to the specific duties outlined below, the Assistance Community Facilitators will be responsible for providing technical support and supervision to the health extension workers, ensuring target beneficiaries' identification and referral, sanitation and hygiene promotion, contributing to reporting and data collection initiating leading monitoring visits to supported facilities in collaboration with project teams.

The Individual

• BA degree or Diploma in social science, Public Health, Social Work, Sociology, Development Studies, Community or Cooperative Development, Community Health, Home Economics, and another related subject
• Minimum of 2 years NGO-related work experience for degree holders and 4 years of related work experience for diploma holders either as a community facilitator or community development.

Languages required:

• Fluency in the English language and Local Languages is mandatory

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Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) 

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed per the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff sign safeguarding policies;
• Implement Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work

How To Apply

How to Apply

The closing date for the application is August 20, 2024. Qualified candidates should submit their application with the links

provided below: 

• For internal applicants: - Link
• For External applicants: - Link

This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia.

Please note that: 

• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• We are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated links.
• Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Female candidates are highly encouraged to Apply

More information about Plan International can be found on http://plan-international.org 

References will be taken and background and anti-terrorism checks will be carried out in conformity with Plans Child Protection Policy. Plan operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all persons meeting the skills and experience required.

As an international child centered community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realization of children's rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.