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Community Outreach Officer
Goal Ethiopia
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4 years
Position
2019-10-25
to
2019-11-04
Full Time
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Job Description
Job Description
- The Community Outreach Officer will be responsible for the overall management of GOAL’s day to day outreach service in the management of Community-based Acute Malnutrition in field site (Refugee Camp) through community mobilization, sensitization and education.
- Plan, organize and support the Community Outreach programme in the refugee camps.
- Orient community Outreach agents and community nutrition workers to the principles of Community based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM).
- Supervise the activities of COA/CNW/ leaders to ensure communities are sensitized to the programme as quickly as possible.
- Have updated list of the refugee’s community (includes number of refuges, HHs, etc).
- Ensure all targeted beneficiaries are being provided the service and attending the programmes.
- Conduct house to house visit at least twice a week.
- Create access to health and nutrition services through ensuring prompt referral by CNW.
- Plan and conduct training and refresher training for COAs when possible on outreach activities.
- Ensure comprehensive community outreach and mobilization, health education and treatment are undertaken per the guidelines
- Check that all messages to carers, community groups, leaders and authorities are consistent and fully understood.
- Provide technical assistance to the stake holders/partners in planning of training for Incentives/COAs and other key figures in the community (Traditional healers, religious leaders, influential groups…)
Ensure that awareness of the refugees about nutrition and related issues is raised as planned.
- Provide on-job training for COAs - both whilst present at the OTP/SFP site and through occasional workshop days.
- Prepare and Submit weekly and monthly reports for each site to immediate supervisor
- Undertake performance appraisal in line with GE HR guideline and communicate with the line manager
- Promote positive behaviour about health and nutrition issues, including value of plumpy nut, breast feeding and weaning.
- Report any progress and any problems in a timely manner to the immediate supervisor
- Gender sensitive and perform other duties assigned by the line manager
Job Requirements
- Diploma in Social Sciences related field with minimum of 4 years in community outreach programme at least one year experience in Supervisory level especially in refugee setting. BA degree in Adult education & community development is highly advantages.
- Passionate, strongly dedicated and highly committed to work for the improvement of vulnerable community.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants need to submit ONLY once their non - returnable application with CV for one vacancy. The vacancy reference number along with the title needs to be written in the application letter and/or subject of the email. Applicants can apply using the following option.
- Applicants who have access to the internet can directly submit their application to goaljobs@et.goal.ie
- Applicants without access to internet can submit to the Administration & Human Resources Department, GOAL Ethiopia P. O. Box 5504, Addis Ababa or personally to GOAL Ethiopia Regional Office at Meta or Head Office reception.
- Applicants are advised to fill GOAL Ethiopia’s Application Employment Form which can be found at (http://docs.ethiojobs.net/Goal_Ethiopia_Application_Form.docx) or from GOAL office/sites.
GOAL strongly encourages female candidates to apply!
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview and exam.
Shortlisted candidates will need to submit other supporting documents upon request at later stage.
GOAL is not able to contribute towards any costs incurred by candidates during the recruitment process.