Job Summary/Position Summary

The Community Engagement Officer is principally responsible for planning, implementing, monitoring, documenting and reporting Family Planning demand creation activities at area office levels. She/he is responsible for site level community mobilization activities aimed at enabling women, and youth have the knowledge and community support to use contraceptives. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Specific activities include:

·       Plan and conduct community-based social mobilization activities for the promotion of family planning service utilization

·       Carry-out community-based sensitization and focus group discussion meetings to support the uptake of family planning service

·       Coordinate and monitor demand creation activities across the target audiences

·       Work closely with technical team (Cluster managers &other area office staffs) on the design, planning, and implementation of SBCC strategy in their area of assignment.

·       Ensures the timeliness, cost and quality of all activities related to social and behavior change communication.

·       With the support of the SBCC manager prepare annual work plans and budgets for SBCC objectives and deliverables; Prepares required reporting for social and behavior change communication activities in his/her assignment areas

·       Put into action practical exercises, counselling, demonstrations, and role plays sexual and reproductive health in general and family planning in particular

·       Support health extension workers to ensure quality in delivery of community engagement activities.

·       Participate in the development and organization of trainings in line with activities concerning community education: psychodramas, songs, community mobilization.

·       Liaise/coordinate with project Cluster Managers and local authorities, Kebele/Got leaders and other beneficiaries for better implementation of project intervention.

·       Provide trainings on Sexual and reproductive health promotion to targeted household members, community at large and their leaders,

·       Assist with adaptation, translation, pre-testing, and required technical review of all SBCC messaging and assist in approvals process with government regulatory bodies; and

·       Develop and share success stories/best practices related to community engagement

·       Prepare narrative and quantitative SBCC report on monthly and quarterly basis.

·       Carries out all other duties as required by his immediate supervisor.

Qualification and Experience

• BSC/BA degree in Health Communication/Promotion, Social Work/Development studies, Sociology and/or Public Health or related fields.
• At least 5 years practical experience in community mobilization activities, preferably in the area of SRH.

Functional skills and knowledge: 

• Good Interpersonal communication skills with ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders
• Strong writing and communication skills in English and Amharic. Knowledge of the local language is required.
• Ability and willingness to frequently travel to project implementation woredas/Kebele
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines