Reference No:  REC/021/21

Job title: Community Development Worker 

Location: Oromia, Meta

Reports to: Health Officer

Number of Posts 1

Closing date:   April 02, 2021

About GOAL

GOAL’s mission is to work with the most vulnerable communities to help them respond to and recover from humanitarian crises, and to assist them to build transcendent solutions to mitigate poverty and vulnerability.

GOAL is a non-for profit organization that has been working in Ethiopia for over 30 years across all the region of the country towards ensuring the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental rights of life, including but not limited to adequate shelter, food and livelihoods, water and sanitation, nutrition, healthcare and education. GOAL implements a range of multi-sectoral development, resilience, recovery and humanitarian responses Programmes by being sensitive to cross-cutting issues including gender, accountably, child protection, HIV/AIDS.

We envision a world where poverty no longer exist, where vulnerable communities are resilient, where barriers to wellbeing are removed and where everyone has equal rights and opportunities. GOAL Ethiopia’s main donors are Irish Aid, USAID/OFDA, EHF, ECHO and other private donors.

ABOUT THE POSITON:

The Community Development Worker is responsible to:

• Lead and build a strong and effective development programme in GE programme office’s operational Kebeles,
• Take forward and strengthen local Community Development,
• Live with the community and ensure high level of community participation, ownership and partnership,

Facilitate the day to day implementation, planning, monitoring and reviewing of planned activities related with Health, WASH, Education, Gender, Livelihood improvement and food security, community empowerment in GE RDP operational Kebeles

Job Requirements

Do you want to join an exciting organization that brings high level impact to the community and add value to your professional advancement? Then join us if you have:

• Diploma in Health (Nurse, Midwifery, Advanced HEW) or related fields with 2-3 years practical work experience working on Community Development and Integrated food security programme preferably with an NGO.

Desirable quality, skill and competence

• Strong knowledge, understanding of community based approaches such as care group, men health group, community based reproductive health promotion, school youth sexual reproductive health peer-education and health system strengthen and implementation of integrated community based Rural Development Programme activities.
• Knowledge and understanding and application of community health promotion interventions in reproductive health, nutrition, control and management of malaria and diarrheal disease and sustainable development of core principles and values.
• Act as a catalyst in moving the development agenda forward;
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with GOAL staff, target communities, local government organizations, and NGO,
• Able to respect the culture, value and customs of the community, recognizing the important role- cultural, historical and social factors play as an integral part of balanced development,
• Knowledge of local language (Afan Oromo) is a must; capable of communicating in English both in spoken and writing,
• Highly motivated and able to work unsupervised and team orientated approach.
• Flexible and creative approach; keen to take initiative where appropriate.
• Willing to reside in the assigned Kebele and travel long distances with little or no transportation facility in the field,
• Resilience: Maintains focus and intensity and remains optimistic, persistent and professional even under adverse, stressful or difficult situations.

Remuneration & Benefits:

Salary: - Birr 7312.07

Pension: (11% from employer and 7% from employee)

Transportation Allowance: 10% of monthly salary

Hardship Allowance: 30% of monthly salary.

Medical Allowance: Medical Insurance Coverage

How to Apply

GOAL’s recruitment procedure is fair and transparent which is also in line with the organization’s commitment to its integrity, honesty and culture. GOAL is committed to ensure that, its performance complies with the terms and conditions of relevant agreements, applicable laws & regulations. Hence, pre-employment background checks will be conducted, and employees are required to read, understand, sign and implement different polices including safe guarding and child protection policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and abuse policy, sexual harassment policy, code of conducts and any other rules and regulation of the organization. GOAL is strongly committed not to harm the people under its care.

APPLICATION PROCEEDURE:

Interested and qualified applicants need to submit ONLY once their non - returnable application with CV for one vacancy. The vacancy reference number along with Job 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 (The vacancy reference number, Job Title along with the full name needs to be written on subject of the email, failing to do this will leads to disqualification) and on ethiojobs.net
• Applicants without access to internet can submit to the GOAL Ethiopia Regional Office at Meta reception.

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.