Community and School Management Mobilization Specialist

Community and School Management Committee Mobilization Specialist

Team/Programme: Operations

Location : Senegal

Grade: 3

Post type: 2 years

Child Safeguarding:

Level 3 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Community and School Management Committee Mobilization Specialist will provide technical direction to the project USAID RELIT proposal, ensuring that project outcomes related to improved community participation in and support for education outcomes, in particular with respect to reading are achieved. S/he will be responsible for the overall technical quality of the program, ensure the use of best practices in community outreach and social mobilization, oversee field-based staff to ensure effective implementation, and lead and contribute to development of project work plans and performance reports.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Kindergarden Advisor – SCI Project Lead

Directly reporting to this post: None

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Serve as the technical lead on all community outreach and mobilization activities.
• Conduct social mobilization campaigns that will inform parents and communities on the importance and value of reading and household support for students reading.
• Assist the project in all baseline studies of selected communities, and continue to monitor social change and new social information relevant to community empowerment;
• Identify potential leaders and/or organizers;
• Motivate and encourage potential leaders to talk to their fellow community members about contribution to promote reading and be self-reliant;
• Initiate actions aimed at breaking down passivity, apathy and attitudes of letting others do things for them;
• Engage disadvantaged populations, including out of school youth and children with disabilities, in reading practice outside of school.
• Work with students, teachers, school administrators, and parents to improve school- and community-level policies and tools for preventing, addressing, and monitoring gender-based violence (GBV) and associated bullying.
• Develop an advocacy network, community action plan, and pilot the Doorways manuals in Senegal
• Lead the development of project work plans, ensuring that targets are met and project outcomes are achieved.
• Collaborate with other ongoing projects in Senegal to ensure effective coordination of the project activities.
• Raise awareness that community members themselves can move each community out of illiteracy, and to show them ways they can do this for themselves;
• Assist community members to identify needs and to generate solutions, identifying priority issues and to analyze their problems;
• Encourage and stimulate community members to organize for action aimed at solving their problems and to plan, implement and monitor action that they define themselves;
• Provide community leaders with management skills and knowledge in getting community members interested, organized and motivated;
• Develop trust, tolerance and co-operation among community members;
• Assist the community in obtaining available outside resources, being transparent in its utilization and warning of the negative effects of becoming too dependent upon outside resources;
• Encourage and stimulate full participation by all community members; with special attention to those who are usually forgotten, marginalized and overlooked in community decision making;
• To assist the community in obtaining information and knowledge that may be available through governmental and non-governmental agencies, through extension and outreach programs;
• Assist the community members in developing their own capacity and strength to the point where they no longer need the services of you the mobilizer.

COMPETENCES AND BEHAVIOURS (Our Values in Practice)

Core Competencies

Delivering results – Innovating and adapting – Applying technical and professional expertise – Working effectively with others – Networking

Adhere to SCI Values: Accountability; Ambition; Collaboration; Creativity; Integrity

Accountability:

• Holds self- accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners 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 orientated, 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

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor Degree in Sociology, Political science, social studies, or any relevant education background.
• Minimum of 5+ years proven experience working on community education activities in Senegal;
• USAID-funded program experience is preferred;
• Prior experience working in a combination of the area(s) of special education, inclusive education, community mobilization, primary education or literacy programming;
• Experience managing a diverse team with strong interpersonal skills is required;
• Proven experience working collaboratively with partners and building capacity of government bodies and local NGOs; and
• Fluent oral and strong analytical, written English communications skills is required.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the education of children from abuse..

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

The Organisation:

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

* No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday

* All children learn from a quality basic education and that,

* Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date Curriculum Vitae as a single document.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Save the Children has zero tolerance for child abuse

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

Applicants are advised that Save the Children International does not require any payment or expense during the entire recruitment process. Any request in this direction should be immediately reported as contrary to the values and practices of our organization.