Childfund Work Location Kisumu, Kenya
Childfund Division Global Impact
ChildFund Department Country Management
Job Details Position title: Sr, Community Mobilizer Location: Upper Nyakach, Nyakach Sub County, Kisumu County
ChildFund office: Kenya
Manager/Supervisor title: Field Coordinator
Position type: Full-time regular
Work environment: On-site
About ChildFund ChildFund is a child-focused international development organization that connects children with the people, resources and institutions they need to grow up healthy, educated, skilled and safe, no matter where they are. We work directly in 23 countries, with extended reach to more than 60 countries through our global partnership network.
ChildFund’s Values We aspire for every person in our organization—program participants, supporters, staff, and volunteers alike—to feel free, safe, and confident to be themselves. In our culture of connection, you will have ample opportunity to grow, learn, and lead while contributing your talents and innovations to our inspiring mission.
ChildFund’s Commitment ChildFund International has a zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) and all other forms of harm by its staff, partners, and other representatives in the delivery of its mission and services for children. ChildFund is committed to creating a safe environment in the workplace as well as in the communities where it delivers programs and services. ChildFund expects every staff member, partner, and representative to adhere to this commitment and to ensure all organizational policies and standards are followed. This position is subject to a range of vetting checks, including a criminal records check and/or disclosure to ensure program participants are safeguarded.
About This Role The Community Mobilizer will play a vital role in mobilizing communities, supporting program planning, and ensuring smooth implementation of sponsorship and development initiatives at the grassroots level.
In this dynamic position, he/she will collaborate with Sponsorship Relations Volunteers (SRVs), enrolled children and their caregivers, local leaders, and a range of community stakeholders to deliver impactful programming and meaningful sponsorship communications. More than just a role, he/she will be the bridge between the program and the people it serves, ensuring that all ChildFund Safeguarding policies and procedures are upheld with diligence and care.
Primary Responsibilities
- Work closely with the program structures to facilitate the design, planning, implementation, and monitoring of child centered programs using ChildFund Theory of Change and program principles.
- Participate in preparation of Annual Operation Plan and Budget (AOPB) as per ChildFund guidelines and ensure that enrolled children, their caregivers and other community stakeholders participate fully in the process
- Facilitate and enhance quality and timely implementation and monitoring of projects in line with AOPBs, ChildFund Strategic Plan and other Deprivation, Exclusion and Vulnerability (DEV) policies and frameworks.
- Create and strengthen relationships between ChildFund Kenya and the enrolled children, their parents/caregivers, local leaders and other sub-county and community level stakeholders for purposes of influencing and fostering development in the community of operation,
- On a timely basis prepare quality activity, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, and documents on project progress,
- Facilitate community mobilization and action for development.
- Work closely with contractors and service providers in the field in consultation with Field Coordinator to ensure all projects and services are completed on schedule and meet set or agreed quality standards,
- Support the Field Coordinator in developing workable funding concepts and proposals to donors and/or any other fund raising efforts including mobilizing community contributions to support the implementation of the Annual Plans and Budgets,
- Guide, supervise and work closely with Sponsor Relations Volunteers (SRVs) to ensure all project and sponsor relations activities are carried out on time and in line with ChildFund Kenya Program and Sponsorship policies and guidelines
- Review sponsorship materials – correspondence, communications, and products submitted by SRVs for compliance, both in timeliness and content.
- Ensure Child Information Folders and re-assignment Material are updated on a regular basis.
- Ensure that Project and Sponsorship Relations Volunteers are trained and have the required capacity for effectively carrying out all sponsorship processes as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
- Prepare for and ensure all arrangements are in place for sponsor visits. He/she will work in close collaboration and consultation with Field Coordinator to ensure all sponsor visit protocols are adhered to.
- Support grant funded activities implemented in his/her community as required.
- Engage and mobilize enrolled children, youth, and their families to fully participate in program and sponsorship activities,
- Always ensure personal responsiveness and adherence to child safeguarding policy and procedures, and make sure all risks are mitigated and child safeguarding is at all times integrated in program and sponsorship interventions and activities
- Perform any other duty as assigned by the Supervisor from time to time.
Required Experience And Education
- A minimum of a diploma in social sciences or development studies.
- 1-3 years’ experience in community development with a focus on children and youth welfare and development in not-for-profit environment.
- Practical experience in child sponsorship work will be an added advantage
- Practical experience in implementation of project activities in either an urban informal settlement or rural set-up
Required Competencies ChildFund’s Core Competencies
- Teamwork: the ability to work effectively and collaborate with others; values and respects individual differences.
- Communication: demonstrates empathy and tact when communicating with others and uses a storytelling approach when appropriate.
- Results orientation: gets things done; takes proactive steps to achieve organizational goals and quality standards.
- Decision making: uses good judgement, critical thinking, and non-traditional ways to evaluate problems and opportunities; reflects and innovates to improve decisions and outcomes.
- Resilience: thrives and grows in rapidly changing, demanding, and complex environments.
- Digital literacy: adopts and champions new technology to relevant contexts, stays aware of technological trends and embraces technological solutions to business challenges.
Other Required Competencies
- Strong interpersonal communication skills, including good written and oral communication skills in English and fluency in Swahili.
- Ability to work and supervise a team of volunteers,
- Computer proficiency in general office software applications (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Familiarity with process-oriented operations and workflows as well as with policies and standards.
- Team player
- Excellent organization and prioritizing skills – ability to handle and perform in fast-paced, multi-task environment
- Desire to learn process management tools; process management experience a plus
- Conversant with sponsorship & program’s operations systems, ready to adhere to the set policies and procedures