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Outreach Worker (Sabha Office)

Position:          Outreach Worker

Report to:        Help desk manager

Status:             Collaborator/Fulltime

Duty station:   Sabha office

Key responsibilities:

The outreach worker is responsible to motivate and mobilize the communities, for assisting communities to learn to self-manage community investments, contributions and projects through direct support as well as capacity building activities. Working as part of a gender-balanced team, the position requires the ability to work constructively with a wide variety of people in a rural and urban setting, with refugee and resident communities alike.

Responsibilities/duties:

• Develop and maintain strong community relationships;
• Assess and report on community needs with the rest of the team to achieve programs objectives;
• Carry out community mobilization and assist the team in capacity building activities with community members;
• Incorporate participatory principles into community-level emergency response activities;
• Ensure non-partisan, culturally and socially to advise the team in appropriate implementation of project.
• Contribute to feasibility studies, surveys and need assessments.
• Establish new contacts with communities as well as revive old ones.
• Conduct community committee’s trainings, field visits, training sessions, campaigns, meetings with local leaders and women’s groups;
• Assist with general program operations and field-based activity;
• Assist with development and implementation of staff and community training curriculum and materials, if needed.
• Carry out community-based mobilization and other related activities, adhering to project work plan and ensuring consistent implementation across the project area;
• Seek to create constructive working environment for community participants and field team, and encourage, facilitate, and mediate nonviolent conflict resolution and problem solving;
• Identify areas where communities need support, and facilitate access to resources;
• S/he will perform any other tasks requested by the Supervisor in the framework of the activities foreseen by INTERSOS program in Libya.

Other responsibilities:

• Uphold the INTERSOS Code of Conduct and policies;
• Ensure the respect of the core humanitarian principles: neutrality, impartiality, independence and humanity and the respect of the “do no harm” principle of humanitarian action.
• Strictly follow the internal procedures and guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs);

 JOB REQUIREMENTS AND SKILLS

• University degree in Science, Community Development, Psychology or Social Work degree and/or equivalent practical field experience, preferably with a humanitarian organization;
• Ideally at least 2 years of experience in protection related sectors, including at least 1 year of experience in emergency projects;
• Training in community mobilization and rehabilitation is an asset;
• Excellent communication skills with variety of people, and express oneself in a clear and concise way;
• Effectively coordinate with district, provincial and national authorities;
• Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills;
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage efficiently multiple priorities, deadlines and tasks with attention to details;
• Excellent Arabic spoken and written language skills. Ability to communicate and write in English is mandatory;
• Good command of MS Office package would be an asset;
• Excellent team working skills and ability to work in a multicultural environment and under pressure is Necessary;
• Ability to work under high pressure;
• Capable to attend the work in the center and to travel around in case of need.

How To Apply

Please apply using an up-to-date CV with job title (Outreach Worker-Sabha Office) as the subject of the email to the following email address: [email protected] not later than the 21st of November 2020

Kindly note that any email not including (Outreach Worker-Sabha Office) as its subject, will be disqualified.

Due to the large number of applications, only the pre-selected candidates will be contacted.