Careers at Plan International - Community Development Facilitator

Job Title: Community Development Facilitator (Ifakara)

Employer: Plan International

Duty Station: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Application Deadline: 30 Jan 2015

Job Description:

Duties:
• Facilitate the communities and other stakeholders in resource mobilization.
• Facilitates effective participation of children, families, communities and stakeholders in program activities
• To facilitate communities in the design, implementation and monitoring of community managed projects in line with the CCCD agenda.
• Establish good working .relations with children, families, community leadership, community based organizations (CBOs), government extension staff and other stakeholders at ward and village levels
• Create community awareness and the community volunteer on development education and communication.
• Facilitate the process of community reflections and project effectiveness.
• Facilitate meaningful dialogue between children, families, communities and sponsors using Plan's sponsorship and development communication mechanism and tools.
• To carry out regular home visits to all sponsored families
• Promote and facilitate child rights based programming at field level.
• promote and abide by internal policies and procedures including but not limited to: Child Protection Policy; Code of Conduct; mandatory reporting responsibility
• Ensures that the Ward and Village Child Protection Committees are fully functional.
• All partners and relevant others, including children and communities, are trained, sign and . have access to the child protection policy (and other relevant documents such as the Code of
• Conduct), are aware of its contents and clear about the responsibilities it places on them.
• To develop and submit to the PUM monihly progress and status reports, Projects Outlines with budgets and annual action plans
• To monitor progress of project expenditures and submit budget modification request to the PUM
• To mainstream 'gender ,programming in all Plan' business at the community level.

Skills specific to the post
• Excellent communication, community mobilization, problem solving and advanced facilitation skills
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment
• Proficient in computer, team building and good interpersonal skills

Qualifications and experience:

• Degree in Community Development, Development studies, Business, Sociology or/with specialized expertise in education, health, livelihood, water and sanitation.
• Ability to ride a motorbike
• At least 1 year working experience in a similar role with a good awareness of current issues in the field of development, and familiarity with children's issues in particular
• Experience in an NGO environment would be an added advantage.


How to Apply:

Plan Tanzania is an equal opportunity employer. Interested and qualified internal candidates are invited to send their applications enclosing detailed curriculum vitae, certificate copies of relevant education and professional qualifications together with names of three referees, and their contact. Therefore all applications should 'be sent to undersigned or through APPLY NOW below not later than 30th January 2015.

Country Human Resources Manager
Plan International Tanzania
Central Technology Building (CT House)
Plot # 96, Mikocheni Light Industrial Area ..
Off. New Bagamoyo road next to TBC
P. O. Box 3517
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania