CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a
week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in
country programs; or are visiting country programs; ore because they are responsible for implementing
the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Community Mobilisation Coordinator will be the lead technical coordinator in the country program. In
most circumstances, the post-holder will be expected to mentor and/or capacity build existing project staff.
Ensure that project is according to communities’ needs and that project activities are implemented with
high quality. This role will be the main point of contact with community members at the field level and will
lead on beneficiary identification and verification, monitoring and data collection and distribution of
assistance.
The position is based in Cance (Sud Department) with frequent travel to Grande Anse and Sud
Departments.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Field Director
Staff reporting to this post: 6 Community Mobilisation Officers
Budget Responsibilities: Response budget with support from Field Director
Role Dimensions: The Coordinator works with field staff, project team; Local authorities, CSOs and CBOs
working in the program areas.

Project Support:
 Coordinate the activities with the team for the actions to be taken in the six identified communities
 Coordinate the identification of the CSOs working in the communities
 Lead on identifying the organisational development needs of the identified CSOs
 Together with the partnership coordinator develop a capacity building plan for Child rights and
governance activities.
 Lead on technical VCA assessments in coordination with the team and support from PDQA in the six
identified communities.
 Lead on meetings with local authorities to ensure that they are consulted and informed of SC activities
 Prepare and oversee project implementation to ensure timely delivery of project activities (for example,
monitoring against log frames, individual performance management work plans).
 Lead on community mobilization – explaining project activities, objectives and goals to target
communities
 Lead on identifying CBOs to work as partners with the development of economic empowerment
opportunities for identified households
 Explain beneficiary selection criteria and facilitate community participation in the targeting process to
target communities and share feedback with Officers
 Facilitate beneficiary selection at the community level, ensuring beneficiaries meet pre-defined
criteria and verification process is completed
 In coordination with relevant officers and M&E staff, track project development through collecting data
and documenting all activities in accordance with established log-frame/M&E system requirements;
prepare relevant reports.
 Report any problems or challenges to Officers in a timely fashion and take appropriate follow-up
action after discussion with relevant staff
 Liaise and work with beneficiaries and community representatives and other project staff to ensure
accountability and best use of project resources.
Working closely with the HR team, identify technical staffing needs and ensure timely recruitment,
induction and training of new staff.
 Identify project supplies needs and coordinate with the logistics team to put in place a sensible phased
procurement plan.
Capacity Building:
 Identify learning and training opportunities for Save the Children staff and partners and work as a
mentor and role model for less experienced staff and those with little or no education experience
Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:
 Ensure that Save the Children's work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and Government,
and take a leadership role within Interagency Coordination forums, ensuring the specific needs of
children are being addressed. This may involve taking the lead in coordination working groups.
 Take steps to document lessons learned for wider dissemination.
 In collaboration with senior staff, assist in advocacy activities that target decision-makers at all levels.
 To identify opportunities and material to contribute to communications and media work, acting as a
spokesperson when required.
General:
Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct,
health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
Others
 Represent Save the Children in relevant coordination/partnership meetings and in other fora.
 Carry on any other reasonab

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
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 others to do the same
 Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
 Future orientated, thinks strategically
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
QUALIFICATIONS
A degree a relevant subject or equivalent field experience disaster risk reduction and community
development
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential:
 Good level of English
 3 to 5 years substantial experience working with a humanitarian/ development organisation.
 Previous experience of project management and project cycle management, including project
design, implementation and evaluation
 Demonstrable competence in the community development field including experience of financial
planning and budget expenditure monitoring
 Good understanding of donor compliance and Save the Children reporting mechanisms and
requirements
 Demonstrated experience of participating in multi-sector needs assessments
 Demonstrated monitoring and evaluation skills
 Proven capacity to deliver training and coach staff
 Strong representational skills
 Ability to work calmly under pressure in a rapidly changing context
 Ability to be adaptable and flexible
 Ability and willingness to travel regularly into the field
 Ability to analyse information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically
 Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
Desirable:
 Good knowledge and understanding of disaster risk reduction and resilience building
 Experience of working with Save the Children

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

CV, lettre de motivation et copie des diplômes/attestations

SCI does not provide
relocation assistance. Candidate must reside in the South.

Equal Opportunities
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal opportunities and
Diversity policies and procedures
Health and Safety
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and
procedures.