Purpose/objective of the position:
The Community Outreach Volunteer is responsible for establishing relationships with communities in the areas of intervention based on trust and cooperation. S/he will aim at strengthening existing community resources, increasing community protection capacities, sensitizing community on key Health messages and facilitating a continuous two-way communication between INTERSOS and communities.
Generic Duties:
- Strengthen the quality and effectiveness of services and activities provided by INTERSOS paying particular attention to social aspects in the communities and to possible issues of exclusion;
- Support the protection and Health team in understanding the needs of different community groups and ensuring equal and meaningful access to services and activities;
- Organize and facilitate participatory and community-based protection activities such as community risk mapping, community-led campaigns, community action plans and peer-to-peer support groups;
- Conduct regular focus group discussions (FGDs) to better understand community perspectives and assist in the development of a community-driven agenda proposing new activities and services;
- Conduct community-based awareness sessions and campaigns to inform community members on various topics related to identified knowledge gaps and concerns;
- Conduct daily House to House awareness and sensitization visit with key Health related topics
- Assess the capacity and potential of the community to establish a community-based protection support system in order to identify and timely address potential protection risks;
- Actively identify, document and refer individuals with specific needs and/or protection concerns;
- Conduct visits to vulnerable individuals with limited mobility, assess their needs and report accordingly to the Case Manager and Health related issues to the medical activity’s manager assistant
- Provide orientation on available services and how to access them as well as on-going activities at the community centre, mobile clinic and Health facilities
- Support Protection Monitors and MAMA in facilitating, collecting and reporting information regarding the overall protection and Health situation and critical individual cases through observation and communication with communities;
- Write regular reports on the overall protection situation in the communities based on data and information collected;
- Liaise with local stakeholders, government bodies, specialized agencies and service providers in order to strengthen synergies amongst each other;
- Act as a link between community and Mobile clinics
- Refer and counsel cases to the Mobile clinic or nearest PHCC
- Involve in surveillance within the community
- Carry out all tasks respecting key protection principles including but not limited to: do no harm, non-discrimination, confidentiality and accountability and need-to-know principles.
Person Specification:
Education and professional experience:
- One year of relevant work experience;
- Strong knowledge of psycho-social programming in the humanitarian context.
- Previous experience with Health related community actvities
Competencies: (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)
- Computer literacy (Word, Excel)
- Confidentiality, respect and non-discriminatory attitude
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good facilitation skills
- Ability to show empathy
- Ability to work under pressure
- Fluency in Arabic (written and spoken)
For Application, PLEASE VISIT THE GOOGLE FORM LINK (YOU WILL NEED A GOOGLE ACCOUNT TO ACCESS IT)
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Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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Your resume must be uploaded in PDF format.
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INTERSOS is reviewing applications on a rolling basis, the vacancy might be filled before the closing date.
“Please note that the preference will be given to qualified candidates that are from the recruitment area”