Community Facilitator

Requisition ID: req51320

Job Title: Community Facilitator

Sector: Economic Recovery & Livelihood

Employment Category: Consultant

Employment Type: Full-Time

Open to Expatriates: Not Applicable

Location: Nairobi – Pangani, Kenya

Work Arrangement:

Job Description

The International Rescue Committee
is seeking Community Facilitators (CFs) to work in Nairobi on the second wave
of the Re:BUiLD Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). The facilitators will
support participant registration and intervention implementation that will
commence in June 2024 and will target 4000+ eligible participants. Re:BUiLD, is
a five-year, multi-stakeholder urban livelihoods program implemented in Kampala
and Nairobi providing livelihood interventions to urban refugees and vulnerable
host community members to improve their economic self-reliance. The CFs will be
part of the Re:BUiLD project team under the IRC for a fixed period of time.

Qualified urban refugees from
all nationalities possessing a refugee ID are strongly encouraged to apply.

Statement Of Work:

The Community Facilitators will be
encouraged to perform the following roles (not limited to):

• Client mobilization, recruitment,
  and registration.
• Conduct client information
  sessions, onboarding, and monitoring.
• Attending to RCT clients’
  inquiries.
• Facilitating weekly client group
  sessions.
• Business monitoring, verification
  and sharing of reports.
• Translation and transcription as
  required by the Research team.
• To perform other duties as
  assigned and agreed upon with the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Certificate or Diploma in Social
  Sciences or Humanities or any other related field.
• Experience in community
  mobilization and facilitation. Data collection experience is an added
  advantage.
• Experience working with vulnerable
  communities.
• Strong communication and
  report-writing skills.
• Flexible approach to the changing
  nature of work.
• Ability to work effectively both
  independently and within a team with varied strengths.
• Computer skills, especially Ms.
  Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Applicants able to communicate in Swahili,
  French, Oromo, Somali, Amharic, Arabic, Congolese, Rwandese are encouraged
  to apply.
• All applicants should have Kenya
  Revenue Authority (KRA) PIN.
• Availability: (June- October
  2024)
• Willingness to work in any of the
  following neighborhoods:
  • Kenya [Kitengela, Umoja, Kayole, Mowlkem,
    Kasarani, Githurai, Dagoreti south, Kawangware, Kikuyu, Kangemi, Ongata Rongai,
    Eastleigh, Ruiru, Jamhuri, Jogoo road]

Applications Should Include:

• Cover letter containing:
  • Preferred
    2 neighborhoods.
  • Languages spoken.
• CV.
• Copy of Identification Document.
• Copy of KRA pin.

Policies

• They will ensure compliance with
  organizational performance standards, code of conduct, and safeguarding policy.
• They will adhere to
  confidentiality procedures and policies when collecting, storing, and sharing
  data.

Key Results Areas:

1. Clients registered.
2. Client attendance of group
   sessions and status activity reports.
3. Business monitoring reports.

Standards of Professional
Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles
outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity,
Service, Accountability and Equity. In accordance with these values, the IRC
operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and
Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity
Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.

Gender Equality: IRC is
committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer
benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our
workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and
other encouraging benefits and allowances.

Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC
considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex,
color, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or
disability. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided
reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview
process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and
privileges of employment.

Kenyan nationals are encouraged
to apply. International allowances are not available for this position. Salary
and employee benefits are compliant to the Kenyan NGO Sector.

Disclaimer:

Please take note that
International Rescue Committee (IRC) does not ask for any fees in connection
with its recruitment processes.