- Build positive and constructive relationships with community members and partners in order to understand their realities and facilitate development processes effectively.
- Strengthen the understanding of community development and ownership and of social sustainability among the stakeholders in the area.
- Encourages an understanding of and sensitivity to child development and child vulnerability factors among community members and partners
- Communicate effectively World Vision’s identity, mission, vision, values and its approach in order to work in ways that are contextually appropriate and clear.
- Undertake social networks analysis in order to understand the functions various stakeholders fulfill, power dynamics, and to identify potential local partners and assess their capacity building needs.
- Facilitate relationship building and strengthen relationships and partnerships between existing groups in the community
- Actively search for new partners within and outside the community, identify how these partners can work together towards shared priorities for child well-being and initiate, develop and manage partnership arrangements with them.
- Build the capacity of WV and partner community groups to deliver the joint outcomes effectively.
- Build the capacity of WV and partner community groups to maintain and monitor the effectiveness of their partnerships over time.
- Train partner community groups on appropriate skills and self-assessment methods to build their capacity for management of local initiatives.
- Build the capacity of community partners and volunteers to facilitate and manage development plans focused on child well-being
- Participate in and support the community partners in the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation tools and measurements of program/project effectiveness to track the delivery of joint outcomes.
- Encourage and enable communities to share and learn from their own experiences as part of confidence and capacity building.
- Assist communities and partners to prepare and implement community-managed disaster preparedness plans.
- Actively support program team leader and collaborate with project coordinators and sponsorship coordinator, and social groups in project planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting processes relevant to assigned areas
- Work with social groups to support, monitor and evaluate ongoing activities according to approved stated objectives, plan of action, budget and record progress.
- Ensure that gender analysis, Faith & Development, and child protection are mainstreamed within WV initiatives in the assigned communities.
- Raise awareness and facilitate critical analysis of community issues and opportunities.
- Facilitate visioning and planning processes with community members – especially the most vulnerable, and within community based groups.
- Help community partners to prioritize projects based on opportunity, needs and community capacities.
- Assist stakeholders and community partners to identify and mobilize community resources needed for project implementation.
- Supporting advocacy work with partners for children’s needs, rights, protection, and participation
- Facilitate assessment of feasibility, risk management and community readiness for sponsorship in the context.
- Assist community preparation for sponsorship by introducing sponsorship as a way of focusing the attention of the program on the well-being of all children – especially the most vulnerable.
- Facilitate community understanding of how to be active promoters of sponsorship and its possible development impacts.
Requirements
- University degree in a field related to community development work (preferably with experience in a field such as economics, agriculture, public health, sociology, etc.).
- Strong understanding of community-led development work
- Basic understanding of design, monitoring, and evaluation
- Strong critical and analytical thinking skills
- Strong facilitation skills
- Strong communication skills and cross cultural sensitivity
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability and commitment to listen to others
- Very good command of Arabic and English.
- Computer literate in Microsoft Office package
- Knowledge of children rights
- Knowledge of Child well Being
- Knowledge in Partnering principles
- Development facilitation skills , including catalyzing, connecting, and building the capacity of community groups
- Good negotiation skills
- flexible and adaptable personality- At least three years’ previous relevant experience, including at least one year of development facilitation in and with communities
- Experienced in building and maintaining relationships and networks with individuals, communities and development partners.
- A member of the community or acquainted with the community context.
Work Environment
- This position requires regular local travel
- 80% field work with the local community & 20% Office based
- Position requires willingness and ability to continue to function during a crisis situation, including during a World Vision response to a manmade or natural disaster.
cv@worldvision.org.lb
