Work Purpose: For the position of Community Outreach Coordinator, World Vision is seeking an experienced professional in community engagement with management experience. Familiarity with the “owner-driven” method for construction in context of neighborhood rehabilitation and disaster response projects is an added advantage.

Minimum Qualification and Experience required:

• Master’s degree in a Social Science desirable with minimum 5 years of professional experience managing INGO projects
• Work experience in community led building projects will be an advantage.
• A senior social worker with management experience, a strong Communications and Community
• Engagement background and management capacities
• Fluent English (written and spoken) and Nepali & Microsoft Office tools.
• Ability to strategize, oversee and direct the successful engagement process of homeowners,
• builders and community members for the implementation of disaster-resistant solutions for new and existing buildings

Major Responsibilities:

Team Management

• Responsible for the community engagement team.
• Ensure proper ongoing, clear and timely communication with the general community through identified communication strategies
• Responsible to ensure that the project objectives and principles are clearly communicated and explained to the community members
• Contracts management and proper documentation for financial disbursements and adequate support to the beneficiaries is provided
• Responsible for overseeing the timely progress and quality of work of the team, ensuring milestones are met and facilitating the required coordination with the technical team, the training team, the M&E team and the project partners

Conception, Development, and Vetting of Outreach Materials

• Responsible for, in collaboration with the engineering and the construction training team to design and develop outreach materials aimed at spreading Build Back Safer information in communities

Technical Oversight

• Ensure that all outreach materials are technically compliant with World Vision construction guidelines, and that all outreach materials illustrate technically correct situations encountered in the field.

Community Outreach Campaign

• Responsible for deploying a community outreach campaign the Pilot Project targeted VDCs

Information Management

• Responsible for coordinating with the MEAL team in order to ensure the correct and timely disbursement of funds to the project beneficiaries in coordination with the Shelter and Infrastructure Manager of the project

Coordination

• Responsible for project coordination with the Engineering Team, the Training Team and the M&E team as well as with project partners

Reporting

• Responsible for providing content for the project reporting, internally and externally, on a regular basis, such as weekly, monthly, quarterly and as required by the upper management
• Ensure the transparency and equity through all phases of the community engagement process and throughout construction implementation

Field Deployment

• Responsible for community outreach activity that occurs in rural villages, and as such must be willing to spend up to 80% of his/her time in a rural location, and live out of the World Vision field office/guesthouse

Schedule

• Ensure the project schedule and milestones set up in coordination with the Shelter and Infrastructure Manager are met and for resolving issues that impact the project schedule immediately with the various stakeholders.
• Ensure that timeline and scheduling projections and milestone related to community outreach components of the project are achieved

TO APPLY,

Candidates fulfilling the criteria mentioned above may send in their complete Curriculum Vitae (CV) and Cover Letter by 18th May 2016 before 17:00 hours to the address mentioned below. Candidates from respective districts and women are highly encouraged to apply.

World Vision International Nepal People & Culture Department Email:[email protected]

Only short-listed candidates will be called for the subsequent selection procedure.

WVIN reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case.

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