Job Vacancy at ASUTA – Community Engagement Officer

ASUTA

Job Details

General Responsibilities:

a. Coordinate, supervise, and manage field interventions conducted by Community Based Health Service (CBHS) providers and report on deliverables. Also, s/he will play a liaison role between local community leadership, Municipal authority, Police Gender Desk, and the Organisation on the course of program implementation in various trainings, workshops, and meetings.

b. Support daily PEs intervention and report,

c. Ensure objectives of the EpiC are met:

d. Work closely with other team members under Data, Biomedical team, and Regional teams,

e. Monitoring of classes handled by PEs and providing necessary support,

f. To develop at least 1 or more program success stories in a month,

g. Mainstreaming and developing KPs at risk in accessing education, reproductive health, HIV, HTC, GBV, and entrepreneurship,

h. Providing comprehensive campaign for behavioral change communication within communities at risk,

i. Focusing on negative behaviors in communities that prevent young women from participating in social changes, self-reliance, and health services,

j. To develop at least 1 funding project proposal for ASUTA every quarter,

k. Collaborate with Data M&E manager/officer to prepare periodic, field, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports,

l. Prepare Weekly, Monthly, and quarterly reports and consolidated reports to donors with support from Program Manager,

m. Improving the performance of PEs at their local operation areas.

n. Work with the project team members to ensure training inclusion in key workshops and capacity-building events

o. Collaborating with the project manager to ensure smooth implementations of project activities.

p. And other work as directed by Project Manager.

Qualification and Experience

Education and Experience

• Degree in Sociology, Social Work, Commerce (Marketing), community development, and related field.
• 2 years experience in managing health programs in an NGO setting planning, designing, supervising, reporting, and evaluating healthcare programs.
• Previous experience and understanding of Gender policies and women’s rights policies are preferred.
• Experience working in key population programs is an added advantage.
• Demonstrated ability in managing teams to achieve healthy results.
• Ability to develop productive working relationships with counterparts and other agencies and organizations worldwide.
• Aware of and sensitive to working in multiple socio-economic settings and with multicultural/behavioral groups.
• Proven leadership skills as well as skills in facilitation, team building, and coordination.
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills in English and Kiswahili.
• Willingness to work overtime for project success.

How to Apply

Interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, should send a CV, passport-size photo, and cover letter (only). Through our email address: asutavacancy@gmail.com and their email subject should indicate the position applied.

Closing Date

The closing date for applications is 27th August 2023. Each application should include at least three referees Telephone contacts must be submitted with the application. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.