Community Based Protection Officer at Lutheran World Federation

Job Summary

• The Community Based Protection (CBP) Worker will promote, support, implement the disaster response interventions, facilitate community engagements and participation.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Support, develop, implement and review project activities and budgets continuously monitoring activities against work plans to identify possible areas of improvement, making recommendations and recording lessons learnt.
• Prepare and submit periodic (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annual) reports of activities, evaluations, recommendations and action plans.
• Provide outreach services to carry out assessments, identify and facilitate assistance and interagency referrals to vulnerable older persons and youth.
• Establish an up-to-date database of persons reached by the projects, indicating services offered and follow up requirements.
• Coordinate and monitor distribution of Non-Food Items (NFI) to vulnerable persons and youth including maintaining an accurate record of the activity for reporting and safekeeping.
• Coordinate the implement assigned rapid response interventions in crisis and emergency situations, considering all the phases of disaster risk management
• Identify and establish networks of relevant stakeholders for advocacy and provision of services to vulnerable PSNs.
• Train and provide capacity building to community social service workers while ensuring compliance to LWF standards and values.
• Review training material to ensure that the content and mode of delivery addresses training needs.

Qualifications And Experience

• Diploma in Community Development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Sociology or Community Development (added advantage)
• Proven experience of minimum 3 years working experience.
• Certification and membership to relevant professional body
• An impeccable professional standard of ethics as well as the willingness and ability to implement accountability activities within the LWF World Service essential.

COMPETENCIES

• Excellent computer skills in word processing, spreadsheets, use of internet and email
• Strong analytical, facilitation and documentation experience with humanitarian programmes.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including influencing negotiation and pragmatism.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; the ability to liaise with a variety of people successfully and effectively in a multicultural set up.
• Ability to work independently.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

A person of high integrity that will model LWF/WS Kenya Somali Program core values:

• Dignity and justice
• Compassion and commitment
• Respect for diversity
• Inclusion and participation
• Transparency and accountability