Social Cohesion Assistant at Lutheran World Federation

Overall Purpose/Broad Function

• To strengthen community protection structures for refugees in camps and host communities, with a special focus on persons and children with disability, girls and women empowerment.

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• Plan with SCO and coordinate training sessions of the community member
• Support the Senior SCO in the preparation of the Monthly incentive payroll, weekly, monthly, Quarterly midyear, and annual reports.
• Facilitate appropriate training for refugee staff, local community leaders on areas of peace building, conflict resolution, arbitration, community participation and self-management in order to promote social cohesion in the communities both host and refugee.
• Assist in planning, developing of unit proposals and budgets
• Facilitating Social cohesion program in the community.
• Monitor the resolution of cases by religious /traditional leaders, women consortium and Peace committees in the Host communities and the refugee community.
• Take a lead role in advocacy and community mobilization in upholding individual human rights.
• Conducting quarterly meetings with refugee, host community leader’s / community structures to discuss and address different concerns of the community
• Ensuring there is strong social cohesion among the refugee community and between refugee and the host community through joint dialogue sessions.
• Generally, ensure that implementation of all the activities under social cohesion unit.
• Any other duty as may be assigned by the supervisor

Education/Professional Designations/Experience

• Bachelor of arts in community development
• Diploma in social work and social administration
• 7 years of hands on experience in humanitarian work.

Other Specific Skill Requirements

• Excellent analytical and reporting skills
• Time management
• Report writing skills
• proposal development skills
• Security surveillance skills.
• OSHA Skills.

Success Factors

• A high level of professionalism, integrity, honesty and transparency in my area of work.
• A demonstrated ability to work under minimal supervision and accurately meet deadlines

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