Job Vacancy at Action Africa Help - International

Department: Livelihoods
Reports to: Project Officer, Mara
Liaises with: Training, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and the community focal persons
Duty Station: Narok, Mara Program

Job Summary

AAH-I Kenya County Programme (AAH-K) is looking for a committed individual for a Community Mobiliser position to support the Mara project team. The individual will be the project ambassador in the community and work closely with the Project officer, Training, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and the community focal persons and support office administration and field activities in Mara.

Duties & Responsibilities

Key activities will involve the target group’s mobilisations for the project activities in all the project target areas. He/she will be tasked with planning, organising training, mobilising respective groups for planned activities within the framework of the project contractual agreement.
The community mobiliser will provide mobilisation technical support to the team:

• In planning and organising group meetings, support groups in setting up groups constitutions, support in training as per agreed training needs, follow up and track implementation of planned group activities.
• Coordinate the social, learnings and activity interactions between the different groups
• Serve as the primary link between the groups and AAH-K, developing an infrastructure for both dialogue and conflict resolution
• Establish and build AAH-K relationships with community and other stakeholders
• Actively promote the AAH-K approach to livelihoods with emphasis on promoting group development through support, coaching, mentoring, feedback and identification of investment needs and opportunities.
• Perform any other functions deemed necessary or as delegated by the supervisor in order to meet the organizational mandate
• Support the Mara project team in administrative and logistics functions
• Maintaining weekly and monthly reports on the progress of the project, documenting the lessons learnt in all project components