Apply for the Project Officer – Community Engagement Position at Practical Action
Closing Date: 12 July 2024
Apply for the Project Officer – Community Engagement Position at Practical Action
Background
Practical Action is a global innovator, inspiring people to discover and adopt ingenious, practical ways to free themselves from poverty and disadvantage. With over 50 years of expertise, Practical Action has a strong heritage, and track record of bringing communities and experts together to find practical, sustainable solutions to enable people to meet their needs, which work for both people and the planet.
Practical Action iscommitted to advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment through all its work. This includes programmes, knowledge sharing, advocacy, external communications, and its own organisational development. At a minimum, Practical Action ensure that all its work is gender sensitive, seeking gender transformative approaches as its overall ambition and in accordance with context.
The objective of the project is to create a commercially viable circular economy model for household organic waste, that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, improves household waste services, and transforms the lives of informal waste workers.
Practical Action is looking for a Project Officer – Community Engagement who will support in implementation of community engagement activities, leading the team in developing and facilitating relationships between Practical Action and the community in the targeted areas and ensuring community have the opportunity to input, participate and provide feedback on implemented activities.
Person Profile
To be successful in the Project Officer – Community Engagement role, the ideal candidate should meet the following requirements:
Experience &Knowledge
- First degree in Community Development/Business studies/Public Health/ Education/ Disaster Risk Reduction/Climate Change/Development studies or any other relevant qualification from a reputable university or institution.
- A minimum of 3- 5 years working experience in NGOs on community mobilization and livelihoods sector.
- Ability and passion to work with local communities towards a shared vision.
- Skilled in community transformation towards self-sustenance.
- Good knowledge of principles of rural development including alternative livelihoods.
- Knowledge of climate change and its impacts on local communities.
- Experience working with multi-faceted teams both directly and remotely providing timely support when required.
- Good understanding of the local language (spoken & written)
- Coordination with government, donors, partners and multilateral agencies coupled with excellent networking and communications skills.
Desirable
- Ability to work with, support and influence others.
- Ability to innovate, initiate and accept challenge.
- Good writing, speaking and typing skill in English is essential.
- Good facilitation and presentation skills.
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