Community Engagement Assistant- Azawia

Job Overview

Tripoli, Libya

Requisition ID: req33528

Job Title: Community Engagement Assistant- Azawia

Sector: Governance

Employment Category: Regular

Employment Type: Part-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Tripoli, Libya

Job Description

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the world’s leading humanitarian relief and development organizations. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people survive, recover, and regain control over their lives. Working in more than 40 countries, the IRC is helping to restore hope and opportunity to millions of people. The IRC has been one of the largest providers of aid in Libya since 2016. The IRC continues to provide lifesaving support to vulnerable Libyans and migrants in hard-to-reach areas. As Libya struggles to build a lasting peace, we are focusing our efforts on Tripoli and Misrata with a presence in Sirte, Bani Walid, and Tawergha.

Background:

IRC is recruiting for a Community Engagement Assistant for a project designed to promote peace and reconciliation. The project will incorporate a people-to-people approach and empower youth to advance peace, stability, and dialogue through organized groups, civic participation, positive media, and localized peace projects. The project will enable youth groups in Tawergha to work with municipal councils and other relevant actors to promote peace processes, reconciliation, and peaceful co-existence. Activities will mitigate conflicts from escalating by providing targeted support to peace actors, community-level leaders/groups and influencers, and constituent-responsive authorities who are engaged in, or wish to be engaged in, peacebuilding, conflict mitigation, and reconciliation.

Position Summary:

The IRC is seeking a qualified Community Engagement Assistant that will support the implementation of project activities at the community level, with an emphasis on social cohesion, peacebuilding, and capacity-building activities. The Assistants will help establish and maintain strong relationships with project stakeholders for the fulfillment of project objectives. S/he is responsible for the implementation and monitoring of project (s) in assigned city in accordance with IRC and donor requirements.

Main Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Project Officer, the Community Engagement Assistant will be required to:

1. Implementation and management of project activities

– Support the Project Office in the planning and implementation of the project activities

– Serve as the main point of contact for one city, collecting their feedback, reporting back to them on progress, and ensuring that all members of the community can freely and safely voice their needs and preferences.

– In partnership with the Libyan local partner, oversee the successful delivery of the project in Tawergha:

– Supporting the establishment of youth committees

– Engagement with local stakeholder and liaise directly with the city authorities

– Support in the community mobilization effort for peacebuilding

– Support in the organization of peace events

– Regularly communicate with internal program and operational partners, the Protection/Rule of Law, Women’s Protection and Empowerment, Children’s Protection, and other IRC colleagues.

2. Administrative, financial, and logistical management

Support the Project Office in the development and update of project management tools (work plan, spending plan and procurement plan and monitor expenditure plans and the purchasing plan to avoid any delay or inconvenience in the implementation of project activities
Support the officer to classify and archive all documents relating to activities and other resources

3. Monitoring and evaluation and reporting on project activities

– Participate in data collection activities with beneficiaries (Baseline, midline, and end line survey) when needed

– Support in the regularly update of the project indicator tracker when requested

– Ensure that documents relating to activities and other project resources are filed and archived (lists of participants, activity reports as well as supporting documents for expenses incurred)

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, community work, social work, or related field required.
Minimum two years of professional humanitarian/development experience; Experience with community-based projects highly desirable.
Experience with community engagement and participatory processes is
Strong presentation skills and writing ability.
Able to solve complex problems through a reciprocal and consultative approach
Prior experience working with community groups, civil society organizations, and government actors and/or community leaders is required.
Experience with community empowerment programming, including community driven development or other participatory development processes

– Strong contextual knowledge of the areas of operation and community dynamics

Excellent communication skills
Strong presentation skills and writing ability.
Able to solve complex problems through a reciprocal and consultative approach

– Dynamic and a has a team’s spirit

Experience with gender-sensitive programming and implementation
Strong computer skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Outlook)
Fluency in Arabic and preference for strong verbal and written communication skills in English

Accountability and behavior

– Familiar with and comply with the current IRC Libya Security Management Plan

– Comply fully with the commitments and regulations established in the Protection Policy and in the Code of Conduct

– Ensure the proper functioning of the complaints management mechanism

– Report any violation of the Code of Conduct to the hierarchical superior; it is everyone’s duty

– Contribute as much as possible to the achievement of admissibility objectives including IRC commitments to CHS (Core Humanitarian Standards)

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values,

The IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants based on merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.

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