Under the direct supervision of the Project Officer, the community mobilizer should have an ethical and deontological approach, the community mobilizer helps to create conditions for the affected population’s children and their families to have the means to be active in their own development and to strengthen the social links and solidarity where they live.
In this context, the community mobilizer acts with the children, families, and their social environment.
- Improve their living conditions on a social, health, family, security, economic, cultural, and professional level.
- Develop their own capacities to maintain or restore their self-reliance and help them fit in with society.
- Identification of the most vulnerable families for Cash assistance as per predefined selection criteria.
- Identification of locations for CFs establishment.
- Identification of community volunteers.
- Arranging training for community volunteers.
- Coordination with district authorities for smooth project implementation.
- Decide on the intervention methods together with the beneficiaries and their families.
- Take with them any action likely to prevent or overcome the problems of beneficiaries and their families.
- Mobilise and strengthen the local authorities, the community, and the community organizations to take care of vulnerable children.
- COVID-19 is highly considered while conducting awareness sessions, meetings, etc, COVID-19 precautionary measures and Tdh guidelines are applied.
- Support the implementation of the national Child Protection system.
- The beneficiaries are well aware of the Tdh and AHF project and its activities.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Conduct outreach work for the identification of vulnerable children and their families' specific needs either to provide direct support or refer to service providers.
- Community child protection activities are carried out within the working area with adults and children.
- Collect information and individual records (follow-up forms, individual files, etc.)
- Develop good working relations with other aid agencies and the authorities in the working areas.
- Regular collection of information regarding case studies and success stories and highlighting positive changes.
- Maintain good relations with communities and be aware of the sensitivity of the communities’ cultures and traditions.
- Referral of eligible children to specialized services/ external service providers.
- Identification of the eligible families with protection needs ( shelter, livelihood, sanitation, food, etc ) to provide direct support or referral to service providers.
- Attend all required internal and external training and meetings
- Report on a weekly basis to the Line manager on the progress of his/her activities.
- Perform any other identical duty as assigned by the line supervisor
- Together with the beneficiaries, implement an action plan and the methodology for the protection interventions
- Avoid dangerous mobility situations by avoiding non-essential or premature moves, favoring secure moves, and facilitating the monitoring of the child being moved.
- Identify the support services, resources, and organizations for protection that exist in his/her intervention zone and create a reference directory on child protection (partner visits, reference records, etc.)
- Be careful not to offend any child in the course of your work (not harm)
- Data collection and maintenance of records on the children's database and shared with the Data clerk.
- Become involved in community life and use his/her understanding of the phenomena of children's vulnerability to influence the local decision-makers.
Safeguarding Policy
- Tdh is committed to creating and maintaining a safe environment for all — including children, youth, vulnerable adults, staff, and the communities we work with.
- All Tdh representatives share responsibility for promoting the safety and well-being of every individual involved in our activities. Senior management at all levels is accountable for ensuring the effective implementation of safeguarding policies and preventive measures.
- Tdh ensures that children, youth, and vulnerable adults understand their rights to protection by using clear communication, culturally appropriate tools, visual materials, interactive sessions, and accessible feedback and complaint mechanisms.
Safety & Security
- Tdh is committed to ensuring the safety and security of all staff, partners, and community members involved in its operations.
- All employees are expected to comply with Tdh’s security and safety policies and guidelines, remain vigilant, and actively contribute to maintaining a safe working environment.
