Community Mobilizer

The Community Mobilizer will coordinate and support field-level project planning, community mobilization, capacity building, and monitoring of Livelihood & Resilience (L&R) and Local Value Chain Development (LVCD) interventions.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Project Planning and Implementation

• Coordinate effective and timely implementation of all interventions outlined under 4 Rs (Risk reduction, Risk transfer, Risk retention, Risk diversification) and any other related and cross cutting project activities.
• Participate in the preparation of overall work plan and budget as well as develop activity plans and budgets for technical support of local value chain development interventions.
• Support in the mobilization and registration of Households.
• Participate in developing progress reports (weekly updates, situational reports, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports).
• Support Project Quality Assurance (PQA) through organizing and supporting monitoring visits on 4 Rs interventions.
• Collaborate with relevant ministries and partners at County and community levels to ensure integration and high-level implementation of planned project activities.
• Work with staff to ensure key trainings meet required standards to facilitate knowledge and reinforcement of L&R behaviors and practices.
• Ensure business processes, standards, and guidelines related to Livelihood & Resilience initiatives are effectively applied.
• Provide technical input into operational research, baseline/endline evaluations, and post-distribution monitoring.
• Conduct continuous activity and budget analysis to ensure adherence to approved plans.

Technical Support

• Support training of households on the 4 Rs.
• Support training of financial inclusion groups on digitization.
• Provide continuous coaching, mentoring, and reporting for financial inclusion groups and link them to support services.
• Work with communities and stakeholders to identify key on-farm and off-farm value chains and support market research.
• Mobilize target communities to participate in Local Value Chain Interventions and form Project Implementation Units/producer groups.
• Support produce aggregation and marketing activities.
• Identify community champions/resource persons for the 4 Rs.
• Facilitate capacity building of partners and farmer groups on LVCD activities (Climate Smart Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Post-harvest management, value addition, transformational leadership).
• Ensure adult and child safeguarding during project implementation.

Quality Assurance - Monitoring, Reporting, Evaluation & Documentation

• Ensure community champions have necessary monitoring tools and training.
• Develop project monitoring and reporting schedules in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Clean and collate project performance data and key it into the Monitoring Information System (MIS) monthly.
• Prepare progress reports and document key lessons learnt and success stories.
• Support farmer records digitization process and performance tracking.
• Conduct reflection and learning events with farmers and partners.

Strategic Engagement, Partnership & Networking

• Represent World Vision in key L&R stakeholder forums/meetings at Ward, Sub-County, and County levels.
• Facilitate linkages of financial inclusion and farmer groups to micro-finance and skills development institutions.
• Strengthen partnerships with county government and other partners for sustainability.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Diploma certificate in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension and Education, Nutrition, or Developmental Studies with experience in livelihood projects.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience working with communities in relief or Livelihood and Resilience/Food security projects.
• Excellent English communication skills (both oral and written) with understanding of the local dialect and context.
• Strong computer skills including MS Office.
• Ability to take initiative and work with minimum supervision.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity and commitment to gender integration.