National Community Mobilization Coordinator Job in Kenya

National Community Mobilization Coordinator

Job Summary

This position will
coordinate all aspects of demand creation and community mobilization of
selected communities and counties for the survey working with multi-sectorial
stakeholders at national, county and community levels. S/He will work to
support the coordination and implementation of the KENPHIA II community
engagement/mobilization strategies that encourage awareness, trust,
participation, assuring the community of confidentiality, safety and security.
S/He will work very closely with the Senior Technical Advisor to ensure that
the mobilization strategies are fully understood and reflected in the
implementation plans by all persons they oversee. S/He will conduct monitoring
to ensure that the communities are aware of the survey and willing to participate.
S/he will ensure that the surveillance and tracking system put in place to
identify any messages that may be misleading or harmful to participants on the
survey is functional.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Identifies stakeholders, opinion leaders and community
  gatekeepers in target communities and Lead community mobilization efforts
  at the county, sub-county and community level


• Fully understand community structures to enable appropriate
  design and mobilization strategies that will leverage on these structures


• Working with other key stakeholders to recruit community
  mobilization personnel at county and sub-county levels within their
  catchment areas


• Have regular engagement with the Senior Technical Advisor to
  ensure that real time demands for community sensitization and awareness
  are reflected in micro plans


• Provides guidance and inputs to develop culturally sensitive
  content and specific mobilization products that will encourage and
  increase survey participation and mobilize targeted communities, create
  awareness and use creative messaging to disseminate messages using local
  media and other innovative strategies


• Partners with networks of people living with HIV and civil
  service organizations or other entities that can mobilize and ensure
  active participation in the survey.


• Ensure community entry procedures are completed and due
  process followed through the counties as well as actively advocates for
  the project with the National Government Administrative Officers (NGAOs),
  ward administrators, village elders, and civic/ religious leaders and
  develop and implement a plan to monitor community acceptance of survey
  activities


• Conducts knowledge, attitude and practice surveys to provide
  inputs for developing the questionnaires and methodology.


• Oversees the Media and graphics officers in terms of some key
  outputs and coordinates and provides guidance on the development of survey
  theme song, fliers, other key communication products.


• Coordinate the recruitment and day-to-day support of
  community mobilizers in target communities and Motivate and encourage
  survey teams and provide constructive feedback and oversight


• Foster good working relationships between the community
  mobilization teams and the field implementation team


• Ensure the team is adequately equipped and responsible for
  logistics and track the teams progress to ensure efficient completion of
  demand generation assignments at households

Qualifications,
Qualities & Abilities:

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences with
  knowledge of Kenya’s health sector and Community Health Strategy and 5 –
  10 years’ experience working in a similar role on field surveys in LMIC


• Extensive experience in implementing Community-Based Programs
  and development and planning of community mobilization strategies as well
  as a solid understanding of integrated community health programs including
  HIV/AIDS and community structures to enable development of strategies that
  can facilitate penetration of survey messages


• Ability to conduct accurate stakeholder mapping exercises and
  excellent stakeholder engagement skills


• Ability to design a crisis communication plan as well as
  design plans to mitigate negative public opinions with knowledge of social
  media tracking software’s to track survey participation, negative opinions
  and provide key interventions. Knowledge of local media organizations and
  media personnel will be an advantage


• Self-starter, problem solver, innovative individual with a
  strong work ethic and excellent analytic skills coupled with good report
  writing, ability to multitask and work with multidisciplinary teams with
  minimal supervision and able to maintain high levels of confidentiality


• Demonstration of planning and organizing, interpersonal
  skills (active listening, empathy, social awareness, emotional awareness)
  with cultural sensitivity


• Leadership skills with the ability to direct, delegate,
  motivate and inspire other team members and be flexible, willing to travel
  to any part of Kenya and work weekends and public holidays during the
  survey implementation period.

How To Apply

Kindly send your
application which includes a cover letter and an updated CV including names of
three professional referees to CIHEBKENYA_Recruitment@cihebkenya.org on
or before September 4, 2023. Applicants
are advised to include the title “POSITION
TITLE” in the subject line.