ACTED VACANCY – COMMUNITY MOBILIZERS_BASE BETUN

VACANCY – COMMUNITY MOBILIZERS
The Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) is a French
non-profit organization working in over 30 countries worldwide to
provide emergency response, early recovery, and development assistance
to communities in need. ACTED's interventions seek to cover multiple
aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a
multidisciplinary approach that is both global and local, and adapted to
each context. ACTED's vision is to establish emergency,

rehabilitation, and development. ACTED aims to guarantee the
sustainability of relief interventions carried out during crises by
remaining in the field after the emergency to engage in long-term
support to communities in food security, health, education, economic
assistance, microfinance, advocacy, and cultural promotion. ACTED's
actions are needs based and identified in a participatory manner with
communities in the areas where we are present. ACTED has been active in
Indonesia since April 2005, assisting those affected by the tsunami and
Nias earthquake and is now working to support livelihoods,
community-based disaster risk reduction, and child protection in North
Sumatra, Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), and elsewhere.

Currently ACTED has an immediate need for qualified and experienced
staff to be part of our RADKOM-DRR project in southern Belu District,
NTT. ACTED, in partnership with CIS Timor, proposes to establish a
community radio and provide training that will contribute to improving
communication and capacity among southern Belu communities in order to
improve the timeliness and nature of response to multiple coastal
hazards. The intervention will also work to raise awareness of and
integrate environmental management into risk reduction among communities
and the government, expanding their focus and planning from simple
emergency response to longer-term strategies of disaster preparedness
and mitigation.

ACTED is recruiting for the following position to be based in the Betun
(Belu District) project office. In order to apply, please submit (1)
cover letter stating how your experience and qualifications meet the
desired criteria and Terms of Reference, and (2) your Curriculum Vitae
(CV) in English labeled with your name (maxiumum file size 200KB).
Applications must be submitted by e-mail to belu.finance@acted.org
belu.finance@acted.org> by Tuesday, January 15th, 2013. Only
shortlisted candidates will be notified.

COMMUNITY MOBILIZERS

Under the supervision of the Capacity-Building Manager, the Community
Mobilizer is responsible for mobilizing community participation in
RADKOM-DRR project activities, delivering training and mentoring to
village disaster management committee members, and organizing
village-level activities including awareness campaigns, hazard mapping,
capacity and vulnerability assessment, and risk analysis, and
environmental assessment and micro-project proposals, in collaboration
with community members. The Community Mobilizers will be based in the
Betun, Belu District project Office, but will travel daily and/or weekly
to the 4-5 villages to which they are assigned.

Professional Qualifications and Skills:

- Minimum bachelor degree in relevant educational background such
as social sciences;

- Minimum of two (2) years of experience working for local or
international NGOs or government social programs at village level in
community-driven development, Self-Help Groups, capacity-building,
Disaster Risk Reduction, or other relevant area;

- Previous experience and good skills in community-based
facilitation, training, presentation, and awareness-raising;

- Experience conducting Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
activities desired;

- Good understanding of vulnerability and good capacity to ensure
participation of women, elderly, disabled and other vulnerable groups in
community activities required;

- Problem-solving skills, result oriented and sensitivity to
gender issues;

- Ability to draft basic reports on activities and track data such
as beneficiary names and numbers;

- Excellent Bahasa Indonesia and Tetun language skills required;

- Intermediate English skills, ability to understand documents and
comfort working in a multilingual environment;

- Computer proficiency in Word and Excel.

Personal Qualities:

- Flexible and adaptable, willing to learn new skills and conform
to new systems and situations;

- Honest, responsible, self-motivated and able to take initiative
under minimum supervision;

- Ability to work as part of a team in a cross cultural
environment.