Job: Community Facilitator

Location: Mawlamyinegyun Township, Myanmar
Deadline: Monday, 11 November 2013

TERMS OF REFERENCE

I. POSITION INFORMATION

Position title: Community Facilitator

Duty station: Mawlamyinegyun Township, Ayerwaddy Region

II. ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT AND SCOPE

Under the overall supervision of Head of Sub-office and the direct supervision of the Township Health Supervisor, and with guidance from health colleagues in Yangon, the Community Facilitator is responsible for the effective and client centred management and implementation of maternal, newborn and child health at community level in Mawlamyinegyun Township.

III. RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Undertake community level coordination of activities (step-wise referral and financing schemes, psychosocial support, emergency preparedness and nutrition activities.
• Collaborate with Basic Health Staff (BHS), Volunteer Health Workers (VHW), Village Tract Health Committees (VTHC), and other IOM staff to mobilize community members to become pro-active participants in the health system.
• Assist Community Health Supervisor in the formation of Village Tract Health Committees (VTHC) and help support regular communication and coordination of activities between VTHCs, IOM and DoH.
• Organize and facilitate monthly meetings at the RHC level, including the participation of BHS, VHW, VTHC, reporting outcome and/or facilitating any issues or communications. Advocate with local authorities, BHS, VHW and beneficiary populations when necessary to ensure program progress and cooperation.
• Contribute to township level coordination meeting, representing RHC level issues, together with BHS or other local level participants.
• Participate and monitor community level trainings, outreach and awareness sessions, reporting the number of participants and outcomes.
• Assist in the provision of health supplies to DoH facilities.
• Assist in the collection of monthly HMIS data from BHS.
• Ensure community level feedback mechanisms remain strong at the local level, ensuring that the needs and issues of the community in relation to this project are prioritized and addressed.
• Collect monthly report data from BHS.
• Report and identify other needs of the programme in a timely manner.
• Perform other duties as necessary to ensure quality, on-time program implementation.

IV. COMPETENCIES

The incumbent is expected to demonstrate the following technical and behavioural competencies

Behavioural Accountability

• Accepts and gives constructive criticism
• Follows all relevant procedures, processes, and policies
• Meets deadline, cost, and quality requirements for outputs
• Monitors own work to correct errors
• Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings Client Orientation
• Identifies the immediate and peripheral clients of own work Continuous Learning
• Contributes to colleagues' learning
• Demonstrates interest in improving relevant skills Communication
• Actively shares relevant information
• Writes clearly and effectively, adapting wording and style to the intended audience
• Listens effectively and communicates clearly, adapting delivery to the audience Performance Management
• Provides constructive feedback to colleagues Professionalism
• Masters subject matter related to responsibilities
• Identifies issues, opportunities, and risks central to responsibilities
• Incorporates gender-related needs, perspectives, and concerns, and promotes equal gender participation
• Persistent, calm, and polite in the face of challenges and stress
• Treats all colleagues with respect and dignity
• Works effectively with people from different cultures by adapting to relevant cultural contexts
• Knowledgeable about and promotes IOM core mandate and migration solutions

Teamwork

• Actively contributes to an effective, collegial, and agreeable team
• environment
• Contributes to, and follows team objectives
• Gives credit where credit is due
• Seeks input and feedback from others
• Actively supports and implements final group decisions

Technical

• Must have a client-oriented and result-orientated mindset, and uphold the programme values of caring, innovating, partnering, demonstrating competence and working for positive change.
• Management and team building skills, ability to organize work and projects.
• Ability to undertake travel out of Mawlamyinegyun town to villages

V. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Myanmar national.
• Minimum of 2 years progressively responsible experience in working with community based health programs (preferably in the field Maternal and Child Health, Primary Health Care) with an INGO, LNGO,UN agency.
• Experienced in community mobilization and community empowerment.

VI. LANGUAGES Required

• Good written and spoken in English

Advantageous

• Local residents are strongly encouraged to apply

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