Community Engagement and Social Change Officer

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

55%

Sponsorship Operations: Implement child sponsorship operations and standards in coordination with child development monitors (CDMs).  

-With support of CESC Coordinator design and implement the sponsorship plan in the area program. 

-Identify and select and manage CDMs in coordination with the CESC Coordinator and build their capacity and skills and raise their awareness on WV programs as needed to ensure high quality of implementation  

-Implement meaningful Sponsorship activities and events while ensuring child engagement throughout the events  

-Ensure to meet all child sponsorship standards for new, running or phasing out Aps (SOI and CMI including sponsor queries, gift notifications, community gifts). Work to identify the most vulnerable children. 

-Build strong relationships with children, parents and stakeholders to help increase community awareness of Sponsorship and its integration with WV’s programs 

-Implement SIP recommendations and action plan  

40%

Community Engagement & Social Change: Implement World Vision’s programme approach in targeted AP to facilitate strong community engagement and ownership by local stakeholders and partners in the implementation process.  

Implement WV’s programme approach in targeted AP with high quality and good community engagement. 

-Support in developing strong collaborative relations with local stakeholders and develop partnerships across the AP.  Serve as a liaison between WV and local community in the AP.  

-Implement local planning processes at the village level and participate in the annual community engagement and annual planning (CEAP) and sharing of monitoring and evaluation information with communities in alignment with WV’s development programme approach and with support from Monitoring & Communication Officers, and in cooperation with the CESC coordinator. 

-Provide guidance and input to the CESC Coordinator on relevant micro projects, and manage community GNs and other joint activities with the CDMs. 

-Communicate WV’s identity, mission, vision, core values and our approach to development when engaging with community stakeholders and act accordingly. This includes orientation on child sponsorship messaging integrated with broader community engagement process.  

-Identify and communicate community priorities, vulnerabilities, vulnerable groups to the CESC Coordinator and other technical coordinators and help the team to map and allocate WV resources accordingly in alignment with WV’s Programme Approach and LEAP 3.  

-Participate in learning and sharing events with other partners at the AP level. Contribute to ongoing reflection and learning within the team to improve programme performance and mutually share learning and experience with other zonal staff 

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