COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES GHANA is a child welfare organization that provides a stable Family-Like Care (FLC) for children in need. We also provide social services for families at risk through our Family Strengthening Projects. Currently, we operate in four locations; Tema, Asiakwa, Kumasi, Tamale with the National Office in Accra. Applications are invited from suitably qualified and dynamic persons for appointment as:

COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT OFFICER

Duty Post: Dodowa

Position Summary

The Community Empowerment Officer is responsible for supporting community-based partners to provide required support to families for the care and protection of children and young people. This is a specialist programme position that works closely with community-based partners in creating a responsive and conducive environment for the care and protection of children and young people. This specialist programme officer will work with other programme officers, government and CSO partners to strengthen the functional and financial sustainability of community-based partners in responding to the welfare of vulnerable families, children and young people. The programme officer assumes the roles of facilitating and capacity building in the empowerment of the community-based partners. The incumbent is expected to closely collaborate with government, CSOs, business corporate partners, local community structures, local authorities and other service providers to enable children who have lost or are at risk of losing parental care to grow within a caring and supportive family environment and secure community.

Main duties and responsibilities including key tasks:

• Community mobilization/Engagement
• Programme planning, budgeting and implementation
• Capacity building of Community Structures
• Networking and Partnerships with local government institutions, CSOs and other partners
• Monitoring and Evaluation of community empowerment interventions.
• Resource Management and Documentation of community empowerment interventions.

Required qualifications, and experience
• Degree in Community development-related social and natural sciences/disciplines such as Social Work, Social Sciences, Sociology, Development studies, Economics, Community Nursing, and Rural Development.
• At least two years experience in a similar role or implementing Community development and Children in need of care and Protection support programmes.

Key competencies and skills
Knowledge, understanding and experience in implementing/managing child protection and child rights interventions.
• Good communication and report writing skills, computer literate.
• Ability to apply community development participatory methodologies and a self-starter.
• Ability to work in a team and with minimum supervision.
• Knowledge in Project Management –
• Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds

Other mandatory requirements
• Police clearance, Reference and Medical checks

At SOS Children’s Villages Ghana, we believe in creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. Our hiring process is based on skills, qualifications and experience. We have a strict zero-tolerance policy for discrimination, harassment or bias of any kind. We are committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all.