Community Development Officer at Ministry of Trade and Industry (MINICOM): (Deadline 28 November 2024)

– Responsible for ensuring that the communities are empowered to be able to participate meaningfully and effectively in the maintenance of the social infrastructure, including designing and implementing social mobilization and training programs for the participating communities; – Mobilize the necessary facilitation support for awareness-raising and for building a participatory and socially-inclusive culture as well as designing and implementing targeted programs of intervention to enhance Social Infrastructure impact on gender and other potentially vulnerable groups; – Identify and develop practical guidance to MINICOM on community empowerment and the principles of gender equality/balance; – Tailoring guidelines of community-driven development approaches to the selected districts – Develop a communications and information dissemination strategy and program on the Social Infrastructure activities to sensitize local people; – Support to the organization and training of LCAs for the rehabilitation, maintenance of the infrastructure – Overseeing and closely supervising the activities and work plans of Local Community Associations maintenance services in the selected districts – As necessary, providing guidance and information to the project, the LCAs and project beneficiary-community groups on preparation of community development plans and on the principles of gender balance and social equity; – Providing periodic progress reports on the community development aspects and Local community association Performance; – Ensuring that the participating Local Community Associations have access to the institutional support needed for their empowerment and for effective decentralization of the implementation of the infrastructure maintenance.