Development Facilitator - Maritimepettu (Kilinochchi District)
Project Management / Program Management
About the Employer
Job Description
World Vision
World Vision is a Christian, relief, development, and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families, and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
We work through our main sectors:
- Education
- Health and nutrition
- Water and sanitation
- Economic development
- Child protection
Serving all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. Our work is always child-focused, participatory, and community-driven.
World Vision has been in Sri Lanka since 1977 and currently serves in 28 locations in 13 Districts across the country through development programs. In 2021, we directly impacted the lives of over 100,000 most vulnerable children and their families.
Job Profile
Development Facilitator
Location: Maritimepettu (Kilinochchi District)
The Development Facilitator
- Works within communities to enable mutual transformation in the lives of children, families, supporters, partners, and World Vision (WV) staff.
- Serves as a catalyst, a partnership broker, and a capacity builder of local partners in facilitating the emergence and strengthening of community-led initiatives to improve and sustain the well-being of children and their families.
Major Responsibilities
- Ensure effective communication of World Vision's identity, mission, vision, values, and approach to development.
- Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the local context, including government perspectives and plans and ensuring all voices are heard, especially those of children and youth, including the most vulnerable.
- Mobilize and support the creation, mobilization, and strengthening of community groups and key stakeholders which catalyze community engagement to improve child well-being.
- Build close relationships and actively learn within partner communities, through home visits, community immersion and attend community social events, etc.
- Ensure program quality through effective planning, implementation, and monitoring with communities and partners.
- Document and submit progress, lessons learned, and most significant change stories through community reflection for monthly, semi-annual, and annual reports to relevant management and donors.
- Conduct community awareness on sponsorship for new programs.
- Ensure effective and efficient utilization of resources and maintain high standards of stewardship and accountability.
- Lead implementation of technical projects within the allocated primary focus area within the stipulated time and ensure proper budget utilization and spending in accordance with WV policies, standards, and procedures.
- Increase self-development for task performance with systematic planning through training, experience sharing, exposure visits, lessons learned, etc.
Required qualifications, experience & competencies
- At least 4 years of experience in Community Development, Program/Project Coordination in an international organization preferably in the INGO context.
- A Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, International Development Studies, Community Development or any other relevant field or Degree/Diploma - WV facilitated Learning For Transformation affiliated to GULL University, California with 5 years of experience in Community Development, Program/Project Coordination.
- Experience in capacity building for local stakeholders/partners.
- Experience in working with children.
- Basic knowledge and understanding of key aspects of development work; including child protection, nutrition/ health, livelihoods, resilience, advocacy, cross-cutting themes (e.g. gender, environment, disability, child participation).
- Networking, negotiation, and partnering skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and well-developed written and oral communications in Tamil. Fluency in written & spoken English.
- Ability to ride a motorbike with a valid riding license.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Email to: [email protected] (Please mention the designation in the subject and the salary expectation in the email body)
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