ROLE PURPOSE: 

The Communication & Mobilization Officer is responsible for strengthening community engagement, raising awareness, and stakeholder participation in education and child protection activities. The position supports effective communication strategies, mobilizes communities to access project services, and ensures that children, caregivers, schools, and community leaders actively participate in project implementation

Community Mobilization

• Mobilize communities to participate in education and child protection interventions.
• Conduct awareness campaigns on children's rights, education, child protection, gender equality, and safeguarding.
• Facilitate community meetings, focus group discussions, and outreach activities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with community leaders, parents, teachers, and local authorities.
• Support the establishment and strengthening of community-based child protection mechanisms.

Communication and Awareness Raising

• Develop and disseminate communication materials, including posters, leaflets, brochures, and key messages.
• Support the implementation of communication and behavior change activities.
• Ensure project information is communicated clearly and appropriately to target communities.
• Document project success stories, lessons learned, case studies, and beneficiary testimonials.
• Manage communication channels and visibility activities in compliance with donor and organizational requirements.

Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement

• Coordinate with schools, local authorities, community leaders, and partner organizations.
• Represent the project in community meetings and coordination forums when required.
• Promote collaboration among education and child protection stakeholders.
• Support advocacy efforts aimed at increasing access to education and child protection services.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Collect community feedback and concerns and ensure proper referral and response mechanisms.
• Maintain records of outreach, mobilization, and communication activities.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports on project activities.
• Assist in monitoring project indicators related to community participation and awareness.

Safeguarding and Accountability

• Promote safeguarding principles and child protection standards in all project activities.
• Ensure implementation of Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) mechanisms.
• Support awareness sessions on prevention of violence, abuse, exploitation, and neglect.
• Report safeguarding concerns according to organizational policies

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS:

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, Social Sciences, Education, Community Development, Social Work, or a related field. 
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in community mobilization, communications, education, or child protection programs. 
• Experience working with NGOs, humanitarians, or development organizations. 
• Knowledge of child protection principles and education programming. 
• Experience facilitating community engagement and awareness campaigns

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong facilitation and community engagement skills.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse communities and stakeholders.
• Good report writing and documentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure.
• Knowledge of local languages is an asset

Equal Opportunities 

The post holder is required to carry out the duties under the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: 

Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with and/or access to children and/or young people.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.