Community Development Facilitators - CDF (5)

·  Dimensions of the role

      The Community Development Facilitators is responsible for handling different activities of FSL, WASH, health and Nutrition at grass root level, identify local DRR, WASH and Child Care Practices needs and capacities;

·          Participate in identifying potential beneficiaries; Organize /reorganize committees and clubs like Kebele Disaster Management Committees (KDMC), WASH Committees and Care Support Groups) in all levels of  facilities, health posts, schools & institutions;

·         Strengthening communications between target beneficiaries and Plan Ethiopia’s ER Unit;

·         Supporting visits to the target communities by donors and serving as Plan’s focal person at grassroots/Kebele level.

Accountabilities

·                     Support BSFP and TSFP community collective activities including creating awareness on IYCF and Nutrition key messaging during distribution days as well as post distribution at grass root level in close collaboration with HEWs and Health development Armies.

·                     Support WASH project team in ensuring compliance of all hygiene and sanitation standards and donor regulations.

·                     Coordinate with water supply and sanitation field staff to ensure that the various aspects of the WASH Projects activities are integrated.

·                     Development of hygiene promotion topics, hygiene sessions and IEC materials.

·                     Develop materials to promote safe WASH practices, including appropriate use and maintenance of WASH facilities and services.

·                     Ensure that action is taken to mitigate priority water and sanitation related health risks.

·                     Provide technical support in preparation of divisional strategies, annual operational plan and budget.

·                     Contribute to assessments by collecting information through qualitative and quantitative data gathering methods (e.g. surveys, interviews, FGDs);

·                     Identify local WASH, Health & Nutrition and Child Care Practices/IYCF needs and capacities; and Participate in identifying potential beneficiaries;

·                     Organize/reorganize committees and clubs like Kebele Disaster Management Committees (KDMC), WASH Committees and Care Support Groups in all levels of  facilities, schools and institutions;

·                     Integrate key messages from soft components of DRR, FSL and WASH.

·                     Plan and conduct different dialogues, group discussions and meetings, demonstrations (i.e. hygiene promotion and disaster risk preparedness and response exercises with the committees and key people in the community.

·                     Involve community members in planning and promotion of  WASH.

·                     Utilize participatory approach when mobilizing the community;

·                     Create awareness on the use of water treatment technologies and  water chemicals and facilitate the link between the community and private vendors as well as promotion on positive health seeking behavior;

·                     Contribute in the development of protocols/standard operating procedures, IEC materials, and tools/methodology in collaboration with the committees;

·                     Identify training needs, committee co-facilitators and participants;

·                     Conduct relevant trainings (also to include coaching and on-the-job training) for local communities using participation learning techniques;