Community Mobilization Specialist

women and/or persons with disability are encouraged to apply for the position

Professional Alliance for Development (PADet) is an indigenous, not-for-profit, nongovernmental development and humanitarian organization established in 1998. It has been serving disadvantaged and marginalized segments of the community, especially youth, women, and children in the areas of Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDs Prevention & Care, Child Development & Safeguarding, Gender Equality and Women Empowerment and Livelihood & Food Security for the last 25 years.

Project Background

PADet, in partnership with JSI has planned to implement a project entitled “Momentum Integrated Health Resilience”/MIHER designed and managed by a Consortium led by IMA World Health, is a global initiative that partners with governments and local stakeholders in fragile states and regions.

MIHR focuses on equipping health institutions and frontline workers with the skills, tools, and resources to sustainably address the leading causes of maternal and child deaths.

The project is intended to be implemented in selected woredas of Central Gonder in the Amhara region.

PADet is putting the following advert to recruit qualified and competent candidates for the following job opportunities supporting implementation of the MIHER project.

Grade level: IX

Location: In Gonder and actual duty station will be decided

Report to : Health Program Manager

Duration of employment: One year with possibility of extension based on performance and availability of budget

Number of staff required: 1

Position Summary:

 Direct, operational support to Primary Health Care Units (PHCUs) and their associated community structures. This pivotal role is dual-focused: 1) Driving demand and improving health-seeking behavior for essential RMNCAH services through Community Mobilization, and 2) Enhancing Health Security by strengthening local capacity for Risk Communication and Emergency Preparedness (RCCE). The Consultant will ensure high-impact implementation and knowledge transfer, aligning local actions with MIHR-E’s strategic goals for sustainable community health and resilience.

• Masters/ Degree in health fields, Health promotion, Social Science, or related field with training and/or experience related to community engagement and empowerment
• More than 5 years of technical and programmatic experience demonstrated on community engagement and empowerment
• Familiarity and demonstrated experience with Ethiopian Primary Health Care system including the Community Health Program, community engagement
• Proven experience in the provision of technical support and capacity building Community-level experience in facilitating training and workshops is highly desirable
• Demonstrated experiences on capacity development of NSAs/CSOs
• Strong communication, interpersonal skills, and writing skills
• Able to promote teamwork and effort.
• Experience of working with local governments and civil society organizations, and senior level government officials is desired.
• Excellent English writing and communications skills required, fluency in local language is an advantage
• Computer literacy
• Able to work with minimum supervision.