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• Facilitate child
  centred community development;
• Work with children,
  their families and communities in identifying and managing their own
  development processes and building meaningful relationships among the
  multiple stakeholders in the community.
• Facilitate capacity
  building for children, families and communities and collaboratively work
  with partners to ensure effective service delivery and advocate for the
  rights and general wellbeing of children.
• Support communities to
  mobilize local resources and also provide any relevant information
  required by the resource mobilisation unit for purposes of
  proposal/business development to support any community development
  initiatives. 
• Mainstream cross
  cutting development issues like gender, environment and HIV/AIDs in
  development processes
• Facilitate the
  development of children’s organizations, groups and programs
• Facilitate creation of
  linkages and relations between communities and key partners, and local
  government to foster integration of interventions for greater synergy in
  his/her community.

• The candidate should
  hold a University Degree in Social Work or Development Studies, with
  additional concentration in one of the following areas – Agriculture, or
  Human Rights, Public Health and Education with knowledge and skills in
  community-based development with a bias in child programming.
• Demonstrate Knowledge
  of basic laws and policies related to children -if NCRC. Children’s Act,
  LG decentralization policy
• Flexibility and
  willingness to listen and learn from communities and children
• Experience and
  knowledge of PRA
• Ability to work in
  teams, negotiation and facilitation skills
• A good knowledge and skills
  in participatory advocacy and lobbying
• Willingness to engage
  in full immersion and live as close as possible to the community
• Experience and
  knowledge of project planning, monitoring and evaluation
• Experience In
  partnership building, networking and collaboration.
• Good understanding of
  programme concepts from a rights-based approach
• Computer literacy,
  with good communication skills
• Good resources
  mobilization skills and ability to write good concept papers
• Knowledge of
  Ateso/Jophadola language is added advantage – (for Tororo) 
• Knowledge of Luo –
  (for Lira)
• Ability and
  willingness to ride a motorcycle will be a must

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