Job description

TITLE:  Community Engagement Officer
TEAM/PROGRAMME: PATWAYS Project LOCATION: Upper Egypt Field Office- Minya.
GRADE: 4 CONTRACT LENGTH: Fixed Term contract and the position is subject to donor approval.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Community Engagement Officer will be responsible for mobilizing communities, facilitating engagement activities, and supporting advocacy efforts in coordination with local stakeholders.

This role will play a key role in ensuring effective community participation and ownership of project activities. The role involves working closely with community members, local authorities, and project teams to promote inclusive and sustainable development practices.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Community Engagement & Advocacy Senior Officer

Staff reporting to this post: None.

Budget Responsibilities: No

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Community Engagement and Mobilization

• Facilitate community engagement and mobilization activities and ensure active participation in project interventions.
• Support the planning and implementation of community engagement strategies, like youth led initiatives.
• Coordinate with local stakeholders to promote awareness and ownership of project goals.
• Assist in organizing community meetings, workshops, and advocacy events.
• Collect and document feedback from community members to inform project implementation.
• Collaborate with the advocacy team to support local-level policy engagement.
• Work closely with both the Adolescent and Youth Development Officer and Gender Equality Officer, to ensure alignment with youth engagement and gender equality strategies and best practices
• Monitor and report on community engagement activities and outcomes.
• Ensure that all activities are implemented in line with SCI’s safeguarding and child protection policies.

Capacity Building and Support linked to SRHR and gender equality.

• Provide ongoing capacity building and mentorship to field teams, community mobilizers, and youth advocates.
• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure consistent messaging, alignment with national strategies, and the use of evidence-based approaches in community engagement.
• Ensure that community engagement tools and guidance are adapted for local contexts and responsive to community feedback.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL):

• Contribute to the design of monitoring tools and indicators related to community engagement and advocacy efforts.
• Track and document community engagement outcomes, success stories, and lessons learned to inform adaptive SRHR and gender programming.
• Prepare high-quality reports and inputs for different reporting, learning products, and advocacy materials.

Other Duties:

· Ensure that all activities are implemented in line with SCI’s policies on child safeguarding, gender equality, and safe programming.

· Represent Save the Children in relevant community-based forums and advocacy platforms.

· Carry out any other tasks assigned by the Project Manager to support the objectives of the PATHWAY project.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

· hold him/herself accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

· hold the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

· Set 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 share their personal vision for Save the Children, engage and motivate others.

· Think a head, think strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

· Build and maintain effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters

· Value diversity, see it as a source of competitive strength

· Be approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

· Develop and encourage new and innovative solutions

· Be willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

· Be honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, development studies, or a related field.

· Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in community mobilization or engagement roles, aimed at encouraging social and behaviour change.

· Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

· Experience working with local communities and stakeholders.

· Knowledge of participatory approaches and community development principles.

· Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

· Commitment to child rights and gender equality.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Significant experience in training, capacity building, and mentoring.
• Experience working on gender and/or SRHR programs and interventions.
• Ability to think strategically to solve problems and accomplish goals.
• Well-developed communication skills across cultures.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as a team player and independently.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver results with tight deadlines.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

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